An Olympia church was destroyed by fire early Tuesday, five months after it was hit by a previous, less destructive blaze that was determined to be arson. A man found walking several blocks from today's fire with soot on his hands was questioned, but police are no longer calling him a person of interest in the case.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2018 4:52:31 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Redding Fire Chief Gerry Gray. who was beloved in the community and known for his friendliness and almost daily tweets, has died, the funeral director for Hoyt-Cole Chapel of Flowers in Red Bluff said. Funeral director Jack Kirchert said his funeral home is handling the arrangements but did not have any additional information about the fire chief's sudden and unexpected death.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Redding Record Searchlight

Boise Fire Capt. Rob Christensen listened to the victim count rise on his way to the scene of Saturday’s mass stabbing. Initially, his crew got the call for a stabbing, then he heard there were four victims and by the time he got there, he realized the crew of 11 Boise firefighters would be spread thin treating the nine victims.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Nampa Idaho Press-Tribune

A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by four Virginia Beach firefighters over a 2017 test-cheating scandal, saying he didn't believe he had the authority to rule on it. While Circuit Judge James Lewis told the firefighters he doesn't condone cheating, he agreed with attorneys for the city that he doesn't have jurisdiction in the case, said Andrea Ruege, an attorney for the firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com

When most people think about data, they think about numbers: spreadsheets, charts and graphs. It’s true that quantitative data involves counting and measuring things, and provides answers to questions of how many, how much and to what extent, as well as who is involved and when things happen. But data isn’t only about these factors.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1