The parents of a toddler killed when he became pinned in a door at a Scottsdale fire station have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city. The suit does not seek a specific damage amount in the death of 16-month-old Joey Reiss. However, a previous notice of claim filed against the city of Scottsdale had sought $9 million.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix

Detroit police announced an arrest Thursday in the shooting death of Detroit firefighter Jack Wiley Jr. Detroit police said they arrested an 18-year-old man near the Southfield Freeway and Ford Road in Dearborn, said Capt. Michael McGinnis. "What his motives (were) ... I have no idea," said McGinnis.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News

Lawmakers will hold a hearing Friday on data throttling during the Mendocino Complex Fire after Santa Clara County’s fire chief said his department’s firefighters were put in danger when Verizon slowed the speed of their wireless transmissions while they were battling the blaze. The Select Committee on Natural Disaster, Response, Recovery, and Rebuilding, led by Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, and Assemblywoman Monique Limón, D-Santa Barbara, will hold the hearing to probe wireless provider policies for restricting cell phone plans during emergencies like wildfires.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle

On Savannah Highway, out beyond the car dealerships and across the street from a barber college, lies one of the most significant projects for the city of Charleston and its firefighters. The site is an empty L-shaped lot for now. It’s bordered by a doughnut shop, a park and a quiet residential neighborhood where neatly subdivided homes line gentle, swooping streets along a curve in the Stono River.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charleston Post and Courier

A nationwide telecommunications company that slowed internet service to firefighters as they battled the largest wildfire in California history says it has removed all speed cap restrictions for first responders on the West Coast. Verizon Senior Vice President Mike Maiorana says the service restrictions were removed as of Thursday and include Hawaii, where emergency crews have rescued people from areas flooded by Hurricane Lane.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News