Firefighters say no one is hurt after a family's home in Yakima caught fire early Wednesday morning. Crews with the Yakima Fire Department (YFD) were called to the 800 block of S. 4th Ave. around 5:30 a.m. to find flames at the home. Firefighters said the smoke alarm alerted the family of five and everyone inside the burning home was able to get out safely.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2018 11:17:38 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

The Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department/Ambulance Service and the Grand Coulee Police Department members and spouses met Saturday night to honor and thank them for their service to the area. The year's activities were recounted, good teamwork the three departments had enjoyed and the fact all the departments had not had any injuries were reported this year.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2018 10:41:58 AM - SOURCE: Grand Coulee Star

On Monday night, firefighters rushed to rescue a family stranded on a highway before a tractor-trailer smashed into their vehicles causing an explosion. In a bizarre incident later that night, the passenger of a car who drove through the barricade during clean-up waved a gun and ran into a firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WECT-TV Channel 6

A Connecticut Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of a local firefighters union saying it effectively disaffiliated in 2016 from the Uniformed Professional Firefighters Association of Connecticut. The city firefighters’ union, Local 825, filed a four-count lawsuit in March alleging a breach of fiduciary duty against the UPFFA, which represents the state’s fire departments.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Greenwich Time

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) today announced the participants accepted into the seventh-year of the prestigious Fire Service Executive Development Institute (FSEDI). FSEDI is a yearlong leadership-development program developed by the IAFC to provide new and aspiring chiefs with the tools they need to have successful and productive tenures.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs