Dustin Griffin, a Vancouver man accused of killing a Woodland resident and lighting his house on fire after burglarizing him in 2016, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday and will stand trial on Jan. 29. His alleged accomplice, Monroe, Wash., resident Kristopher Hoyt, will be arraigned Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2018 2:57:39 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

Southern California Edison said Tuesday its equipment likely sparked one of two ignition points for the massive wildfire that tore through California’s central coast last year. Witnesses reported flames near the company’s power poles in Ventura County last December and the utility “believes that its equipment was associated with this ignition,” Edison said.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOVR-TV CBS Sacramento

When, in the afternoon of Sept. 13, Lawrence Fire Chief Brian Moriarty first got the call about house explosions and fires across the south side of his city, he was driving back up to the Merrimack Valley from Boston after taking an emergency medical service class, hoping to meet a few guys after work.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lawrence Eagle Tribune

The Chicago Police Department has been holding frequent entrance exams — in May and June of this year with a third coming up in December — as it wraps up a two-year hiring surge to add 970 additional officers over and above attrition. But the Chicago Fire Department is a different story. There was a firefighters entrance exam in 2014.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times

Have you ever thought of being a first responder for the supernatural? Mary Barrett and her husband, Sean, a 33-year veteran of the Indianapolis Fire Department, launched Paranormal 911 in 2009 after being inspired by an evening of ghost touring. The couple now leads a team mainly consisting of firefighters, EMS providers and police officers on ghost investigation adventures, and has even gained national attention on the A&E show, “My Ghost Story.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1