Utica fire Chief Russell Brooks says he was “blindsided” when he was placed on paid, indeterminate, nondisciplinary leave by the city of Utica Friday morning. Brooks, who has been chief for 13 out of the 41 years he has been with the Utica Fire Department, said he was told of the decision during a meeting with Mayor Robert Palmeri and two city legal representatives.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Utica Observer-Dispatch

After months of research, the Clarkston City Council is getting closer to making an "agonizing" decision about the future of the city's fire department. Keeping a fire station staffed around the clock is a budget buster for cities of all sizes, the mayor said, and Clarkston is no exception. That's why many areas, such as neighboring Asotin County and the city of Moscow, rely so heavily on trained volunteers for fire control.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

The Racine (OH) Fire Department runs Engine 21, a 1992 Ford L-8000 Darley 1,500 gallon tanker.

 

Classes were canceled Monday at a Mukilteo school after an arson damaged buildings and shut down the school's phones and internet service. The fire was reported late Saturday night at Columbia Elementary School on Harbor Pointe Boulevard. Investigators say someone set two portable toilets on fire. The flames spread to the exterior of the building and traveled up into the eaves, ruining computer and electrical equipment.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2017 7:51:43 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

A semi-truck driver suffering a medical emergency rammed his semi truck into a home near Roy Sunday evening. The truck was heading north on SR-507 around 6 p.m. when the driver lost consciousness, according to Trooper Shaneka Phillips with the Washington State Patrol. The truck veered off the road, striking a home near 342nd Street.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2017 7:51:19 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000