Although the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks occurred before the fifth-graders in Todd Hausman’s class at Bay View Elementary School were born, he wants his students to know how those events changed the world as many Americans knew it. “(It’s really important) to remember 9/11 and make sure that students understand that that was such a significant day in our history,” Hausman said.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2017 4:17:42 AM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com)

A fire broke out briefly on the rooftop of the TraVigne on Eleventh Avenue, an apartment building, Wednesday afternoon. The Seattle Fire Department was dispatched to the building at 3:57 p.m. and had extinguished the fire by 4:24 p.m. according to Kristin Tinsley, a spokesperson for the Seattle Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2017 3:11:37 AM - SOURCE: The Daily (University of Washington)

A captain with the Fort Wayne Fire Department died overnight. Jeremy Bush, president of the Fort Wayne Professional Firefighters, told NewsChannel 15 that Captain Eric Balliet was leading a training exercise at a commercial structure Wednesday night. Balliet was a 19-year veteran of the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WANE-TV CBS 15 Fort Wayne

Gov. Gina Raimondo has vetoed a bill that would automatically give firefighters a lifetime tax-free accidental-disability pension if they develop a heart condition. Supporters of the bill – sponsored by Sen. Frank Lombardi, D-Cranston – argue it should be presumed that firefighters who have a stroke or heart disease suffered the ailment in the line of duty.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12

For Dallas firefighters and paramedics, saving lives is a calling. But what happens when one of their own needs saving? The recent suicide of one of Dallas Fire-Rescue’s nearly 1,900-member force is bringing uncomfortable conversations to the forefront. Earlier this year, the 37-year-old firefighter was arrested on a DWI charge.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston