When a teen got stuck on one side of the Dungeness River over the weekend, Clallam County Fire District No. 3 firefighters decided to make a training day out of the incident. Firefighters responded at about 5 p.m. Saturday after a 14-year-old boy crossed the Dungeness River but couldn’t get back across on his own, said Assistant Chief Dan Orr.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2017 3:17:51 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Firefighters in Newark who were rushing to a fire and were on the way to help others were in need of some rescuing of their own. The fire truck collided with a GMC Acadia and a Camry as it was traveling westbound on Orange Street near Clifton Ave. The truck completely flipped around, crushing the other two cars.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com

The Anderson firefighters union is seeking answers to why the department is short on manpower, which is requiring mandatory overtime. Cody Leever, president of Anderson Firefighters Local 1262, said Monday at the Anderson Board of Public Safety meeting that the Anderson Fire Department is budgeted for 112 firefighters, but is currently working with 106 firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Herald Bulletin

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire is requesting permission to join a federal lawsuit filed by a Farmington firefighter who argues he was unlawfully fired because of what he posted on Facebook. Alexander Morin, of Ten Rod Road in Farmington, sued the town last year, challenging his July 21, 2015, termination as a per-diem firefighter by the town.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fosters.com

Common Voices, an advocates’ coalition determined to create a fire safe America, announces the launch of its newly redesigned website, www.FireAdvocates.org. It provides resources and information to assist fire departments and fire safety advocates with their fire prevention messages and fire safety lobbying efforts.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireAdvocates.org