Every year on July 10, the West Valley Fire Department remembers Jessica Johnson, a young volunteer firefighter who lost her life battling a massive blaze in the Okanogan National Forest. Johnson was only 19 when she and three other firefighters lost their lives to the Thirtymile Fire on July 10, 2001.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2019 12:41:02 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Benton County firefighters responded to the scene of a rollover crash, and the vehicle which lit on fire was at risk of causing a vegetation fire. The crash happened just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning near, and first responders were dispatched to S Nine Canyon Road and E Kirk Road in Benton County, just south of Kennewick.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2019 12:01:43 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

A Boston first responder underwent emergency surgery Wednesday after being stabbed multiple times by a patient she was treating in the back of an ambulance while en route to the hospital, officials said. A 31-year-old “emotionally disturbed” woman began stabbing the female EMT who was treating her in the back of an ambulance headed for Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston EMS Chief Jim Hooley told the Boston Herald.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFXT-TV FOX 25 Boston

The 7 Eyewitness News I-Team first reported a racist incident involving a Buffalo fire rookie finding a stuffed monkey hanging in the kitchen at Engine 4 in South Buffalo last week. Since then, the city has taken a series of steps to address what is being called a “culture issue” within the department.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBW-TV ABC 7 Buffalo

VIDEO: Underground, there is a sophisticated network of sensors that monitor earthquake activity around the globe. Menlo Park Fire Department is the first public agency in Northern California to take advantage of that system through the Mexico-based SkyAlert software technology. SkyAlert uses USGS sensor data and connects it to the Menlo Fire Department's smart home system.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles