VIDEO: Firefighters from agencies across the western region are competing for the top seed at the 2024 West Regional Classic Firefighter Challenge. The Sparks Fire Department and Sparks Firefighters Local 731 will host the event, also known as “The Toughest 2 Minutes in Sports.” “It’s a qualifier for Worlds.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLO-TV ABC/CW+ 8 Reno

PHOTOS: A piece of Leetsdale fire department history has made its way back to the borough. Mary Jane Wasco, daughter of the late Fire Chief Charlie Wasco, donated the bell of a 1937 Ahrens-Fox fire truck that was driven by her father for many years. She presented it to council and borough firefighters May 9.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sewickley Herald

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Emergency crews in southeast Texas were clearing debris and assessing flooding early Friday after powerful storms tore through the state, killing at least four people and knocking out power to some 800,000 customers. The winds — which reached 100 mph and included some tornadoes — were reminiscent of 2008's Hurricane Ike, one of the costliest natural disasters in American history, Houston Mayor John Whitmire told a briefing Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Emergency crews in southeast Texas were clearing debris and assessing flooding early Friday after powerful storms tore through the state, killing at least four people and knocking out power to nearly 800,000 customers. The winds — which reached 100 mph — were reminiscent of 2008's Hurricane Ike, one of the costliest natural disasters in American history, Houston Mayor John Whitmire said in a briefing Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

VIDEO/PHOTO: Crews are investigating after an abandoned house in Kent caught on fire early Friday morning. Puget Sound Fire (PSF) first reported the fire, which happened near the corner of SE Kent-Kangley Rd. and 116th Ave. SE, at around 3:40 a.m. When firefighters arrived, they found a fully involved fire at a house that had been boarded up.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle