The Williams Flats Fire burning over 45,000 acres on the Colville Reservation has moved up to 80 percent containment. The fire containment has improved by 15 percent the past couple days, going from 50 to 65 Wednesday and 65 to 80 Thursday. Firefighters are working to strengthen and secure lines around the fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 11:14:25 AM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane

Spokane-area firefighters responded to a house fire in the East Central area near Underhill Park Thursday morning, preventing the fire from spreading from the second story. Spokane Fire and Spokane Valley Fire Departments responded to the fire at a residence in the 2900 E. Block of Hartson Ave. around 1 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 10:47:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

MATADOR, Texas – A Matador firefighter is recovering from injuries received when he and two other firefighters were involved in a rollover.

Firefighter Logan Jones was flown to University Medical Center when the firetruck he was in rolled over several times while responding to a fire, according to KAMC.

The Matador Fire Department and other Motley County Fire Department units responded to the crash and worked to remove Jones.

The two other firefighters in the truck with Jones were not seriously injured.

 

In the midst of a serious heatwave, many Houston firefighters have had to operate out of trucks that lack air conditioning. This has prompted the firefighters union to demand the city repair its aging fleet, the Houston Chronicle reported. Marty Lancton, president of the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, told Mayor Sylvester Turner in a letter this week to “dispense with the excuses and political rhetoric about what can or cannot be done.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Texas Monitor

Firefighters utilizing the new Medford Fire-Rescue training facility at 2208 Table Rock Road will never get too familiar with the building’s interior, even if they use it hundreds of times. That’s because training officials can modify the 3,000-square-foot, three-story building with movable walls and completely transform the environment, making for a variety of residential dwellings.
- PUB DATE: 8/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mail Tribune - Metered Site