As flames devoured the North Philadelphia rowhouse beneath her last week, Alita Johnson cowered in a small third-floor bathroom with her father and 3-year-old son, pleading with 911 to send someone to their rescue. Firefighters responded. They extinguished the blaze and rescued other tenants. But when they cleared the scene and packed up to leave, Johnson and her family remained behind – missed and overlooked.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: PHILLY.COM

Firefighting foam with a chemical thought to cause cancer and other health problems will be banned in two years for local fire departments and districts in Washington. A new law signed Tuesday bans the group of chemicals that are contaminating some wells in Airway Heights and other water sources near military bases, although it won’t directly affect that contamination.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokesman-Review

A woman died while trying to escape from a home engulfed in flames in Sedro-Woolley overnight. Firefighters responded to the home in the 1000 block of Sterling Street at about 1:10 a.m. to extinguish the blaze. The woman was found dead at the scene. A neighbor, Brenda Suryan Sem, said fire crews arrived quickly, but the flames spread fast and furiously.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Stillwater (MN) Fire Department pumper. Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSUC20 1,250-gpm pump; 500-gallon polypropylene tank.

Stillwater (MN) Fire Department pumper. Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSUC20 1,250-gpm pump; 500-gallon polypropylene tank.