Yakima Fire Chief Aaron Markham will brief the Yakima City Council on Tuesday on efforts to unite several area fire departments under a single authority. A copy of Markham’s report indicates that there is little interest in forming a regional fire authority, something officials last looked at in 2011.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2019 6:12:08 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

VIDEO: Witnesses say the residents of one of the homes set ablaze in the plane crash in Yorba Linda were hosting a Super Bowl party at the time of the fatal wreck. The small plane lifted off from Fullerton Municipal Airport shortly after 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Authorities said the pilot flew the 1981 twin-engine Cessna 414A about 10 miles before he encountered some sort of mid-air issue.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC 7 News

VIDEO: CBS 11 News has learned some of the big problems the city of Dallas is having with its payroll system. The president of the Dallas Fire Fighters Association, Jim McDade, said it’s hitting the city’s firefighters particularly hard. “We have a morale problem with the fire department and this is just an added kick to the head with these guys,” said McDade.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: DFW CBS 11

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), through their Safety, Health and Survival Section and in cooperation with the Emergency Responder Safety Institute, are urging all fire chiefs and officers to immediately issue a safety and survival alert in their departments. During an emergency safety and survival alert, personnel are urged to postpone non-emergency tasks to focus on critical safety and survival training.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFC.org

VIDEO: A special moment of communication between a boy and a Manchester fire lieutenant was caught on camera, and the video has now gone viral. It was a brief interaction, but Manchester resident Amy McCall said the 39-second encounter will last a lifetime for her son, Tegan. "He's not going to forget it," she said.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR 9