A scared dog underneath an SUV was rescued on Monday morning in Kennewick. Firefighters and police responded to Yelm and 27th Avenue around 8 a.m. Captain Brian Ellis tells KAPP-KVEW the car passed over the dog, causing him to be scared. First responders were able to coax the dog out from underneath the SUV and they say he only had a minor abrasion to his hind leg.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2020 10:46:54 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

A new bill has been introduced in the South Carolina legislature that would create new a supplemental insurance policy for some firefighters diagnosed with cancer. Cancer is the leading cause of deaths in career firefighters, according to the Firefighter Cancer Support Network. While most fire departments – including the Aiken Department of Public Safety – provide cancer health care benefits to their employees, some firefighters believe the Firefighter Cancer Health Care Benefit Plan currently being discussed in the S.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Aiken Standard - Metered Site

What seemed like an eternity was actually 19 seconds. After Ryan Newman’s battered race car came to rest last Monday at the end of the tri-oval in a brutal wreck at the finish of the Daytona 500, it took only 19 seconds for the first emergency vehicle to arrive, according to a chronology provided by NASCAR officials during a question-and-answer session with reporters on Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sporting News

The first responders’ biggest fear was realized one night in December when someone called 911 for help in rural Erie County and nobody came. The first dispatch went to Union City Fire Co. When Union City couldn’t crew its ambulance, the call rolled over to neighboring Waterford Volunteer Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Morning Call

A retired firefighter who pulled his brother's body from the rubble at Ground Zero died Saturday of 9/11-related pancreatic cancer, officials said. Daniel Foley watched his firefighter brother respond to 9/11 and not come back, FDNY Lt. Mickey Conboy said. Foley promised his parents he wouldn't come home until he found his brother.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York