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Los Angeles (CA) Fire Department Unveils Fast Response Fire Apparatus

With the brittle and dry environment and increasing fire danger, firefighters are responding to a lot of fires in our region. Firefighters say there's no denying it—fire season is here. Benton and Franklin Counties are both currently listed as very high, to extreme fire danger, according to the Department of Natural Resources.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2017 6:07:40 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

A family who took responsibility for a fireworks accident in Graham last July says they faced massive backlash that led them to move out of the neighborhood. On July 4, 2016, then 13-year-old Ryan Skog was setting off fireworks in his backyard with his mother’s supervision, when a mortar tipped over and fired over his neighbor’s fence.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2017 5:38:37 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

Nineteen times, the silver bell rang. It was a hot summer day in Arizona's Prescott Valley, at a ceremony to honor the 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots who died 10 days earlier fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire. The bell rang as the names of the firefighters were read in a crowded arena, and the silence between each weighed heavier than the last.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

Charlotte Fire Chief Jon Hannan said Thursday that he plans to retire on Aug. 31, after 38 years with the department. “It has been a pleasure and honor to be part of this great fire department,” Hannan said in a memo to his staff. “I am continuously amazed by what you can accomplish, every division in this organization is the best at what it does.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charlotte Observer