An early morning residential fire gutted a small home in Rock Island on Wednesday. The blaze was reported at 4:37 a.m. in the 200 block of Saunders Avenue. A dozen firefighters from Douglas County Fire District 1 and Chelan County Fire District 1 responded to find the house fully-involved when they arrived on scene.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2018 9:36:10 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

Controversy about the Public Safety Officer program spilled into the Cedar Falls City Council meeting Monday. The discussion came as Jason Campbell — 2018 Firefighter of the Year — resigned, the fifth firefighter to do so in a month. Rural residents Darren Yoder and Andrea Southall spoke about the recent departures.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

A frightening scene erupted in an area of Kenner and it was all caught on camera. John Panzavecchia sent WDSU video of a vehicle fire that was reported on West Loyola Drive. The video starts out with the SUV slowly being engulfed in flames from the passenger side. At one point, firefighters who were trying to extinguish the fire approached the SUV and then the flames suddenly engulfed them as well.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDSU-TV NBC 6 New Orleans

The National Mutual Aid System (NMAS) partnership today announced the launch of the new NMAS, an emergency resource management system where all users can access cutting-edge technology to request, geospatially locate and strategically deploy response resources. The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), Juvare, and Esri have been working since the fall of 2017 to build NMAS to serve state and local governments throughout the U.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

Of the 50 highest-paid city of Sacramento employees, more than half work for the Fire Department. All made more than $200,000 in 2017 and in some cases, $300,000. City Manager Howard Chan tops the list at $332,000 in salary, retirement and health benefits according to the California State Controller's website.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Capital Public Radio