VIDEO - J.J. Watt is one of the best defensive ends in the league. He takes on big players and makes huge tackles. To say he's tough might be an understatement. But what happens when he spends the day as a firefighter in his home town? Watt and his father, John Watt, visited the Pewaukee (Wisconsin) fire station so that Watt could see what it's like to train as a firefighter in full gear.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston

GoodCall, a data analytics company, released a study listing the best places for first responders to live in the United States. According to their research, more metropolitan areas from the Pacific Northwest ranked in the top 20 than any other region of the country. Nearly 1,000 metropolitan areas were analyzed in terms of safety, affordability of housing and pay, among other factors.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

A Cowlitz 2 firefighter has found another way to serve his community. Brad Yoder, a Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue Firefighter/EMT, will donate his right kidney to Dana Clayton, a local woman who is lifelong friends with Yoder’s wife, Laura, according to a Cowlitz 2 press release. The surgery will take place Monday at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily News

Clarence Center (OH) Fire Department, SP 70 aerial platform quint. Sutphen custom cab and chassis; Cummins ISL12 500-hp engine.

The shrill blaring of a smoke alarm woke them up. But the harrowing account of two residents trying to navigate stairs through the smoke and flames proved to be a challenge that has shaken this neighborhood. The fire last Sunday gutted a two-story home in the Jefferson Beach Estates neighborhood of Kingston.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2016 9:45:44 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000