Posted: Dec 16, 2016
During Melanie Nipper's campaign for her seat on the Walton County Commission, she called on a lot of agencies. One of those was the North Walton Fire District. She was appalled by the conditions she found at the fire stations and resolved that if elected she would try to help.
Nipper made good on that resolve at Tuesday night's County Commission meeting when she proposed a feasibility study to investigate the transfer of North Walton Fire and EMS to the sheriff.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ft. Walton Beach: Northwest Florida News
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Posted: Dec 16, 2016
Two Kansas City firefighters were taken to the hospital and treated at the scene after being trapped while battling a house fire.
It happened while firefighters were responding to a house fire in the 700 block of Agnes Avenue.
Officials say fire crews were at the tail-end of fighting the fire when a partial roof collapse happened, leaving three firefighters trapped inside the home with burning debris on them.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCTV.com
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Posted: Dec 16, 2016
Kingston (NH) Fire Department pumper. Predator Severe Service cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank.
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Posted: Dec 15, 2016
A King County jury deliberated for about a day before finding a 32-year-old Newcastle man guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday for the brutal March 2015 knife attack on a Bellevue woman.
The jury of six men and six women also found Song Wang guilty of first-degree arson for setting fire to clothing inside the woman’s closet in an apparent attempt to destroy evidence.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2016 8:22:08 PM - SOURCE: seattlepi.com
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Posted: Dec 15, 2016
When winter weather hits, there's no snow days for emergency responders. Action News found out how our local firefighters work around the storm to keep you safe in emergencies during the winter season.
“If you knew it was your relative we were trying to help you would want to do everything to help us get there safely,” said Pasco Fire Department’s Ben Shearer.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2016 8:11:32 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19
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