Emergency dispatch services for Clallam and Jefferson counties are getting closer to a regionalization shift. Clallam County Peninsula Communications (PenCom) and JeffCom 911 Communications — the 9-1-1 communication dispatch service for Jefferson County — have made small steps to potentially merge together as a consolidated emergency dispatch service, according to Regional Emergency Communications Director Karl Hatton.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 2:36:49 AM - SOURCE: Sequim Gazette

Federal Way Auto Wrecking suffered a total loss after a fire engulfed their 2,600 -square-foot building Wednesday morning. South King Fire and Rescue responded to the business, 37430 Military Road South, at 1:18 a.m. Deputy Chief Gordon Goodsell said the building was very old and large, which required firefighters to be there for about seven hours as they worked to extinguish the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 2:34:44 AM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror

A firefighter was lowered down a 200-foot elevator shaft Wednesday — six times the distance of any practice run — to help rescue four men trapped in an elevator at a Brooklyn Con Edison plant. Firefighter James Dowdell, 32, was lowered to the top of the elevator inside the Hudson Ave. building in Vinegar Hill about 7:40 a.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Fires sparked by illegal fireworks Tuesday night forced Fresno Fire Department crews to suspend responses to medical emergencies, as Fresno, Clovis and Fresno County reported a 65 percent increase in fire responses this year compared to 2016. In assessing a Fourth of July weekend that strained fire departments, officials said firefighters from the three agencies received 325 calls for service and responded to 98 vegetation fires, two vehicle fires, two apartment fires and three residential fires.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fresno Bee

Detroit firefighters and emergency technicians are being fitted for body armor, although union officials say the ballistic vests that were purchased last month aren’t right for the job because they don’t protect against stabbings. Detroit Fire Commissioner Eric Jones told The Detroit News in May he had secured funding to outfit his employees with the protective gear.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News