A high-ranking state firefighter with 24 years of experience was compelled to resign last month because his department believed he helped a fire captain cheat on a test that the captain failed. Jeff Isaacs’ ouster as an assistant chief for the department’s Fresno unit is a sign of the tough line Cal Fire has taken on discipline since a 2014 investigation revealed sex-related misconduct and inappropriate drinking at its fire academy.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Modesto Bee

VIDEO - The Palmyra Fire Department has released video of an incident that injured two of its firefighters and resulted in the filing of reckless endangerment and other charges against a 21-year-old Palmyra woman earlier this month. In the Jan. 9 incident, the Palmyra Fire Department was extinguishing a fire at an apartment complex on the 1300 block of Park Drive.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPMT-TV Fox 43

Bickering between sheriff’s deputies and firefighters over which agency should conduct air rescues in Orange County has led to delays in getting injured people to hospitals, raising concerns that the running feud could impair medical care and put taxpayers at risk of unexpected legal payouts. In one 2016 incident, detailed in a letter by the county’s Emergency Medical Services director obtained by The Orange County Register, a conflict between sheriff’s deputies and Orange County Fire Authority paramedics delayed the transport of an elderly woman with a serious head injury.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orange County Register

Crews battled a two-story house fire Sunday morning that sent plumes of smoke into the air that could be seen throughout Renton. One person was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after suffering burns, firefighters told KOMO News. It is unclear on what caused the fire. About eight people were reportedly living at the home at 13265 89th Ave.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

Officials say one person has died following the crash of a helicopter contracted by Washington state's Fish and Game department to help with mule deer surveying. Garfield County Sheriff Drew W. Hyer says the crash happened at about 2 p.m. Saturday. The investigation has been turned over to the Washington State Patrol, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News