Grant County Fire District 3 volunteer Luke Garrison was named Volunteer Fire Fighter of the Year at a state conference on Saturday. Lt. Garrison was honored during the Washington State Fire Fighters’ Association’s 94th annual ceremony held in Wenatchee. Garrison’s award is for the 2016 fire season, one of the worst on record in Washington.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 3:15:31 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

The city is pumping $30 million into FDNY and EMS operations in the Bronx, officials said Monday. The investment will include funding for new ambulances and equipment, as well as $17 million toward construction repairs to EMS Station 17 at 109 Ogden Ave., which has been experiencing structural deterioration and lacks sufficient space for crew and equipment, according to a joint statement by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

A Macon County volunteer firefighter is in critical condition after he was struck in the head by a fire hose. According to Macon County Fire Chief Micah Kauffman, it happened around 4 p.m. Saturday. Macon County firefighters are keeping vigil at the hospital after one of their men suffered a traumatic brain injury Saturday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Telegraph

A King County Superior Court jury on Thursday awarded $9.5 million to the family of a Kingston man who died in a collision with a fire truck. On the morning of July 4, 2014, Jason Foster was was riding a motor scooter on Miller Bay Road, approaching its intersection with West Kingston Road. The traffic signal turned yellow, and he continued.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun

Atlantic City firefighters rescued more than a dozen people trapped in an elevator. The Atlantic City Fire Department posted on Facebook that 14 people were stuck in an elevator for several hours at the Tropicana Casino & Resort on Saturday. The elevator suddenly stopped between the sixth and seventh floors.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS Philly