California cities and counties have too few cops and too many wildfires to get a handle on their soaring overtime budgets. That’s how they explain the $3.7 billion they spent collectively on overtime last year, a 60 percent increase from the $2.3 billion they shelled out for overtime in 2012. The dynamic means police and firefighters have no shortage of opportunities to pad their paychecks with overtime hours, but for some, the extra work is taking a toll on their bodies and families.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Modesto Bee

A major industrial fire spewed toxic smoke into the air and has shut down part of State Route 3 for several hours near Shelton Wednesday night, according to Mason County Search and Rescue. The fire broke out around 7:15 p.m. near S. Delaware Street and SR 3. Firefighters believe the fire started in an RV parked next to a large tire shop and was fanned by winds 25 to 35 miles per hour.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

Indianapolis (IN) Fire Department 100-foot rear-mount aerial platform units (2). Arrow XT cabs and chassis; Cummins X15 565-hp engines.