Houston Fire Department leaders on Tuesday proposed a sharp hike in ambulance fees, floating several new charges they hope will prevent repeat callers from using the city’s emergency medical services as a convenience. Ambulance transport fees would rise 70 percent, to $1,876; the accompanying $14.36-per-mile fee would not change.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

A team of coding students from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have developed an app that can turn your smartphone into a smoke detector. 'Smoke Detective' is programmed to allow a smartphone camera to detect smoke from a fire, then sound an audible and visible alarm upon detection.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh

Nearly every day, Mark Frey goes to work at a nondescript Fruitvale Avenue building. Despite being the longest-serving city employee, the 63-year-old isn’t as well-known as others largely because of his humble personality and his role behind the scenes. But that doesn’t mean the Yakima native’s absence wouldn’t be noticed immediately.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 10:38:31 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

North Providence (RI) pumper. Typhoon cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; E-ONE 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank; 30-gallon foam cell.

A National Forest fire estimated at six acres in size 12 miles northeast of Leavenworth turned out to be just two acres, and firefighters achieved full containment. The revised estimate Beaver Creek Fire, reported Tuesday morning in the timberlands of the Wenatchee River Ranger District, was reached using GPS.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 9:49:45 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne