At 64, Jim Aulbaugh has long been eligible to retire from Dallas Fire-Rescue. He loved working too much to call it quits, but he says he might have to now. A new state law aimed at fixing the ailing pension fund contains a provision -- a vestigial part of the original proposed fix -- that could cause him and dozens of other police and firefighters to finally leave their shrinking departments in January.
- PUB DATE: 11/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas News

Westmont (IL) Fire Department 105-foot aerial ladder quint. Velocity cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump.

Westmont (IL) Fire Department 105-foot aerial ladder quint. Velocity cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump.

A kitchen fire early Sunday afternoon displaced eight people and caused $17,500 in damage, according to the Yakima Fire Department. The fire in the 600 block of South 12th Street began around 1:30 p.m., according to a news release. Firefighters discovered a possible fire in the ceiling above the stove and used a portable extinguisher to put it out.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2017 9:44:30 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Members of Clallam Fire District No. 2 are mourning the recent loss of one of their own, Chief Sam Phillips announced last week. William “Bill” Doran, who served the fire district for 51 years, died Oct. 31 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. The World War II veteran was 95. Services were Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2017 1:44:39 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News