VIDEO: As ice rescues become more common across the Front Range, emergency departments are turning to a second set of eyes in an effort to save people faster. North Metro Fire has been using drones for about a year, but this week, they added a new feature: infrared technology. "What we're looking for is holes in the ice.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver

When Ron Swanson started in 1967 as a volunteer firefighter with the former Whatcom County Fire District 2, the Geneva fire hall was a garage that held two aging pumpers and a loft where the guys would meet. Homes didn’t have smoke alarms, only a handful of Americans knew CPR, and defibrillators to shock a dying heart weren’t portable and easy to use.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

It was nearly a year ago when twins Chloe and Emma were rescued from a raging apartment fire in Everett. The twins are now 4 years old. “Just watching them grow bigger is amazing every day,” said mother Sihaya Sweum. It was Jan. 29, 2018, when fire consumed their first-floor apartment. The girls were trapped inside.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO 7 Seattle

VIDEO: Garden Grove Fire Chief Tom Schultz died Sunday following a brief battle with cancer, the department said. He was 54. Shultz's death came just one day after fellow firefighters announced he was battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He served as chief of the Garden Grove Fire Department since 2015, according to the agency.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA 5

The FDNY’s diversity monitor has billed the city a stunning $23 million in fees and expenses in his seven years — and the charges have only gotten steeper. Mark S. Cohen’s yearly tab has risen from $1.6 million in 2012 to $4.9 million in 2018, bringing his total so far to $22,923,840.36, records reviewed by The Post show.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post