The Fire Department has both fewer firefighters and fewer administrators, with six upper-command positions vacant, including the chief's job. For several months, Public Safety Commissioner Steven Paré has been acting chief as the city searches for a new department head from outside the city — an effort that has hit some bumps since it began a year ago.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: providence journal

Brad Morris was driving an ambulance on Feb. 13, 2004, when he and other paramedics and firefighters responded to a domestic violence call on Adams Lane in rural southern Fayette County. His co-worker, Lt. Brenda Cowan, Lexington’s first black female firefighter, was gunned down that day by a man who shot and killed his wife before paramedics arrived.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: lexington herald-leader

Evansville (IN) Fire Department, pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; Detroit Diesel DD13 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump.

Odessa has become the hub for firefighter battling the Black Rock Road Fire The Black Rock Fire, burning just a few mile west of Odessa, has reached 26,300 acres and is now 40% contained. Authorities have lifted evacuation orders. They said 25 homes were previously threatened by the fire, but that has since changed.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2016 9:27:35 PM - SOURCE: Northwest Cable News

A wildfire has burned through an estimated 1,000 acres of land in Benton County. The South Ward Gap Fire started Sunday near Prosser. Flames threatened local homes, crops, power lines, and government and natural resources, Deputy State Fire Marshal Lysandra Davis said. Local and state firefighters are working to contain the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2016 8:33:17 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7