VIDEOS: The Spokane Fire Department is asking the public's help in identifying a suspect involved in two arson cases in the Moran Prairie neighborhood. According to a Spokane Fire Department spokesperson, the suspect was recorded igniting two fires at the Ace Hardware store on South Regal Street. Video shows the suspect lighting a pile of pallets on July 4, and a pile of crushed cardboard on July 11.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2024 10:53:00 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-AM 920 Spokane

The Pierce-Mound Fire Department in Minnesota acquired a new rescue-pumper featuring a Cummins L9 engine and a 1,500-gpm pump from dealer Brad White at MacQueen Emergency.

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PHOTOS: A fire destroyed an East Brainerd home that was under construction and caused extensive damage to another newly built house next door that was for sale. Six other structures also sustained exposure damage from the heat. Firefighters were dispatched to the home that was fully engulfed in flames in the 1800 block of Oakvale Drive at 6:08 on Tuesday, July 16.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRBC-TV NBC 3 Chattanooga

VIDEO: The Blue Collar Brawler has struck again – but this time inside a Florida fire station. Video sent to FOX 35 from the gator trapper whose name is Mike Dragich, shows him barefoot inside a Jacksonville fire station. Firefighters called the trapper to the station because a gator wandered inside.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOFL-TV FOX 35 Orlando

VIDEO: The West Virginia Department of Health has released new protocols for emergency medical services to empower first responders and provide them with faster decision-making capabilities. The new protocols, developed by EMS leaders across the state, took effect on July 1st. According to officials, the protocols address many of the modern-day challenges faced by first responders in the state.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDTV CBS 5 Weston