It started with a conversation three years ago. Hays CISD met with the Kyle Fire Department and discussed what kinds of professionals were needed in the community. The consensus? More firefighters and emergency medical technicians. And so the district's Firefighter Academy was birthed. This isn't a school field trip.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVUE-TV ABC 24 Austin

Rushing to the aid of Pennsylvania towns that need to recruit more volunteer firefighters and emergency personnel, the state House of Representatives passed 16 bills in the past two weeks to support their efforts. State Rep. Frank Farry, R-142, of Langhorne, co-introduced House Bill 1459, which would create an Emergency Responder Mental Wellness and Stress Management Program that would assist first responders, including 911 dispatchers and coroners.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Intelligencer

VIDEO: A local fire department is fighting for a bill that would offer protections for firefighters with cancer. Midway Fire Rescue is holding a town hall meeting Wednesday to spread awareness of the Presumptive Firefighter Cancer Bill. “We’re trying to make (people) aware and have people call their legislatures and tell them to support this bill,” President of Midway Professional Firefighters Association Justin Lenker said.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTW-TV CBS 13 Florence

A fire that destroyed a buffet restaurant in Tacoma and left in ruins a 14-year family business may have been intentionally set, Tacoma fire investigators said Wednesday. Firefighters got the call just after 11 p.m. Tuesday of fire burning in the back of the Great Wall Buffet along S. Hosmer Street, according to Battalion Chief Dave McRoberts with Tacoma Fire.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Multiple firefighters are at the scene of a fire in Finley. KAPP-KVEW has learned that the fire is at a cannabis farm on Gerards Road near Cochran Road. The fire ignited shortly after 9 p.m. According to Tracy Baker with Benton County Fire District #1, the fire was contained to the second floor. It didn't extend to the roof because it was metal.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2019 10:49:22 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews