Where’s the fire? EMS workers are in such a rush to get out of the ambulance and into the firehouse that nearly 50% of them signed up to take the city firefighter test next week — forcing the FDNY to call for mandatory overtime to cover all its 911 medical shifts. The entrance exam will be administered from Monday to Dec.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Tucson’s oldest firehouse has become an example of how long-delayed capital projects can cost more than a spreadsheet can list. And in this case, officials say, it might be an actual pound of flesh. Fire Station No. 3 near Campbell Avenue and Broadway dates to the 1950s and has been retrofitted repeatedly in an attempt to extend its useful life.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tucson.com

Emergency crews rescued a driver Monday whose car plunged over an embankment at Snoqualmie Pass overnight and spent more than 12 hours inside his vehicle, officials said. The car went over the embankment off Interstate 90 at about 9 p.m. Sunday and plummeted 100 feet down a steep slope in the snow. The driver decided that it was too dangerous to get out, Trooper Rick Johnson said.
- PUB DATE: 12/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

Mt. Vernon (ME) Fire Department AutoCAFS pumper. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 350-hp engine; Darley LDMBC 1,250-gpm pump; AutoCAFS II pumping system.

The Kennewick community is now rallying around one man after his house went up in flames Sunday morning. Just after 10:00 AM, firefighters responded to the large fire at a house on South Quincy Street. Firefighters tell us that the burn started in the kitchen, and quickly spread from there. Before long, it had engulfed the whole house, and was even powerful enough to melt parts of the neighbor's cars.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2016 9:38:43 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com