Posted: Oct 9, 2017
More than two months after the city expected to announce the hiring of a new chief to lead its troubled fire department in the wake of the Ghost Ship disaster, it remains unclear how soon the position will be filled.
One of the finalists, Los Angeles Assistant Fire Chief Patrick Butler, told the Bay Area News Group on Friday he was offered the job at the end of August but turned it down because the compensation package would mean a pay cut.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times
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Posted: Oct 9, 2017
The Cleveland Division of Police is investigating a deadly crash involving a car and a fire truck.
The crash happened around 12:20 a.m. Monday in front of the Cleveland Division of Fire station at St. Clair Ave. and E. 103rd St.
A ladder truck was returning from a fire when a car hit the truck head-on.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJW-TV MyFox Cleveland
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Posted: Oct 9, 2017
Wind-whipped wildfires roared to life Sunday night and early Monday across Wine Country, burning buildings, forcing hundreds of evacuations and injuring several people, reports CBS San Francisco.
The Atlas Peak fire was the largest, quickly growing to more than 200 acres near Napa.
Meanwhile, a fire near Calistoga had burned several buildings, sent several people to the hospital to be treated for burns and prompted mandatory evacuations along several roads.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
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Posted: Oct 9, 2017
A 70-year-old woman was killed in an Ocean Shores house fire early Saturday morning in the 100 block of Victoria Loop.
The fire occurred at 12;45 a.m. while the Ocean Shores Fire Department also was handling two simultaneous medical aid calls, which left only one firefighter to initially respond to the blaze in the northeastern neighborhood of the city.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily World
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Posted: Oct 9, 2017
Rendon (TX) Fire Department tanker-pumper. Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISX 500-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,250-gpm pump.
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