There is legislative activity and legal issues involving fire protection in nearly every state. In Wisconsin, an attorney general opinion will place citizens and firefighters at risk for the rest of our careers and beyond, all because a 20-unit apartment complex can be built in 2018 without adequate fire protection because of a political and legal conflict.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

A San Bruno firefighter is suing the city and several members of its fire department on grounds he was sexually harassed and retaliated against when he complained. Filed in San Mateo County Superior Court on June 18, the lawsuit says the firefighter, identified as 17-year veteran Jon Priolo, was subjected to numerous comments and jokes suggesting he was gay between 2010 and September 2015.
- PUB DATE: 7/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mercury News

Firefighters say fireworks are to blame for a fire at a Zillah home on Friday. Yakima County Fire District 5 says the 19-year-old son of the homeowner shot a Roman candle from the front porch, and it went into the bushes, starting the fire. Firefighters say they responded to the home on Houghton Road at around 2:30 P.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2018 7:51:01 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

Firefighters say a pair of early morning fires in Union Gap has them thinking it was intentionally set. The Yakima Fire Department initially responded to a brush fire just after 1:00 A.M. on the 4300 block of Main Street, but says they then noticed a second fire nearby, just below the Leisure Hills Mobile Home Park.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2018 6:38:04 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

The Conrad Fire in Yakima has burned an estimated 4,000 acres as of 7:45 a.m. on Monday. It grew about 2,500 acres since Sunday night. Firefighters from across Washington state are battling winds and terrain. The fire is burning on Clemens Mountain outside of Naches Fire District in Yakima County. On Sunday evening, nearly 50 homes in the area of Box Canyon and Conrad roads were evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 7/1/2018 5:43:06 PM - SOURCE: KREM 2