A commercial building destroyed in a three-alarm fire last month in Ballard is being demolished, under orders from the city of Seattle. The fire caused about $3 million in damage and destroyed four businesses - Kitchen n’ Things, La Isla, Supercuts, and Coleman Jeweler. A fifth business, the Pho Vietnamese restaurant, was heavily damaged.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2019 1:46:39 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News 1000 AM and 97.7 FM. Seattle

Jeffery and Daynese Stowe of Roxborough will be the first African-American father and daughter to actively serve as firefighters at the same time in the history of the Philadelphia Fire Department. Daynese was scheduled to graduate from the Philadelphia Fire Academy on Wednesday. The same day, Jeffery, who is the Deputy Chief Aide for the Philadelphia Fire Department, will celebrate his 30th anniversary of being a firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Philadelphia Tribune

Watertown officials say it's the end to the long drawn out battle between the city and its fire union over minimum staffing. City Manager Rick Finn says the rule that forced the fire department to sometimes work with fewer than 15 firefighters was rescinded last week. Watertown has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in an unsuccessful attempt to get rid of a minimum staffing agreement between the city and its firefighters union.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWNY-TV CBS 7 Carthage

City Council is giving Winchester’s Human Resources Department an extra month to address concerns raised by career firefighters and paramedics over proposed changes to the city’s vacation and sick leave policies. “This is one of those issues ... that could be a game changer for us,” Winchester Fire and Rescue Chief William Garrett told council at its meeting Tuesday night.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Winchester Star - Metered Site

Tears welled in the eyes of Worcester Fire Chief Michael Lavoie Tuesday as he spoke about the approaching 20th anniversary of the blaze that claimed the lives of six firefighters. “It’s still agonizing. It’s still emotional. We have to be here. We can’t forget,” Lavoie said. “We have to have these ceremonies.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Republican - MassLive