City officials hope a consultant can help attract a more diverse pool of job applicants to the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau. City Council on Tuesday introduced a resolution that would authorize the hiring of the National Testing Network at a maximum cost of $49,875 for a study of fire bureau hiring practices and the inability to attract more women and minorities.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TribLIVE

About 70 local police officers, firefighters, paramedics, high school and mall security and emergency dispatchers from North Riverside, Brookfield, Riverside and Brookfield Zoo got a crash course in handling incidents involving people on the autism spectrum last week during special training sessions at the North Riverside Village Commons.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Dozens of third-graders spent Tuesday morning learning how to safely get out of a home. The EDITH house (Exit Drills in the Home), was brought to Robinson Elementary School. The mobile house is designed to simulate a home filling up with smoke and alarms going off. Kids split up into two groups. Pasco firefighter Ben Shearer taught one group about crouching down below the smoke if a fire starts.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2019 6:43:02 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

The Cowlitz County commissioners Tuesday awarded federal funding to Cowlitz Fire District 6 to provide emergency services to the Mount St. Helens area. The fire district, which serves Castle Rock and the northern part of the county, received funding from the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2019 4:47:53 PM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

The Spokane Police Department has released more details after a man was arrested following a string of fires on Tuesday, September 24. According to police, the first of the fires was reported on the west side of the South Hill just before 10:00 am. Two witnesses came forward to the police and one provided a photo, which ultimately helped officers find the suspect.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2019 1:45:45 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6