Randy Brooks' son had a request three years ago: What could his dad do to make wildland firefighting safer? To Brooks, a professor at the University of Idaho's College of Natural Resources who deals with wildland firefighting, it was more of a command. His son, Bo Brooks, is a wildland firefighter who a few days earlier during that 2015 fire season fled a wall of flames that killed three of his fellow firefighters in eastern Washington.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

A 42-year-old man was arrested in connection to a string of attacks involving FDNY vehicles that were vandalized with swastikas in Manhattan. The FDNY said Jem R. Ibrahimov, of Manhattan, was apprehended around 8:30 a.m. Saturday while allegedly vandalizing Engine 93/Ladder 45/Battalion 13, a firehouse that was targeted on two separate occasions.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com

It was a wild scene last Friday night: two fire trucks that crashed into each other on their way to a fire in the District. Eight firefighters onboard the trucks received non-life-threatening injuries. The accident at the corner of 15th and K streets took place as crews rushed to the scene of an apartment fire on nearby L Street.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington

Two people were killed and six others were critically injured when a motorhome crashed off an I-90 overpass and went into a creek near Ellensburg Monday afternoon. The 40-foot motorhome and trailer were heading west on I-90 just before 3:30 p.m. when it suffered a blown tire and the driver lost control, according to the Washington State Patrol accident report.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Ladder 611 is a 2018 Pierce Ascendant in service with the Scottsdale (AZ) Fire Department.