Fire crews responded to a brush fire in Spokane Valley Sunday afternoon. Smoke could be seen from I-90 as the fire burned near Discover Place and Mirabeau Park just after 3:00 p.m. The fire burned five acres before it was contained. Crews said heavy winds made it a challenging fire fight. Fourteen engines and command vehicles were used on the ground and two fire boss planes were used to make water drops from above, refilling from Newman Lake.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2019 4:45:03 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

VIDEO: A motorcycle crash triggered a wildfire near Mattawa that has grown to over 5,000 acres and is threatening a couple dozen homes, sheriff's officials said. The blaze, named the "Powerline Fire", began around 12:40 p.m. Sunday in the Saddle Mountains after the crash ignited grass and the fire spread in gusty winds.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2019 2:19:20 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Shane Del Grosso spent some 30 summers crossing smoke-shrouded mountains and forests to fight increasingly devastating wildfires in the U.S. West. Toward the end, his skills and experience propelled him to lead a federal multi-agency team that responded to large-scale national disasters. On some days he directed a thousand firefighters and helped coordinate aircraft attacks on massive blazes.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

After West Windsor’s police contract expired at the end of last year and negotiations with the township stalled, the union turned to an arbitrator to break the impasse. The local union’s demands? Four percent annual pay hikes for sergeants and for patrolmen at the top of the scale and 2 percent annual wage increases for everyone else, in addition to the standard wage increases officers receive for additional years of service.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

Fire Station 49 on Prentice Avenue in Madisonville was built in 1910, when firefighters traveled by horse and buggy. Except for modest updates over the years, such as turning the horse stalls into a kitchen, the building hasn’t changed much. It’s clean and meets city codes, officials say, but the tiny space isn’t comfortable for the firefighters who work 24-hour shifts here.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCPO-TV ABC 9 Cincinnati