The Chelan County Fire District 1 Chief turnover happened earlier this month. Deputy Chief Mike Burnett says it was always part of the plan to have Chief Brian Brett be the Deputy Chief for six months and then the two would switch. “When I came 9.5 years ago, I had two weeks to shadow the current chief and then it was mine.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 4:02:19 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

Henderson (KY) Fire Department 107-foot aerial ladder quint. Inferno cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump; 500-gallon polypropylene tank; 20-gallon foam cell.

With flames bursting from all sides of a house in West Seattle early Tuesday morning, Seattle Fire crews called in a 2-alarm response to try to save the home, its occupants and nearby buildings. Just before 2 a.m. Tuesday, firefighters were called to the 8600 block of Fauntlee Crest SW in the Fauntleroy neighborhood.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 3:25:57 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

It’s a symbol of firefighters, superheroes and dancers. But the pole has all but vanished from most fire stations these days. What’s up with that? Taking the steps is safer. The 20-foot sliding pole at Everett Fire Department Station 1 on Rucker Avenue is the last one standing in the city’s six firehouses.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 12:00:04 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - Metered Site

Emotional testimony capped the first day Monday in the arson and murder trial of a woman accused of setting the fire that killed Kansas City firefighters John Mesh and Larry Leggio. Capt. Steve Davis remembers instructing firefighter Leggio to pull a fan out of a window facing the alley so they could throw more water at the fire within.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kansas City Star