The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (U.S. Department of Commerce) Monday issued the following press release: Today, FirstNet Board Chair Sue Swenson and Vice Chair Jeffrey Johnson notified Assistant Secretary of Commerce David Redl of their resignation from the FirstNet board.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

Four years after New Carlisle Assistant Fire Chief Jamie Middlebrook was killed while fighting a fire, a federal agency has released a report on the incident and announced several recommendations as a result of its investigation. The report was created by the Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program within the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC 57 WBND-TV South Bend News

Channel 2 Investigates has learned a rotating group of Houston firefighters equipped with a tent, waited with a broken HFD fire truck for about 11 hours. The rotating crews were on-duty but unavailable to respond to emergency calls during the overnight event in Kingwood. "Nobody gave them direction as to checking on them, where do they go, there was no water, no restrooms out there, and no one gave them direction," Patrick Lancton, president of the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, said.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston

The Washington Air National Guard was busy Monday mapping out the McCleod wildfire in Okanogan County. They’re using infrared technology that normally helps pinpoint enemy targets. “We essentially bring what we do in the military, which is dropping bombs on behalf of the Army, to here in fighting wildland forest fires,” said Lt.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO 7 Seattle

An off-duty Klickitat County firefighter alerted an Outlook family about a fire in their garage Sunday night, according to Yakima County firefighters. Yakima County Fire District 5 crews were called shortly after 9 p.m. for a fire at 2730 Outlook Road. A Klickitat County firefighter in the area helped the people in the house next to the garage get out safely, according to a fire district news release.
- PUB DATE: 8/20/2018 11:38:08 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic