Portsmouth will give police officers, firefighters and other emergency workers $1,000 apiece to keep working in the city. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to give the one-time stipend next month to those employees, as well as paramedics and dispatchers. The proposal, submitted to the council by human resources director Elizabeth Gooden, says Portsmouth will spend about $860,000 on the incentive without adding to its operating budget.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com

Murrieta Fire Department engineer Mike Macalinao and captains Sean DeGrave and Todd Bradstreet are certified swiftwater rescue technicians who each have trained for the risky missions for more than 10 years. They all have performed water rescues. But none, they said, matched the situation they encountered Sunday, Jan.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Bernardino County Sun

Boone County Fire Protection District, Columbia, MO, four quick-response flatbed units. Ford F-450 extended cabs and chassis; Ford 6.8-liter three-valve SOHC 362-hp engines; Darley 2BE 23 UHP-HV 8-gpm @ 1,200 psi/100-gpm @ 100 psi pumps.

 

The owner of a marijuana shop in Lake City is worried he may lose his business after an early morning fire. Firefighters responded to the alarm at Greenside Recreational at NE 98th St. and Lake City Way around 1:15 a.m. Smoke was billowing from the basement and flames were moving up into the main level.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2017 9:55:53 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

Although the 2016 Washington wildfire season paled in comparison to the two years prior, experts warn an era of mega-fires is on the horizon, unless the state addresses poor forest health, and fast. Recent state House committee hearings suggest a growing bipartisan consensus on the need for improved forest management practices.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2017 7:46:11 PM - SOURCE: Lens