Jennifer Coats looked out the window of her north Seattle townhouse one night in November and spotted a man inside a shelter made out of an over-sized sandwich board sign. She said he began lighting little fires inside his shelter and that bothered her. “I saw flame, a little flame and a bigger flame,” said Coats.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2019 6:37:20 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Mashpee Fire Lt. Nicole Stanley realized just how important banning harmful chemicals in flame retardants is when she was diagnosed with occupational cancer last summer. “Now that I’ve been diagnosed with cancer, it’s an eye-opener to me. I thought I was protecting myself,” Stanley told the Herald. Doctors have attributed Stanley’s rare form of breast cancer to exposure of carcinogens in her 28 years of service on the Mashpee Fire Department, she said.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald

The FDNY will start training firefighters on how to safely pass gaps in elevated bridges after one of New York’s bravest plunged to his death from a span in Brooklyn on Sunday, Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. “We will try to ensure this never happens again in our city,” Nigro said outside the wake for Steven Pollard, 30, on Wednesday night.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

VIDEO: California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday pledged fresh investments to prevent, fight and escape wildfires, including millions to help local governments improve their communication during emergencies and a fee to fund an update for the state’s 911 system. At a fire station in the fire-prone Sierra Nevada foothills, Newsom outlined $105 million in new fire-related spending on top of $200 million approved by lawmakers last year.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS 13 Sacramento

The consolidation of Hamilton’s big government fire service has been stalled and set back because of concerns voiced by the state Department of Community Affairs. The Democratic-led Hamilton Council last September voted 4-1 to introduce an ordinance calling for Hamilton Fire Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 to be “hereby dissolved and abolished effective Jan.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Trentonian