Less than a week after the three commissioners of Arlington Heights Fire District 21 agreed to a new Emergency Medical Services and mutual aid contract with the city of Arlington, the City Council voted unanimously to approve it Sept. 18. City administrator Paul Ellis explained that District 21 has agreed to pay the full balance for EMS and mutual aid services provided to the district by the city in 2015.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 1:44:35 AM - SOURCE: Arlington Times

A fire at the Alcoa Intalco Works aluminum smelter led to a major emergency response Thursday afternoon, Sept. 22. Crews from four fire districts, as well as Alcoa’s own fire crews, were called to the scene at 4050 Mountain View Road around 4 p.m. Light smoke was reported coming from a building at the facility.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 1:41:45 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

Exactly one year after firefighter Rob Rochette found himself consumed by a massive fireball while battling an East Main Street blaze that left him seriously burned, he returned to work Thursday for his first shift since the fire. It’s been a tough year of recovery, but for Rochette, 34, there’s no place he would rather be than with his brothers from Engine 2.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Record Journal

Eight Russian firefighters were killed as they battled a blaze at a warehouse in eastern Moscow, authorities said Friday, in the latest deadly fire to hit the capital. Their bodies were discovered after contact was lost as they fought to extinguish a huge blaze that started Thursday evening at a plastics depot, the emergency services ministry said in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yahoo News

When a female firefighter scored a choice spot at a station in San Francisco’s Chinatown, she was immediately met with resistance by her new male colleagues, including one who asked her an intimidating question: “Do you know how difficult your time is going to be?” A document obtained by The Chronicle outlines details from an independent investigation into just how miserable her life was made in the “male-dominated” culture of Station 2 at 1340 Powell St.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com