The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) today announced the participants accepted into the inaugural year of the IAFC Diversity Executive Leadership Program (iDELP). iDELP is a new program developed by the IAFC to bring together a group of current and future leaders to foster a diverse and inclusive leadership and workforce.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

The rain started in Utica just as the speeches began during a rally Tuesday for city fire Chief Russell Brooks. Earlier, a natural gas leak shut down one of the roads leading to the rally on Leland Avenue. Former city Mayor Timothy Julian was unperturbed. “The rain can’t stop us. A gas leak can’t stop us.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Utica Observer-Dispatch

At least 12 people are dead and dozens injured after a massive fire rapidly tore through a 24-story apartment building in west London in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. All 24 floors of Grenfell Tower in North Kensington were swiftly engulfed, trapping residents in their homes and reportedly forcing some to jump to escape the flames.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

A fire today in Kennewick burned through a property, destroying everything in its path. Reporter Rex Carlin learned that the fire started in some bushes, then the winds spread the fire to nearby sheds and two cars, completely destroying them. It happened on the 3900 block of W. 12th Avenue around 11:00 a.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 7:45:49 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com