The Chehalis Fire Department is still operating out of Lewis County Fire District 6 headquarters and there are no immediate plans for it to move back to downtown Chehalis more than four months after evacuating the 455 NW Park St. building due to asbestos contamination. Renovation work has continued there since cleanup efforts related to the asbestos wrapped up in September.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 7:01:50 PM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

An early morning fire destroyed a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lacey and it's being investigated as a possible arson. The fire broke out around 3:45 a.m. Friday at the hall on 6th Ave SE near Carpenter Road SE. LACEY, Wash. -- An early morning fire destroyed a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Lacey and it's being investigated as a possible arson.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 5:56:10 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

When Charlotte firefighter Seth Tinsley died at 34 of brain cancer in 2016, his name went on the International Association of Fire Fighter’s memorial in Colorado Springs, Colo., for those lost in the line of duty. Tinsley’s own state, however, made no connection between his 11 years of fire service and his early death.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charlotte Observer

An unauthorized practice has overpaid retiring Warwick firefighters for accumulations of vacation time since 2015, a Providence Journal investigation shows. Asked about documents and information developed by The Journal, Mayor Joseph J. Solomon said Friday he was ordering a halt to the practice. Solomon accused his predecessor, Mayor Scott Avedisian, of signing a contract document that enhanced the vacation perk even though the change was never approved by the City Council, as required.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal

Chief of Department James Leonard, the top uniformed officer in the FDNY, has been relieved of his duties and put on modified assignment pending a review of possible “inappropriate behavior,” a spokesman said Thursday. The move came two days after the Daily News reported on allegations that Leonard was butting heads with many in the FDNY, including First Deputy Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, the lone woman at the top of the roster.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News