A building in McCleary that was once home to Mark Reed Hospital caught fire just before 6 a.m. Monday, according to Grays Harbor Fire District 5. The damage to the building in the 300 block of South Birch Street was not extensive because a working sprinkler system helped to put out the fire. McCleary Fire Department responded to the fire and was assisted by Grays Harbor Fire District’s 5 and 12.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2017 3:20:46 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

Last night's NBC News segment featured an in-depth look at firefighter occupational cancer. The segment featured an interview with a Boston firefighter who is battling blood cancer and Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn, who called cancer rates in the fire service an "epidemic." According to the segment, three active or just-retired firefighters are diagnosed with cancer each month.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

The end of a nearly yearlong dispute between Mayor Lloyd Winnecke's office and the police and fire departments was reached Monday with a six-figure settlement. City Council approved using $300,000 of income tax revenue to end the lawsuit between the unions and city over the changes to the 2017 health insurance plan the city offered employees.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Evansville Courier & Press

The motorist who first reported the Canyon Fire 2 said Monday, Oct. 23 that he described the Oct. 9 incident as a fire, not as smoke. The distinction matters because Orange County Fire Authority officials confirmed Monday that the dispatcher’s first response was to send a single fire engine with lights and sirens off, a deployment known as a low-priority “smoke check.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orange County Register

Cranston’s deputy fire chief is back on the job even as he faces criminal charges tied to an alleged fight with a lieutenant. Cranston spokesman Mark Schieldrop confirmed to Eyewitness News that Deputy Chief Paul Valletta has been taken off administrative leave, more than a month after the city placed him on paid leave following his arrest.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12