The recent 911 outage sent dispatch centers across the Northwest scrambling, but the Tri-Cities appears to have escaped any serious problems. On Tuesday, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued a call for people affected by last month’s 911 outage to contact his office. It came days after dispatch center leaders gathered to talk about how they handled the emergency calls that failed to ring through to police and fire dispatchers for more than 12 hours.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 4:30:56 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

The recent 911 outage sent dispatch centers across the Northwest scrambling, but the Tri-Cities appears to have escaped any serious problems. On Tuesday, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued a call for people affected by last month’s 911 outage to contact his office. It came days after dispatch center leaders gathered to talk about how they handled the emergency calls that failed to ring through to police and fire dispatchers for more than 12 hours.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 4:30:56 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

A city-commissioned review to be released Tuesday found pervasive “locker room talk” and an unwelcoming culture toward women in the largely male ranks of the Boston Fire Department and urged city officials to take several steps to boost the number of women on the force. Just 16 women are in the 1,500-member Fire Department, which has been criticized three separate times for its culture over the past 19 years.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe

President Donald Trump said in a Wednesday tweet that he is cutting off federal money to fight California wildfires, claiming the money is being wasted. "Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forrest fires that, with proper Forest Management, would never happen," Trump said. "Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

VIDEO: The discontent among the state of Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund members is understandable. They signed up for jobs that provided pensions and paid health care. Now, coverage for 8,000 of the retirees has been cut. Daniel Graham, Communications Director for the fund was asked about the cuts.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland 19 News