VIDEO: The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) is making history with its first-ever father-daughter duo. Captain Gordon Wolcott pinned his daughter, Raechel Elhers at a ceremony back in March, officially welcoming her to SFD. He said he always knew she would one day follow in his footsteps. “I know from her personality that she would do it or die trying,” Wolcott said.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

PHOTOS: Spokane fire investigators are looking for a man they believe set fire to a bush near a dog grooming business in the Emerson Garfield neighborhood early Wednesday morning. According to a release from the Spokane Fire Department, a man was caught on video setting fire to an evergreen bush at the southwest corner of Lil Bit of Grooming.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

VIDEO: Chopper 6 was over a dramatic crash rescue that unfolded in Chester County on Tuesday. Firefighters responded to a collision on the 400 block of Hilltop Road in Tredyffrin Township just after 10:30 a.m. Authorities say a man had been trapped under a red SUV for at least 30 minutes before he was freed.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

PHOTOS: The rain was pounding in the Mojave Desert on the Saturday before Easter when the first call came in about a crash along Interstate 15. Details were sketchy: head-on collision, Mercedes versus another car, a 7-year-old not breathing, a nurse on scene performing CPR. San Bernardino County Fire Protection District Capt.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times - Metered Site

PHOTOS: “New York’s Bravest” want to look more like New York. The Fire Department announced a new campaign Tuesday aiming to diversify its rank-and-file with hundreds of new recruits from all walks of life in the Big Apple. FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh announced the call to arms, dubbed “All Heroes Welcome,” at the department’s Downtown Brooklyn headquarters on May 14.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: amNY