Franklin County firefighters quickly put out a motor home fire Monday afternoon, but they found out in an unusual way. Shortly before 12:00 p.m., a fire ignited on Roberta Road near Road 36. Before dispatchers got ahold of the fire department, someone walked into their fire station and told them a motor home was on fire.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 2:37:30 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Nearly 2,000 chickens died in an outbuilding fire in Ephrata Saturday night. Firefighters from Grant County Fire District 13 were returning home from a crash on Dodson Road when they saw the large outbuilding on fire. The structure was near Neva Lake Road and Railroad Avenue. D13 and Ephrata firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish the blaze, which took about 20 minutes.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 11:51:03 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

A newly constructed garage on Miracle Rd. was incinerated Saturday night near Waterville on Badger Mountain. Orondo firefighters say the fire was reported just before 9p.m. The owner had been working in the garage, went home and when he returned, he found it fully engulfed. Firefighters suspect that a wood stove that was being used to heat the building caused the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 11:46:52 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

Brian Serdynski was a reliable and dedicated public servant, father and friend. Those who he leaves behind remember him as selfless, never complaining and for his commitment of a large chunk of his life to serving on the Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department. The Fire Department has a hole in its roster as the department’s members are mourning the loss of one of their own.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Times

The head of the city’s firefighter union wants to know the long-term plan for retaining a crop of new hires when the temporary funding used to bring them on board expires. The problem is — just as it has been in the past — there does not appear to be one, and the union president is concerned the fire department will, once again, be targeted for budget cuts through staffing reductions when it comes time to pay up.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City