Yakima police say a man's body was found early Thursday morning in the midst of two separate fires. Around 3 a.m. the City of Yakima Fire Department got a call about a fire at a home along the 200 block of N. 36th Ave. At the time, a Yakima Police sergeant was driving in the area. He heard the call and responded.
- PUB DATE: 8/4/2016 7:04:20 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

Floyd E. Clark seemed to have broken a glass ceiling in 2011 when he was promoted to chief of the Ontario Fire Department, the first African-American to hold the top job. But Clark was fired in late June, an action he says was racially motivated when he complained about hiring practices within the department.
- PUB DATE: 8/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: dailybulletin.com

Facing mounting financial losses and a burned-out volunteer staff, Bath is prepared to end its EMS service for good. Instead, the borough's roughly 2,700 residents will be served by Bethlehem Township EMS, an agency that's no stranger to the borough, having served as the advanced life support service for more than 35 years.
- PUB DATE: 8/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Allentown Morning Call

A fire broke out Wednesday afternoon in the apartment of a volunteer firefighter who received a threatening and racist letter earlier this week. Firefighters were called early Wednesday afternoon to the blaze at an apartment house at 1096 Oliver St. in North Tonawanda where Kenneth Walker lives. When the fire was discovered, Walker said that no one was in his apartment, where he lives with his wife and their two children.
- PUB DATE: 8/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Buffalo News

It can come down to a matter of minutes. “It can be the difference between life and death” Chief Richard White of the Natick Fire Department told FOX25. In the Natick , there are four fire stations to serve 32,000 people and the average response time is below the national standard of 6.5 minutes set by the National Fire Protection Association, or NFPA.
- PUB DATE: 8/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fox25boston.com