The highest-ranking fire chief punished in the aftermath of a drinking and test-cheating scandal at Cal Fire’s academy in 2014 could get his job back. A San Francisco Superior Court judge this month ruled that former Cal Fire Assistant Chief Michael Ramirez should get another chance to return to work three years after the department dismissed him.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sacramento Bee

Tapping reserves. Reducing spending. Hiring more firefighters and police officers. Those are some of the measures the City of Newburgh is discussing to plug an expected hole in this year’s $44.6 million budget and then reduce fire and police department overtime that is on pace to fall far short of more than $700,000 in hoped-for cuts, Mayor Torrance Harvey said.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Herald-Record

A man was arrested on suspicion of setting multiple fires in southwest Riverside County on Wednesday, including one that burned homes and forced evacuations in the Idyllwild area, officials said. Temecula resident Brandon N. McGlover, 32, is accused of sparking a series of blazes along Highway 74 in the San Bernardino National Forest, according to a news release from officials at the national monument.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ktla.com

Tender 502 is a 2017 Pierce tanker built on a Freightliner M2-112 cab and chassis. 

Two firefighters were hospitalized after fighting a house fire in North Seattle Wednesday night. The fire broke out just before 5:30 p.m. at a home on NE 94th Street. Seattle Fire said one firefighter fell through the roof and into the attic of the home. He was able to exit the home on his own and was taken to Harborview Medical Center with minor injuries.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2018 9:46:16 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000