Grant County Fire District No. 5 successfully launched its first annual spaghetti feed fundraiser dinner Saturday, drawing in dozens of attendees in support of the volunteer firefighter association. The fire district is one of the state’s largest, servicing fire and rescue missions for around 560 square miles of territory ranging from medical emergencies in urban outskirts of Moses Lake, rescuing a stranded boat from the surface of the reservoir and firefighting in the middle of the Grant County desert.
- PUB DATE: 4/15/2019 5:35:49 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald

VIDEO: A bill that would increase protections for firefighters who develop cancer or other illnesses after their time on the job has cleared its last legislative hurdle. The Montana Senate voted 40-10 Saturday to approve an amended version of Senate Bill 160, sponsored by Sen. Nate McConnell (D-Missoula).
- PUB DATE: 4/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPAX.com

A Dallas man who has made a habit of posing as a firefighter and even a doctor is accused of doing it again after authorities say he convinced Dallas firefighters to take him on a ride-along. Dallas police are searching for Terrance King, 27, who is suspected of impersonating a public servant after he allegedly told firefighters that he was an EMT student, according to WFAA-TV (Channel 11).
- PUB DATE: 4/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas Morning News

PHOTOS: Above the thick, acrid smoke, booming explosions and flames, a drone safely whirred in the sky, transmitting video of the chaos to firefighters below. The Western Wayne County Hazardous Materials Response Team assisted Pittsfield Township firefighters after propane, butane and acetylene tanks caught fire at Ann Arbor Welding Company in Pittsfield Township about 12:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 4/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive.com

The number of opioid overdoses in the county has decreased by nearly 25 percent, with overdose fatalities down by 37 percent, according to a report by the Anne Arundel County Department of Health and Anne Arundel County Police Department. The county has had 234 total overdoses -- including 37 fatal overdoses so far this year, according to the report.
- PUB DATE: 4/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Capital Gazette