Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said late Tuesday that a 4-year-old child has died at the hospital after being pulled from the Spokane River near the Downriver Golf Course. It happened just before 7:30 p.m. Witnesses say the boy's family was on the course and had stopped near the river when they turned their backs for a moment and the boy was gone.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 9:10:50 AM - SOURCE: KQNT-AM 590 Spokane

It’s been a busy month for crews battling fires all across the Yakima Valley. Today, members of the American Legion post 36, showing their appreciation by providing Fire Station 91 with a pallet of water. Volunteers donating money to help restock, given their recent workload. Members said it's a way to remind them that their hard work does not go unnoticed.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 6:17:31 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Four L.A County supervisors donned Wonder Woman headbands Tuesday in support of a motion that would upgrade a Marina del Rey fire station with bathrooms and sleeping quarters for female firefighters. The supervisors’ action also cast a spotlight on a broader issue of why so few women work as firefighters in the county fire department, and why fewer than half of all stations offer separate bathrooms and sleeping quarters for women.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Daily News

Dan Eggleston, IAFC director-at-large and fire chief of the Albemarle County (Va.) Fire and Rescue, Kevin McGee, chair of the IAFC Terrorism & Homeland Security Committee and chief of Prince William County (Va.) Fire Rescue, and Mark Light, IAFC CEO/executive director, today joined Gov. Terence R. McAuliffe at a ceremonial letter signing declaring that the Commonwealth of Virginia will allow the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and AT&T to proceed with the deployment of the of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network in Virginia.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

The Southern California firefighters tab at Denny's: $400. Public generosity: Priceless. A team of firefighters from Colton got a pleasant surprise Saturday when someone paid their $405.22 food tab at a Denny's. The 25 hungry firefighters just got off the line battling the La Cadena Fire in La Loma Hills that burned 70 acres when they grabbed a meal at a nearby Denny's.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles