Snohomish County’s emergency radio system is nearly at its expiration date and a 0.1 percent sales tax increase on this November’s ballot would allow for a replacement of that system. The Snohomish County Emergency Radio System (SERS) is an organization which runs and maintains the system, which helps coordinate communication between 911 dispatchers and local police officers, firefighters and other emergency services.
- PUB DATE: 10/16/2018 1:07:21 PM - SOURCE: North Couty Outlook

A man suspected of setting a detached garage on fire was arrested Friday. When police spotted him, he started running. Officers eventually lost sight of him, so they brought out a police dog to try and track him down. Police warned the hiding suspect that he could be bitten if he didn’t give up. The suspect got on the ground.
- PUB DATE: 10/16/2018 7:57:16 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - Metered Site

On October 10th Spartan completed training their employees on inspection, testing, and maintaining Darley PURIFIRE® water purification systems to meet the rising demand for emergency vehicles to have water purification and decontamination capabilities.

Spartan employees being shown how to inspect the Darley PURIFIRE® Module.

Darley’s 4S10F PURIFIRE Module is designed to supply drinking water from polluted surface water. The PURIFIRE is the first fire truck integrated water purification system. The system uses advanced filtration and chemical-free disinfection technology to remove pollutants. The Module prefilters the water, reducing the sediment level down to 5 microns and then it’s filtered again to reduce sediment level down to 1 micron. Finally, ultraviolet disinfection is applied, completing the purification process. The PURIFIRE 4S10F System blocks and remove 99.99 percent of pathogens from the water supply.

Darley PURIFIRE® Module shown properly working.

The Darley PURIFIRE Water Purification System is used to meet the rising demand for water purification systems for emergency responders. For more information, visit www.darley.com.

The city of Atlanta has settled a lawsuit with a former fire chief over his firing for a book containing passages which some saw as anti-gay. The Atlanta City Council approved a settlement agreeing to pay fired Atlanta fire chief Kelvin Cochran $1.2 million. In 2013, Cochran wrote a book about his Christian faith titled "Who Told You That You Were Naked?" for a men's Bible study and gave it to around a dozen subordinates he said had either requested copies or shared his beliefs.
- PUB DATE: 10/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAGA-TV Atlanta MyFox 5 News

Most of the California state firefighters who were fired last year because they drank alcohol during a training academy will return to work in 2018, according to Cal Fire and their union. Cal Fire in April announced that 17 firefighters would be dismissed from state service because they violated a code of conduct during their seven-week academy by drinking alcohol after hours.
- PUB DATE: 10/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sacramento Bee