Art and pieces of Spokane history locked in two safes would have been buried in a pile of rubble if not for a discovery by Spokane firefighters. The firefighters were doing a week of training exercises in the former YWCA that will soon be demolished on the north bank of Spokane Falls when they found a 5-foot-tall safe, Deputy Fire Chief Rex Strickland said.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2019 2:05:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

According to the fire department, a man on a motorized wheelchair was hit by a vehicle at about 12:30 p.m. near Northwest 23rd Street and Meridian Avenue. The man was taken to a hospital, and firefighters figured out a way to bring his wheelchair to the nearby nursing home, so it will be there when he returns.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOCO-TV ABC 5 Oklahoma City

VIDEO: A Middletown firefighter and a retired Spring Valley police officer were among the dozens arrested as part of a sweep of allegedly drug dealing bikers in Orange County Tuesday. Authorities say more than 20 people were taken into custody when search warrants were executed at 15 locations in connection with two separate drug rings, with the same man -- fire Lieutenant Paul Young -- at the center of both.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC 7 News

VIDEO: On Friday, Platteville Fire Chief Ryan Simmons got a phone call he wasn't expecting. "It felt like a shock to us," Simmons said. Volunteer firefighter Tim Ebert died by suicide last week. "He was a student at UW-Platteville. So, between being a student working part time and being a volunteer on the Fire Department, he was a pretty busy guy," Simmons said.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 47 News

A federal arbitrator says Hillsborough County was justified in firing a Fire Rescue medic who belonged to the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, noting the negative attention his membership brought the county. Clinton Neal Walker, 35, of Bradenton, was fired a year ago after an internal investigation concluded he had “unwavering loyalty” to the Outlaws, long considered the state’s dominant motorcycle gang.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tampa Bay Times