Albany City Manager Sharon Subadan announced at Tuesday’s Albany City Commission meeting that Cedric Scott has been named the city’s new fire chief. Scott, who currently is serving as fire chief for the city of Suffolk, Va., and has served in that position in Waycross, College Park and Rockdale County in Georgia, is expected to take over the Albany Fire Department in June.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Albany Herald

Kent voters delivered a resounding rejection to higher utility taxes for more police officers and higher property taxes to help maintain fire services. Voters were rejecting each ballot measure by a 58 to 41 percent margin, according to King County Elections results released Tuesday night. “I am committed to making this work,” Kent Mayor Dana Ralph said to Proposition A police measure supporters who gathered on election night downtown at Airways Brewing – The Bistro.
- PUB DATE: 4/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kentreporter.com

Pierce Arrow XT 100-foot tiller in service with the Indianapolis (IN) Fire Department.

Pierce Arrow XT 100-foot tiller in service with the Indianapolis (IN) Fire Department.

Sen. Maria Cantwell questioned the acting head of the U.S. Forest Service, Vicki Christiansen, this week. Among the senator’s top concerns: There may not be air support for fires in the West this year. Cantwell, D-Wash., said during a meeting of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that air tankers can catch wildfires before they grow into expensive catastrophes.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2018 7:48:33 PM - SOURCE: news.opb