The Wichita Fire Department has completed an administrative investigation and concluded that no employee gave a rapper permission to use a fire truck in a music video posted to YouTube. In the video, rappers Blue Scrilla and Pj can be seen rapping both inside of and in front of a Station 15 Wichita Fire Department truck.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wichita Eagle & Kansas.com

Longview (TX) Fire Department 100-foot rear-mount platform quint. Velocity cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engine; Pierce PUC 1,500-gpm single-stage pump.

Longview (TX) Fire Department 100-foot rear-mount platform quint. Velocity cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engine; Pierce PUC 1,500-gpm single-stage pump.

The Yakima Fire Department has been granted funding that will help hire three additional firefighters to the team. Yakima Fire Cheif Bob Stewart sent in the request to city council due the department being short staffed. "Currently I believe we slightly below average in the number of firefighters that we have," said Stewart.
- PUB DATE: 1/16/2018 9:22:27 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

Tuesday people in Japan received a false news bulletin stating North Korea had fired a missile. Saturday, an accidental text in Hawaii put people in a panic thinking there was an imminent, incoming missile. Both were frightening false alarms In Spokane County, emergency management is confident if you get a local alert; it will be the real thing.
- PUB DATE: 1/16/2018 8:22:50 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4