The state's plan to cutback on the number of firefighters that worked in the Atlantic City Fire Department hit a setback Friday. In a ruling released Friday, Judge Julio Mendez blocked the state's efforts to reduce the number of firefighters from 198 to 148. The state, who took over control of Atlantic City in November, has been trying to find ways to cut costs in the resort town.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: South Jersey Times

The Tulsa Fire Department is replacing five of its most expensive ladder trucks after years of malfunctions and mounting maintenance costs rendered the $1.4 million assets unusable for firefighting operations. The E-One truck and Bronto Skylift ladder combos, purchased under the previous Fire Department administration, were a major expense.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tulsa World

The “Safe Stations” initiative in Anne Arundel County has taken off over the past month, offering opioid addiction help to 45 people over the last three weeks. At 15 people a week, according to Anne Arundel police, its popularity is well beyond what county officials expected. The program — which turned police and fire departments into veritable safe havens for those addicted to drugs looking for help — originally launched with the expectation that its capacity would be about five people per week.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Capital Gazette

Morris (IL) Fire & Ambulance Protection District 100-foot aerial platform. Velocity cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engine.

An apartment fire sent a plume of smoke high into the blue skies over Seattle on Sunday afternoon. Crews responded to the scene, a seven-story apartment building at Stone Avenue North and North 95th Street, at about 3:40 p.m. after receiving reports of flames on the roof of the structure. Firefighters deployed aerial ladders to reach the blaze, which appeared to be mostly confined to the roof and top story.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2017 5:34:35 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000