When Phoenix Fire paramedic engineer Kim Packenbush learned her daughter wanted to follow her footsteps as a fire paramedic, Kim was thrilled and scared. “I grew up with four brothers so I was pretty much a tomboy,” Kim said. Kim worried her daughter might have a difficult time adjusting to the culture of a fire station.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 12news

The massive Soberanes Fire was caused by someone who lit an illegal campfire, Cal Fire unit chief Brennan Blue said Tuesday. The wildfire sparked in Garrapata State Park on July 22 before it burned more than 44,300 acres, destroyed 57 homes, and led to the death of a bulldozer operator on Green Ridge.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSBW-TV Salinas

Firefighters and fire officers who retired over the last 12 months will collect pensions averaging $119,866 a year, according to data released Tuesday. The Empire Center, a government watchdog, said its analysis of 15,556 former FDNY members determined that the pensions of new retirees — which already exceed six figures — would be increasing another 6 percent.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

When Joshua Warren collapsed while exercising while on duty back in June, his death stunned fellow firefighters because they said he was a man who was health conscious. The reason he died also has them stunned. “Really couldn’t believe it,” said Mike Turner, an assistant fire chief at East Lincoln Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV NBC 17

Lebanon (IN) Fire Department, rescue-pumper. Typhoon cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 400-hp engine; eMAX 1,500-gpm pump.