Fire Chief Teresa Deloach Reed is on leave from her job for the second time this year. A spokeswoman refused to say late Monday afternoon whether Reed’s absence is performance related. There is no current administrative investigation of the chief, she added. Reed did not return a phone message. “The city does not comment on the leave status of employees,” said Erica Derryck, a spokesman for Mayor Libby Schaaf.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times

A CareFlite medical helicopter on the way to pick up a patient came "very close" to striking a drone aircraft Monday near Denton, the company's top executive said. The helicopter had just taken off at about 5:30 p.m. when the incident occurred about four miles south of Denton Regional Airport, said CareFlite Chief Executive Officer Jim Swartz.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Dallas Fort Worth

The Pullman Fire Department welcomes their newest deputy fire chief. Ray Lamoureux takes over a deputy chief of training for the department. He fills the spot that Gabriel Benmoussa held previously. Before coming to Moscow Lamoureuz was a lieutenant with South Kitsap Fire and Rescue. He says he is excited for a new challenge in his position as chief officer.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KLEW tv

International cab and chassis; Hale 1,500-gpm pump; water tank by Deep South Fire Trucks.

“Thank God I'm alive,” Eli Lu said. Lu said it's still surreal walking out of her South Seattle home and seeing this next door, the neighbor's house gutted by fire. Authorities say her neighbor, Sothy Kem, started the fire in the bottom floor, which he was renting. Her dad's car, which was parked on the side of her house, was also burned.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2017 8:03:59 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7