Inmates sent to help fight wildfires are back behind bars in Idaho after one inmate was charged with raping a woman working at a base camp in Utah, authorities said Tuesday. The Idaho Department of Correction is reviewing the way they select, train and deploy those inmates, spokesman Jeff Ray said. Most Western states have similar programs that allow low-level offenders to be temporarily released to help fight wildfires.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Twin Falls Times-News

Garden City officials voted Tuesday night to approve a settlement of more than $1.1 million for a dozen paid firefighters, clearing the way for the village's plan to rely on an all-volunteer force. The village board had voted July 25 to abolish the 90-year-old paid fire department after village officials said having volunteer firefighters would save the village about $2 million annually.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newsday

Lakemont Logan Township Volunteer Fire Department, Altoona, PA, pumper. Commander cab and chassis; Cummins ISX 500-hp engine; Hale RME 2,000-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank.

VIDEO- The start of September makes good, each year, on several guarantees- the changing of seasons, the shortening of days and the start of the school year. But for Nolan Garrison, and his family, starting school at all was never a guarantee. The 4-year-old was born with dangerous kidney condition.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 7:41:03 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Pullman firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a fully involved fire in a basement apartment Tuesday afternoon but not before smoke spread through the other three apartments on Pullman’s College Hill. Fire crews were called to the older brick building at 330 NE Maple St around 3:30 pm for a report of smoke pouring from the two story building.
- PUB DATE: 9/4/2018 6:53:16 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane