The elected commissioners at south Snohomish County’s largest and most political fire district have hired an executive coach to help them get along. They say the coach will prepare them as Fire District 1 pitches a merger to voters in the primary election this summer. Meeting records show they also thought the move would alleviate public relations problems from a race-related controversy in March.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 3:52:33 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - Metered Site

The unofficial results of the IAFC election have been returned and show that Chief Dan Eggleston, Albemarle County Department of Fire Rescue (Va.), has received the majority of the IAFC members’ votes and will become the IAFC's second vice president in July at Fire-Rescue International (FRI) in Charlotte, North Carolina.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

A volunteer firefighter suffered facial burns when a propane tank explosion engulfed him in flames last week. Limestone police Chief Stacey Mahan posted the dramatic video of the explosion, which was captured on his body camera, Sunday on social media. Firefighters went to a property on Main Street on Thursday afternoon, where a fire had broken out in a wooded area near propane tank Firefighter Scott Patten was trying to keep the blaze under control when one of the tanks exploded, sending flames shooting toward him.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News

A woman has settled a lawsuit with the City of Palo Alto for $250,000 in a lawsuit she filed in December 2015 after receiving significant injuries caused by a motorcycle crash with a city fire truck, according to court documents supplied by the city City Attorney's office. The city does not admit any wrongdoing, according to the settlement.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Palo Alto Weekly

A contract between Medina and Medina Township to dissolve the township's fire department is expected to be approved this week, leaving township firefighters and residents confused. Township officials cite cost savings but firefighters say there has been little information and the merger is not necessary.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com