FDNY investigators are focusing on whether a city firefighter from Bethpage who fell five stories to his death in Queens was jolted from a raised fire truck bucket, an official said Friday afternoon. William Tolley, 42, was getting in the bucket or had just gotten in it when the accident occurred, said the official, who was briefed on the preliminary findings of the investigation.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newsday

As mass shootings become more common, more fire departments are using body armor so crews can more quickly reach people in dangerous situations. East Pierce Fire & Rescue is the latest local agency to order ballistic vests to better protect its firefighters and paramedics. Tacoma Fire has used the vests since the 1990s, and West Pierce Fire & Rescue ordered them in 2013.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News-Tribune

Longview and Cowlitz and Kalama fire crews extinguished three fires late Sunday night. The first fire was reported at 7:11 p.m. at North Pacific Paper Company at 3001 Industrial Way. Fire crews were dispatched to put out a conveyor fire that was hard to reach. Next, a garage attached to a home at 1550 S Ash Street in Kelso caught fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOIN6

A man was seriously injured after crashing into a Metro bus Sunday afternoon in South Seattle. The man had to be cut out of his car and was transported to Harborview Medical Center, Lt. Harold Webb with the Seattle Fire Department said. The crash occurred on Rainier Avenue South near South Brandon Street a bit before 3 p.
- PUB DATE: 4/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

Firefighters had to free a motorist Sunday night from a wreck on southbound Interstate 5 near South 272nd Street. South King Fire and Rescue said the patient was transported to Harborview Medical Center. The Washington State Patrol said the injuries are not thought to be life-threatening and that the motorist wad been driving erratically before the crash.
- PUB DATE: 4/23/2017 11:44:23 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000