Rex Strickland couldn’t be further from home. Coming from a county in Virginia whose eastern edge rubs against the nation’s capital, the Spokane Fire Department’s newest deputy fire chief is used to the rain. Lots of rain. And the people. Even more of them. That means he’s also acclimated to a bit more action than he’ll get in the other Washington’s second biggest city.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review

An African American firefighter filed a lawsuit against the city on Monday, alleging he repeatedly faced discrimination and retaliation while working at a fire station in South Los Angeles. Emanuel Brown, a 10-year employee, said the mistreatment began Easter Sunday in 2017, when he found feces in a compartment where he stored his jacket and breathing apparatus.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

Chief Billy Goldfeder – “Billy G” as he is affectionately referred to by his innumerable fans in the fire service – has always been focused on firefighter survival. He attributes his interest to the 1970s, when firefighter line-of-duty deaths where all too common. “It really impacted me,” he says, because though, “we didn't know better back then,” it was accepted as part of the job.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

The Reno Fire Department performed a new sensor technology test on Saturday, Aug.4 at the University of Nevada, Reno Innevation Center that can potentially help find people faster in an emergency. SimpleSense developed sensors to assist firefighters in what’s called the primary search. The primary search is the best chance for firefighters to find anyone trapped inside a burning building, and involves quickly searching as much of the building as possible to locate anyone still inside, according to Reno Fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRNV NBC Reno

A man says his 23-year-old granddaughter did not make it out of a house that caught fire in Ridgefield early Wednesday morning. Crews responded to the fully-involved house fire at 3:51 a.m. in the 29300 block of Northwest 41st Avenue. The grandfather says he lives next door and has no idea what caused the fire that destroyed the home his granddaughter was inside.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland