Jacksonville Beach city leaders met Monday night and voted in favor of a plan to merge the city’s fire department with the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. The City of Jacksonville still has to vote. If the merger happens, JFRD would provide services to people living in Jacksonville Beach. The proposal has been faced with opposition.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 4 JAX

A Minnesota woman has given a kidney to a firefighter who once answered her call for help. Becca Bundy spotted Bill Cox tending bar last fall. The Bearville volunteer firefighter was wearing a T-shirt on which he wrote a plea for a donor. “I couldn't get it out of my head,” Becca said. “I just said, ‘I'm the one and I know it.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE 11

VIDEO: A bill in the New York State legislature aims to help volunteer first responders out with their bills. EMTs and firefighters often put themselves in dangerous situations to keep others safe. “I love comforting people. I love being there for people, saving people. I feel like it's what I'm meant to do,” Emily Evans, volunteer firefighter & EMT, said.
- PUB DATE: 5/21/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News 10

Carol Stream (IL) Fire District pumper. Spartan Gladiator cab and chassis; Cummins X15 505-hp engine; Hale Qmax-XS 1,500-gpm pump; 750-gallon Pro Poly polypropylene tank.

Firefighters were able to quickly put out a brush fire that could have potentially been catastrophic on Monday afternoon. Crews received the call around 1:30 p.m. to a home on W 134 PR in Prosser. When they arrived, the fire was fast-spreading uphill heading towards a large field. Firefighters were able to get the fire under control quickly, and West Benton Fire Chief Seth Johnson said if it had entered into a nearby field, it could have grown much larger and been more catastrophic.
- PUB DATE: 5/20/2019 5:43:47 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews