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Posted: May 29, 2017

Snohomish County Fire District 7 prepares to move to headquarters in Monroe

By early August, Snohomish County Fire District 7 could move to new headquarters in Monroe. The Clearview-based district merged with Monroe’s fire department last year. Just a few housekeeping matters remain: establishing new headquarters, reducing the number of elected commissioners and consolidating the levies.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2017 1:14:20 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - Metered Site
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Posted: May 29, 2017

Arson suspect arrested for setting fires along Fish Lake Trail in Spokane

Spokane police arrested a suspect Sunday who set a series of small fires along the Fish Lake Trail. Just after 3:30, an off-duty Spokane Police Officer observed a series of small fires on the west side of Highway 105 between the Highway and the Fish Lake Trail. The fires were quickly contained, and there were no evacuations or threats to nearby structures Spokane police tracked the direction of the fire, set up a perimeter around the fire, and detained three suspects.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2017 11:45:01 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4
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Posted: May 29, 2017

Pasco Man transported to Harborview after mobile home fire

The man injured in a Pasco mobile home fire Sunday night is being treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for burns to his hands, feet, and legs. Firefighters tell NBC Right Now, the man went inside while he was barbecuing on his back deck then, he came back outside to his entire deck in flames.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2017 9:53:35 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com
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Posted: May 26, 2017

Firefighter Injured after Teenage Driver Crashes Into Fire Truck on Detroit's East Side

DETROIT - A firefighter was injured Thursday when a 17-year-old driver crashed into a fire truck at Mt. Elliot Street and  Gratiot Avenue on Detroit's east side.

Firefighters were responding to a fire just around the corner when the teenage driver crashed an Impala into the side of the fire truck.

One firefighter was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital with minor injuries.

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Posted: May 26, 2017

Gary Fire Department to Receive Federal Grant for Fitness

The Gary Fire Department will use just a little more than $260,000 from a federal grant to pay for medical examinations for firefighters and other department personnel. Money will come from an Assistance to Firefighters program grant provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Fire Chief Paul Bradley said the bulk of the grant would be used to pay for physical examinations for all fire department personnel, which numbers nearly 200.

Some of the funds also will be used to buy exercise equipment that will be placed at fire stations and at the department's training facility.

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