About 100 firefighters are killed in the line of duty every year. A robot being developed at Pensacola's groundbreaking Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) might one day save lives. Researchers at IHMC are specifically working on a robot that could fight fires on ships. Research Associate John Carff said, "When you're on a ship, there's a good chance if you're a firefighter in there fighting a fire you could get a hatch closed behind you and you're going to be stuck in a ship that's sinking.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEAR-TV ABC 3 Pensacola

Thick columns of smoke could be seen for miles Sunday morning as firefighters battled big flames at a warehouse in Southeast Seattle. The blaze broke out shortly after 5 a.m. near the corner of South Grand Street and 22nd Avenue. The manufacturing warehouse is located just a block or two from the Coleman Playground near Seattle's Beacon Hill neighborhood.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

A brush fire that crested Selah Ridge and spread north and south as it moved up the hillside began early Sunday afternoon at a homeless camp north of Harlan Landing before growing to more than 400 acres, authorities said. Though no homes had been evacuated Sunday evening, firefighters were concerned about the threat to homes near Lookout Point.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2017 10:57:15 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Robertson Fire Protection District, Hazelwood, MO, Crossfire rescue-pumper. Commander 4000 cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Waterous S100C20 1,500-gpm pump; Pro Poly 750-gallon polypropylene tank.

A mother is in a burn unit at Harborview Medical Center and her two children are presumed dead after flames ripped through her Mount Vernon home early Saturday morning. Neighbors say her two children, a 7-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl, weren't able to escape the flames. Records show two people have been arrested for investigation of murder and arson in Skagit County, but it's unclear whether those arrests are related to this fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2017 6:10:17 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000