PHOTO - Fire Lt. Peter Francis was filling out a police report stating he had lost his prized firefighter’s helmet Tuesday when one of his fire brothers told him he was needed back at the fire station. Francis was convinced the helmet, which he bought almost 30 years ago and lost at a call scene the week before, was gone forever.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seacoast Online

Police are looking for a gunman after a Charleston ambulance was hit by gunfire Tuesday morning. Charleston Police say medics responded to a call around 2:50 a.m. for a man with leg pain near Central Avenue and Vine Street. Police say after the ambulance arrived, shots rang out and that the person in need of medical attention ran and took cover.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAZ-TV NBC 3

Richardson (TX) Fire Department 100-foot rear-mount aerial quint. Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump.

Richardson (TX) Fire Department 100-foot rear-mount aerial quint. Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump.

One man is dead after getting separated from his kayak and drowning in the Wenatchee River Tuesday afternoon. A 911 call was made around 1:25 p.m. from a witness on the eastern bank of the river who noticed an empty kayak floating on the river. The witness saw a man in the water behind the kayak and stated it appeared he was trying to catch up to the kayak.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2017 9:32:30 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4