A woman was pulled from a submerged car at the Redondo boat launch Sunday. South King Fire & Rescue said dive teams pulled an unconscious woman out of the car. She was in critical condition and taken to Harborview Medical Center. Authorities say she appeared to be in her 30s. At 7:20 p.m., emergency officials received several reports that a person was inside a Lexus when it drove into the water at the boat launch.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2018 3:17:20 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

VIDEO - A Sacramento firefighter is recovering at home after being pulled from the roof of a commercial building Wednesday. “Shock, disbelief a little bit,” is how Sacramento Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Keith Wade described the moment a fellow firefighter nearly fell through the roof of a children's store in the Arden area.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC Sacramento

A few years back, there were hundreds of people applying to be a Springfield firefighter — but that’s dropped off dramatically. “Our last test — we only had 27 applicants,” said Capt. Brian Leciejewski of the Springfield Fire/Rescue Division. To get more people in the door, the division is eliminating a preliminary requirement for applicants.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Springfield News-Sun

Five firefighters are suing the Unified Fire Authority and two of its former top administrators for allegedly hiring less-qualified family members of command staff instead of them in 2011. The lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City, says the men were experienced firefighters seeking full-time positions with the agency that spring.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune

Around 20 to 25 Houston firefighters say they've been asked to cover their union and generic fire department shirts at some polling stations in Houston, despite the fact that their shirts didn't appear to violate election law, according to the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association. This comes after the Harris County Clerk's Office earlier this week instructed poll workers to not allow people wearing shirts depicting the names of three progressive groups to cast ballots, earlier reports say.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle