A strike of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) planned for Friday is on hold as the company and union prepare for a last-minute bargaining meeting Thursday night. The EMTs work for the private ambulance company American Medical Response (AMR), which contracts with the city of Seattle to provide some ambulance service.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times

A firefighter from Northumberland County passed away on Thursday. The coroner tells Newswatch 16 Scott Dannheimer, 53 of Shamokin, was pronounced dead at a local hospital after responding to a fire in Coal Township. He was found unresponsive in the cab of the firetruck and transported to the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNEP-TV Newswatch 16

At a fire on West Street, Worcester Deputy Fire Chief Martin Dyer remembers pulling up to a three-decker where there appeared to be a small fire. As firefighters prepared to put it out, the blaze did what fires often do in those iconic three-story apartment buildings: it ran up through the walls to the roof and soon firefighters were scrambling to keep the building from burning to the ground.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Three Orlando firefighters were injured in a crash Thursday night that shut down a portion of the interstate, according to the Orlando Police Department. Officers said the firefighters were responding to a minor crash on eastbound 408 shortly before 11 p.m. when another vehicle rear-ended the firetruck.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG Click Orlando

Thieves entered Station Two of Wahkiakum County Fire District Three last week, making off in the night with Ambulance 311 and vital lifesaving equipment pilfered from the station. Fire District Commissioner Mark Letham said the theft probably occurred between 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, and before dawn Wednesday, Dec.
- PUB DATE: 12/20/2018 6:22:30 PM - SOURCE: Chinook Observer