A man charged with setting fire to two University District buildings last month reportedly told detectives he was mad at his boss and contemplated fleeing to Mexico before turning himself in. Prosecutors accuse the 24-year-old man of setting fire to the University Heights Center, where he worked as a janitor, early on the morning of July 22, before he headed south and set the Agua Verde Cafe and Paddle Club ablaze.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 8:59:35 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Department of Natural Resources crews say a fire near Highway 195 and Thorpe has been knocked down Tuesday evening. The fire was brought under control quickly and was only about 4 acres in size. It was called out as a second alarm fire so resources from several fire districts responded. Initially about five homes were threatened but structure protection crews were able to keep the houses safe.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 6:29:35 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

VIDEO - A passerby captured the moment a St. Paul firefighter and two St. Paul police officers rescued a woman standing on the edge of a bridge on Tuesday. District Fire Chief Conrad Ertz pulled the woman off the ledge. He told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS helping people in their times of need is just part of the job.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTP-TV ABC 5 Minneapolis/St. Paul

Despite serving a city with fewer than 100,000 people, the Brockton Fire Department is one of the busiest in the country. Brockton’s Squad A Rescue Unit responded to more calls in 2016 than any other heavy rescue unit in the country, according to Firehouse Magazine’s 2016 national run survey of 248 departments.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brockton Enterprise

Houston firefighters may be stymied in their push to achieve a voter-approved pay raise this November in part by a competing referendum petition that even its organizers no longer view as crucial. The fire union again accused Mayor Sylvester Turner in a Monday press conference of failing to ensure a petition they submitted last month seeking "parity" in pay with police officers of corresponding rank is certified in time to appear on the ballot this fall.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle