After receiving at least three letters with complaints and meeting with the local firefighters association, the Augusta Fire Department wants to set the record straight about claims made against it. Michael Meyers, the department’s public information officer, said the majority of the allegations made by Augusta Professional Firefighters Association Local 3357 President Charlie Coleman in a series of letters since Sept.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Augusta Chronicle

Five people were arrested in London on Monday after a video posted on social media showed a group burning an effigy of Grenfell Tower, the public housing block where 72 people died in a massive blaze in 2017. In a statement, London's Metropolitan Police said five men, ages 19 to 55, were being held on suspicion of a public order offense after they turned themselves in to a south London police station.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

The Spokane City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Monday which would require Spokane firefighters and police officers to only work with dispatchers who are city employees. City Council President Ben Stuckart, who sponsored the ordinance, said it was designed to reassure city employees and maintain city control over dispatch services in the face of a potential region-wide communications integration.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokesman-Review

A debris burn on private property got out of control Monday evening in the Washington Creek area near Chelan but was contained and extinguished in less than an hour by crews from Chelan Fire and Rescue. The fire department reported that as crews arrived winds were fanning the fire, with flames reaching three to five feet high.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NCW Life

Indianapolis (IN) Fire Department walk-around rescue. Ford F-550 cab and chassis; 6.7-liter Power Stroke V8 Turbo diesel 330-hp engine; 12-foot walk-around rescue body.