PHOTO - When Robin Malone saw him climbing step after step at Rhodes Fitness Monday, she knew she had to tell someone. One by one, Gulfport firefighter Collin Stuart climbed stairs on the exercise machine until he reached the equivalent of 110 floors — and he wore his firefighter uniform for the entire duration.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Sun Herald

A new three-year contract between the town and call firefighters provides financial incentive to those who respond to emergency calls often, officials say. Fire Chief Thomas Daige said Monday under the deal - which the Board of Selectmen ratified last week - volunteer firefighters who do not respond to at least 50 percent of calls each month can have their stipend withheld.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wicked Local Hopedale

Cody Meredith mounted a U.S. flag — black and white, with a single red stripe — on his pickup to send a message of his respect for fallen firefighters. But when he drove to work Monday, his supervisors at Crete Area Medical Center gave him a message of their own, his wife said: Take the flag off the truck, or take the truck off hospital property.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lincoln Journal Star

Fire crews battled a fully involved house fire in Gold Bar early Tuesday. The fire at the vacant home on 144th Street Southeast and Whiteman Road was called in to 911 at about 3:20 a.m. When crews arrived, the fire was upgraded to a second alarm. Because the flames were too intense for fire crews to enter the home, the fire had to be fought defensively from the outside.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

A fire in rooftop garden of a high-rise building sent a plume of white smoke billowing over part of downtown Seattle Monday night. Firefighters were called to the scene just before 7:30 p.m. of the 17th floor of the Russell Investment Center located at 2nd Ave. and University, next to the Seattle Art Museum.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2017 10:46:04 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000