A longtime member of the Tulsa Fire Department received a historic confirmation to the State Fire Marshal Commission. Gov. Kevin Stitt recently appointed Training Chief Julie Lynn as the first woman to serve on the commission. She will replace Stan May, who resigned as commissioner after being elected to the state House of Representatives in January.
- PUB DATE: 5/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tulsa World

St. Landry Parish Fire District No. 3, Oplousas, LA, pumper-tanker. Kenworth T800 cab and chassis; Cummins ISX15 500-hp engine; Hale APS 500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 4,000-gallon tank.

A fire on a landfill near Fairchild Air Force Base sent heavy smoke into the air Sunday morning. Firefighters from the district and the base responded at about 4:30 a.m. to a report about the smoke and put out the blaze in about four hours with water and foam using about 12 trucks and fire engines. No one was injured and no evacuation of homes was necessary in the sparsely populated area west of Airway Heights, said Nick Scharff, fire chief of Spokane County Fire District 10.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2019 2:13:51 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

A fire early Sunday morning caused extensive damage to the inside of Cougar Laser Arena in Pullman. According to the Pullman Fire Department, firefighters were called to the building, located at 1234 South Grand Ave., around 2:00 a.m. for reports of smoke. Crews arrived and found smoke and flames coming from the building.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2019 10:41:38 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

PHOTO: Firefighters are investigating after a Maple Valley home was heavily damaged in a fire early Saturday morning. The home is located in the 25300 block of 236 Court Southeast. Firefighters arrived at 1:30 a.m. to find the entire second story of the house burning and the roof already collapsing.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2019 2:40:18 AM - SOURCE: KIRO 7 Seattle