After experimenting with individual bedrooms, the Hutchinson Fire Department is returning to what works best for it with a new fire station at the intersection of Avenue E and Walnut Street. The new Fire Station No. 3 will have bunk rooms, with beds for multiple firefighters. Deputy Chief Doug Hanen said Tuesday that the department has found bunk rooms for multiple firefighters help team cohesion.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hutchinson News

Video that shows girls in bikinis twerking on a Detroit firetruck has caused a stir on the internet, but some say it's not what it seems. It probably seemed like a good idea at the time. Detroit firefighters stopped their firetruck at a car wash to support a locally owned business. The Jet Spa and Ultra Wash on Second and Clairmount avenues is a vehicle detail shop with a grill next door.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDIV-TV NBC 4 Detroit

Top officials with the city of Houston said the Fire Department needs a major shakeup on addressing hazardous materials. A Houston Chronicle investigation reported Sunday the city doesn't know where most dangerous chemicals are, hasn't inspected more than three-quarters of the ones it does know about, and is still relying on paper records despite a sophisticated database.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

Two emergency responders were evaluated at the hospital Wednesday evening after responding to a suicide attempt at a Longview apartment. Longview Fire Engine 81 was called out to 1705 Hemlock Street about 4:40 p.m. on reports that someone had been posting suicidal messages on Facebook. The person who called 9-1-1 said they managed to get ahold of the person by cell phone, but they sounded unintelligible.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU

A judge set bail at $500,000 for the man accused of trying to burn down his ex-lover's home. Terrence Peters, 55, is facing first-degree arson charges after authorities say he intentionally set fire to a North Everett apartment Tuesday morning. Police say Peters lit the fire, then waited outside the woman's porch "to kill her," but then fled to avoid being captured.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000