Mayor London Breed swore in new Fire Chief Jeanine Nicholson on Monday. Nicholson, who has served with the department for 25 years in a variety of roles, most recently as deputy chief of administration, is the second woman to be appointed chief and the first openly LGBT person to hold the title. Her instalment follows the retirement of Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White, who led the department for 15 years.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Examiner

VIDEO: A 9-year-old boy from Rose Township is on a big mission to save lives. Lucas Vetter is raising money to buy lifesaving CPR machines for the fire department in Livingston County and he has reached his first milestone in his goal. "They showed us the LUCAS and I instantly became insanely impressed by how amazing it was," Vetter said.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Click On Detroit

Last summer, two Falmouth police officers were shot while responding to an incident on Ashley Drive. The suspect was also shot several times by police. All three were treated at the same time on the front lawn of the home by emergency medical staff from the fire department. Officers Ryan Moore and Donald DiMiranda and suspect Malik Koval all survived, but the tense scenario underlined the need for firefighters to have some protection when providing treatment under potentially dangerous conditions.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cape Cod Times

Yarmouth (NS) Fire Department rescue truck. Pierce Saber cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 380-hp engine.

Pullman police began searching for an arsonist after a fire destroyed a laser tag arena on Sunday, the same day a device resembling a pipe bomb was discovered in a city park. Days earlier, another improvised explosive was found in a mobile home just across the state line in Moscow. No arrests have been made in connection with any of the three incidents, and it’s unclear if they are related.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2019 9:42:26 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review