The Spokane Valley Fire Department wants voters to approve a $113 million tax to help pay salaries, buy new fire engines and build a new Barker Road fire station and a new maintenance facility. The maintenance and operations levy will be on the Feb. 12 special election ballot. The cost would be spread across four years.
- PUB DATE: 1/15/2019 5:29:21 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

VIDEO: Florida lawmakers will try once again this year to create a system to help a particular group with a higher risk of developing cancer: firefighters. The Centers for Disease Control found in a study that firefighters are at a 15 percent greater risk of developing cancer than the average person.
- PUB DATE: 1/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum Bay News 9

VIDEO: Buncombe County authorities said a fire truck ended up in a creek on the way to a fire early Sunday morning. Firefighters were responding to a house fire on White Bridge Road, near Upper Flat Creek Road in Weaverville, about 12:40 a.m. Sunday. Firefighters say the home involved was engulfed in flames when they arrived.
- PUB DATE: 1/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC 13 WLOS

On Jan. 27, the Wilmington Fire De­partment will participate in the third annual BFit First Responder Challenge at T.D. Garden. The challenge is put on by the Boston Bruins Foundation, and is intended to raise awareness of health and wellness within New England. The challenge is comprised of three divisions: the Fire­fighter/EMT division, the Law Enforcement division, and the Civilian division.
- PUB DATE: 1/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilmington Town Crier

Workplace bullying is a serious national problem. According to a survey done by the Workplace Bullying Institute (WBI) in 2017, nearly 20 percent of American workers have personally experienced being bullied at work. Another 19 percent have directly witnessed bullying taking place. More than two-thirds of all workers are certain that bullying exists in their place of employment.
- PUB DATE: 1/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1