The NFPA Standards Council has received a New Project Initiation Request from the fire service asking NFPA consider developing an ANSI Accredited Standard to establish the minimum requirements for the effective contamination control of fire department personal, their personal protective equipment (PPE), accessories, and equipment.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he is “favorably disposed” to a bill that would provide medical coverage for volunteer firefighters who develop cancer from the job. The bill passed the state Senate and Assembly this year and awaits the governor’s signature. Gov. Cuomo, speaking in Watertown Wednesday following his $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative award announcement, said that the bill has not yet reached his desk, but it’s one he’s more inclined to support.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

On 88 acres just north of Richland fires rage and rescue workers rappel down the side of a building. For 20 years the Department of Energy’s HAMMER training center has trained workers holding some of the nation’s most hazardous jobs, nuclear waste cleanup and emergency response. The goal — save lives and avert disaster.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 9:20:03 PM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald

The Washington State Patrol has arrested two people in connection with an Oregon car chase that ended with a brush fire. Benton County Fire District 1 tweeted that a fire started at about 4:20 p.m. Thursday in the area of Beck Road along Interstate 82. The fire started at one acre, but quickly spread to 80 acres before it was contained.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 6:36:10 PM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald

Several agencies lit a prescribed fire near Roslyn on Thursday, burning dozens of acres just a few miles from this summer’s massive Jolly Mountain Fire. The controlled burn was part of Washington’s first ever prescribed fire training. At least 26 firefighters from 10 agencies assisted to learn more about prescribed burning and other wildfire fighting techniques.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2017 5:25:01 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000