VIDEO: According to the National Fire Protection Association, firefighters are 9 percent more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than the average American. The Toledo Fire and Rescue department is teaming up with Cancer Dogs, a Canadian company that uses dogs to detect possible cancer in someone's breath.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVG-TV ABC 13 Toledo

An interim report on conditions at the fire station include plenty of reasons for alarm. Consultants have documented problems with airflow. No ventilation air is being introduced into the apparatus and rescue vehicle area, and two exhaust fans “do not appear to be functional,” MacRitchie Engineering, Inc.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Cape Cod Chronicle

A family of three has been displaced following a garage fire in Kelso Monday night. At around 10:40 p.m., Cowlitz 2 Fire 7 Rescue and Longview Fire Department responded to a fire in the 1100 block of North 1st Avenue. Firefighters arrived to the scene and found fire in the garage. Officials said three occupants and their pets were able to make it out of the home.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV-TV FOX12 Beaverton

Mount Vernon Fire Chief Bryan Brice is considering his department lucky no one was injured after a window was shattered when a metal pipe used for smoking was thrown into the downtown fire station. The Mount Vernon Police Department was called to the fire station shortly after 7 a.m. to a report that a man had thrown a metal pipe used for smoking through one of the station’s windows and into a firefighter’s sleeping quarters.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2020 8:41:20 PM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com) - Metered Site

The Cosmopolis Fire Department took delivery on a new fire engine over the weekend, its first new fire apparatus in 32 years. Fire Chief Cody Bridges and volunteer firefighters put a shine to the 2019 KME custom pumper at the station Sunday morning, with Mayor Kyle Pauley, former mayor Frank Chestnut, members of the Aberdeen Fire Department and others dropping by to check it out.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2020 6:45:21 PM - SOURCE: The Daily World