The battle against the devastating Woolsey Fire was hampered in Los Angeles County by politicians asking firefighters to check on certain homes, according to an agency that helped battle the blaze. The conclusion comes from an after-action review by the Los Angeles Fire Department, which joined Los Angeles and Ventura county departments in battling the November blaze, the Los Angeles Times reported.
- PUB DATE: 4/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ventura County Star - Metered Site

One day, a fire chief who is a good friend called me to talk, either for therapeutic reasons or validation that he made the right decision about something. In the end, the phone call may have been therapeutic, but he had certainly not made the right decision. He had reacted emotionally to a situation and felt he had to make an immediate decision.
- PUB DATE: 4/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

Growing up the son of a firefighter, Flagler College junior Blake Richardson heard plenty of stories from his father Brad about his work at the Fernandina Beach Fire Department. Over the last 15 years of his dad’s career, two of the common themes that always came up were the stress of the job and the lack of sleep.
- PUB DATE: 4/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The St. Augustine Record

A Spokane Valley fire started at a homeless camp Sunday evening, according to fire investigators. People reported seeing smoke and flames near the Trent and Hough intersection sometime after 7 p.m. Firefighters quickly got the scene under control and prevented anyone from getting injured. The investigator on scene told KXLY4 that he believes the fire started at a homeless camp that is known to be in that area, near the railroad tracks.
- PUB DATE: 4/28/2019 9:29:57 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

A college freshman was among the four people killed when a construction crane fell from a building and crashed onto one of Seattle’s busiest streets, the university said Sunday. Sarah Wong, who intended to major in nursing, was in a car when the crane fell from a building under construction on Google’s new Seattle campus onto Mercer Street Saturday afternoon, according to a statement released by Seattle Pacific University.
- PUB DATE: 4/28/2019 4:04:43 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane