A Bremerton man was recently charged in Kitsap County District Court with one count of filing a false insurance claim on his renter’s insurance policy after an investigation by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigation Unit. According to the investigation, William Collick’s apartment building caught fire on Feb.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2019 12:47:31 PM - SOURCE: Kitsap Daily News

A 25-year-old man has been arrested as the suspect in one arson and could be connected to nearly a dozen other small fires that were set in trash bins around Seattle Tuesday night, police say. The man was spotted by transit security guards on Capitol Hill tossing cardboard and other items into a burning trash can at East Olive Way and Broadway around 2 a.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2019 8:32:46 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

After vetting applicants as near as the Central Valley and as far off as Florida, the city of Visalia has selected a new fire chief: Daniel Griswold of Casper, Wyoming. "Without exception, everyone that had an opportunity to meet and talk with Dan really seemed to find him engaging, personable and approachable," City Manager Randy Groom said.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Visalia Times Delta - Metered Site

Christmas came early for the Willingboro Fire and EMS Department. Township officials gathered Wednesday to cut the ribbon at the department’s brand new, over 30,000-square-feet fire station. The milestone marks over a decade of the department working to get its members a new home. “This is something that is a longtime coming and is well deserved.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Burlington County Times

First responders, dispatchers, correction officers and their families in the Tri-State are getting new tools to take care of themselves and their coworkers. The Hamilton County Fire Chief's Association is launching a program to encourage the creation of peer support teams. Colerain Township Battalion Chief Steve Conn says in 2018 members of the association recognized the need for some type of mental health program for firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVXU Cincinnati Public Radio