More than two dozen individuals have applied to lead the Providence Fire Department over the last two years, but the city still hasn’t found its next chief. Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare confirmed this week the city has offered the job to “a few” candidates, but none of them have been hired.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12

Two weeks ago, city council members raised the ire of police officers and firefighters with a unanimous vote that would have changed the city’s employee benefits plan and reduced their holiday pay and vacation time. But on Tuesday, after an apology to city employees from City Manager Ruffin Hall, the mayor and council members unanimously approved an amended benefits plan.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News Observer

Angry bees, low water and a disturbed man armed with a shovel were all hazards firefighters had to deal with on Tuesday while they tried to fight a fire on an island in the Sudbury River. In the end, firefighters decided to let the rain extinguish the fire, Deputy Fire Chief Mark Leporati said. Firefighters got the call about the fire on the island in the Sudbury Reservoir off Central Street around 10 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Metro West Daily

The Board of Skagit County Commissioners announced Tuesday new directors for Emergency Medical Services and the Department of Emergency Management. Jeffery Sargent will lead EMS starting Monday, and Douglas ten Hoopen will start at DEM on Oct. 2. Sargent is coming to Skagit County from the Mountain Vista Fire Department in Tucson, where he served as director, according to a news release from the county.
- PUB DATE: 9/19/2017 10:51:35 PM - SOURCE: Goskagit.com

It features a Husky 12 foam system, Waterous 2,000-gpm pump, 2,000 gallon tank, and 6-kW Harrison hydraulic generator.