Detroit has seen a dramatic decline in the number of fires over the last five years, which fire department officials credit to the city's aggressive blight elimination, bolstered arson investigations and community education efforts. According to the Detroit Fire Department's data, the average number of structure fires annually in the city has dropped by 42 percent since 2014, the Detroit News reported.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC Detroit

VIDEO: A special event was held on Saturday to provide free wills for firefighters, police and all other first responders. The Pro Bono Committee of the Cincinnati Paralegal Association held “Remember: Wills For First Responders," an event where volunteer lawyers and paralegals came together to provide wills, living wills, and health care proxies to first responders and their spouses free of charge.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIX-TV FOX 19 Cincinnati

Elsberry (MO) Fire Protection District tanker-pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,250-gpm pump; UPF Poly 2,500-gallon tank; 25-gallon foam cell.

Grandview Fire & Rescue responded to a house fire on the 400 block of Klock Road on Friday night. When crews arrived around 9:17 p.m., they found fire coming from a bedroom on the second floor. Firefighters put out the fire in about an hour and a half. The Red Cross was contacted to help assist all six family members.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2019 4:41:31 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Several chickens and goats died in a barn fire early Sunday morning near Chelan. Chelan Fire and Rescue responded just before 6 a.m. to a structure fire off Henderson Road. Firefighters arrived to a fully-involved two-story barn, according to Fire Chief Tim Lemon. With no fire hydrants in the vicinity, firefighters had to overhaul about 300 feet of fire hose through heavy snow to engage the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2019 12:55:48 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne