There aren’t many sounds in Southern California more frightening than a wildfire. And we’ve been hearing them way too often, in a fire season that doesn’t seem like a season at all any more, but a year-round event. There are so many that we have to give them names to distinguish them -- the Sand fire, the Chimney fire, the Fish fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

Romona Walters has always wanted to be a teacher. Kids in preschool, maybe. It's a career that fits her interest in public service, she says. But about a year ago, another possibility opened up. Now, the 20-year-old has a new goal as she continues her classes at Capital Community College: to become the first female fire chief in Hartford.
- PUB DATE: 9/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Courant Community

The small plastic box is about the size of a photo frame; what's inside, however, is the picture of cost savings -- and saving lives. King County Emergency Medical Services began producing the injection kits in 2013 as a low-cost alternative to the EpiPen, an auto-injector used to treat allergic reactions.
- PUB DATE: 9/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: komo news

Romona Walters has always wanted to be a teacher. Kids in preschool, maybe. It's a career that fits her interest in public service, she says. But about a year ago, another possibility opened up. Now, the 20-year-old has a new goal as she continues her classes at Capital Community College: to become the first female fire chief in Hartford.
- PUB DATE: 9/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Courant Community

Custom Fab & Body—Jonesville (MI) Fire Department pumper-tanker. International 7400 Work Star cab and chassis; MaxxForce 9 330-hp engine; Hale DSD 1,500-gpm pump.