The $11.8 billion budget passed by Arizona lawmakers Monday will double a revolving account set up in 2016 to pay local fire agencies that respond to fires on federal land. Fire agencies throughout the state have long sought an increase to the $10 million stabilization fund and are pleased to see the fund boosted to $20 million, Green Valley Fire District Chief Chuck Wunder said Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Green Valley News

A fire broke out at an Oceanside Fire Station Tuesday morning and left behind a building that its battalion chief called “uninhabitable.” A driver reported the fire just before 10 a.m. after passing by Oceanside Fire Station 3, located on Oceanside Boulevard. The fire started inside the station’s sleeping quarters, Oceanside Fire Department Battalion Chief Scott Stein said.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC San Diego

New research shows that many drivers are profoundly distracted by their phones when they're going past first responders working accidents on the roadways. New research from the National Safety Council found 71% of drivers admitted to taking photos and texting while driving by emergency workers; that's nearly triple the 24% who admitted to doing it under normal driving conditions.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS This Morning

Fire officials say a wildfire that began near Castle Rock Tuesday afternoon has been contained. Washington State Department of Natural Resources said crews were called out to the fire at around 4:40 p.m. The fire was reported off Interstate 5 near Bond Road and Millo Lane. FOX 12 spoke with a man who said he was the property owner.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV Fox 12

The Trump administration announced Friday it will close two U.S. Forest Service job training centers in Oregon and Washington. The Timber Lake Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center (CCC) in Estacada, Oregon, and the Fort Simcoe CCC near Yakima, Washington, are two of nine facilities nationwide that will close.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: OPB.org