A Tacoma apartment building under construction sustained significant damage in a Tuesday morning fire. Crews responded to the scene, at South J Street and South 7th Street, at about 6:30 a.m. after receiving reports of smoke and flames. The blaze was spreading through the building when firefighters arrived, sending up a dense plume of smoke.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2018 8:23:38 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

State officials say Monday's false tsunami warning in Clallam County was the result of a Jefferson County official testing a new cellphone app. The Peninsula Daily News reports that the app, which the state was beginning to roll out to counties across the state in April, was deactivated Tuesday morning.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2018 8:23:38 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Pay inequities among firefighters and sheriff’s deputies have left some leaders earning less than the people they supervise or less than others in comparable positions. While pay disparity has been a problem for all city employees, it’s more pronounced in public safety, where dozens hold the same rank and expect to earn the same amount as their peers, said Vice Mayor Jim Wood, who was a police officer in the 1980s.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com

Trailblazing FDNY Lt. Adrienne Walsh is making history — again. Walsh, 51, on Monday became the first woman to serve in a position of rank in one of five of the department's elite rescue companies. Serving as a lieutenant in Rescue Company 1, which covers Manhattan, Walsh is joining one of five highly technical emergency response units that race to large fires or other high-risk situations where specialized training, skills and equipment are required.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

A bright red firetruck, a firefighter in full gear, and a fireman’s pole are visible through the picture windows of the brick building, along with lockers full of equipment and a waiting stretcher. Instead of a fire-company name or logo, however, the lettering on the building in Rockville, Md., announces that this is not a real, live firehouse – but a recruitment center.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Philly.com