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

Mechanicsburg’s two volunteer fire companies are joining forces to serve the borough as one new entity, according to a press release issued Wednesday. The newly formed Mechanicsburg Volunteer Fire Department was formed to improve public safety services and create a stronger volunteer fire-rescue service to serve the borough and surrounding communities, company officials said in the release.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPMT-TV Fox 43 York

The Fort Worth Fire Department is standing behind its response protocol after a deadly Independence Day holiday. The department responded to hundreds of calls during a 24-hour period. During one call, a 19-year-old died of fireworks burns. The fire department released a snapshot of its work on July Fourth.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDFW-TV FOX 4 Dallas

Daniel Lyon, the Puyallup firefighter who lost three comrades and suffered severe burns in the 2015 Twisp River Fire, still has major life goals ahead of him. “The fire didn’t burn those goals out of me,” he tells KNKX Radio of Tacoma in a new interview and profile by journalist Kari Plog and producer Ariel Van Cleave.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

Olathe (KS) Fire Department rescue squad. Ford F-550 cab and chassis; 6.7L V8 Power Stroke 300-hp engine; 10.8-foot walk-around Hackney seven-compartment LRC rescue body.