In preparation for William Pernett’s final day as fire chief at North Whatcom Fire and Rescue (NWFR), fire commissioners voted on November 15 to appoint assistant chief Joe Noonchester to the position on an interim basis. “My goal is to continue where fire chief William Pernett left off,” Noonchester said in an email.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2018 5:28:43 AM - SOURCE: Northern Light

A rural residence east of Port Angeles was destroyed by a fire Tuesday afternoon after flames that began in the daylight basement chased the owner, poet and professor emeritus Alice Derry from the deck of her home. Derry, 71, of 1862 Deer Park Road, was not injured in the blaze reported at 2:43 p.m.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2018 3:34:09 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday, Nov. 20 to rename a Fire Department training center after David Rosa, the captain who was killed on duty earlier this year. The facility, at 2249 Argonne Avenue in the Stearns Park neighborhood, will now be called the “Captain David Rosa Regional Training Center.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Long Beach Press-Telegram

A former town fire lieutenant charged last week with two counts of computer trespassing deleted hundreds of thousands of files from the department’s computer system, according to Fire Chief Kevin Robinson. Robert Warner, who was fired from the Fire Department in July, was charged last week by the Attorney General’s office after an investigation by the East Greenwich police.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal

Long before he opened fire at a Near South Side hospital, Juan Lopez had a documented history of abusive behavior that he sometimes backed up with a gun. While a trainee at the Chicago Fire Department Academy nearly five years ago, Lopez faced dismissal after being accused of “aggressive and improper conduct” toward women, according to the department.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune