Engine 93 is a 2018 Pierce Enforcer custom pumper in service with the Wingate (NC) Fire Department.

A man, believed to be in his teens, slipped down a steep cliff Sunday afternoon in Whatcom Falls Park and had to be rescued by a team that included the Bellingham Fire Department. The incident occurred at approximately 4:51 p.m. Sunday near the 15-foot Middle Falls, also known as Pixie Falls. “I don’t think he was jumping or anything like that,” Bellingham Fire Chief Bill Newbold said.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2018 12:57:36 PM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

A second firefighter has died battling the Ferguson Fire near Yosemite National Park, officials said Sunday. The National Park Service has identified the firefighter as Brian Hughes, captain of the Arrowhead Interagency Hotshots. He was 33. The Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park firefighter died Sunday morning after being struck by a tree on the east side of the fire, where Hughes and his crew "were operating in an area with a large amount of tree mortality," park officials said.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC Sacramento

The FDNY’s $10 million minority recruitment drive has floundered, because hundreds of black and Hispanic candidates haven’t paid a $30 application fee, The Post has learned. Normally, candidates for NYC civil service jobs can’t take the exams unless they complete the application and pay the fee. About 45,000 people took the city’s firefighter exam last September through October.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post