The Southern California firefighters tab at Denny's: $400. Public generosity: Priceless. A team of firefighters from Colton got a pleasant surprise Saturday when someone paid their $405.22 food tab at a Denny's. The 25 hungry firefighters just got off the line battling the La Cadena Fire in La Loma Hills that burned 70 acres when they grabbed a meal at a nearby Denny's.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

In what is believed to be the first case of its kind to use data from a beating heart as evidence, a Butler County judge ruled Tuesday that evidence from a pacemaker used to get a Middletown man indicted for arson can be presented at trial. Ross Compton, 59, was indicted in January on felony charges of aggravated arson and insurance fraud for allegedly starting a fire in September 2016 at his Court Donegal house.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal-News

The formal retirement of Gloucester’s assistant fire chief on Sunday and the retirement of five other senior Fire Department members over the last 2 1/2 weeks have created a six-person void in the city’s firefighting force, Fire Chief Eric Smith said Monday. Aiello’s official departure on Sunday came just two weeks after the retirements of Deputy Chief Miles Schlichte and firefighter Joseph Misuraca, both of whom also served with the department for more than 30 years.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gloucester Times

When writing about the management of emergency incidents, I find myself – as well as other writers – including this verbiage, “Develop an incident action plan.” Why? Because developing this plan, successful communicating their part to fire officers and monitoring progress towards its completion are three of the key responsibilities for the incident commander.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

From British Columbia to Eastern Washington, Idaho and into Montana, local agencies are donating their resources to help fight those wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. These are images of the Ana Fire currently burning in south central Oregon. So far, 6,000 acres have burned and it’s 20-percent contained.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: klewtv.com