Firefighters responded to a fire on the third floor of a Bothell apartment building. Smoke and flames were seen coming from the Avana 522 apartments in the 12700 block of Northeast 180th Street shortly before 4:30 a.m. Friday. The fire was upgraded to a second alarm and the building was evacuated. The fire has since been put out.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2016 5:52:35 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

New York state has issued 14 violations to two fire departments regarding the Dec. 19 line-of-duty death of Mount Marion volunteer firefighter Lt. Jack Rose. The Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau of the state Department of Labor issued the violations in early May. The Times Herald-Record obtained the reports on the two departments through a request under the Freedom of Information Law.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Middletown Times Herald-Record

Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedics now have access to ballistic kits that can protect against rounds from high-powered rifles, like those used in the ambush on Dallas police officers last month. The kits are part of a modification to the active-shooter policy for DFR that will ultimately include collaboration with DPD.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas - Fort Worth

The Warfield Volunteer Fire Department has filed a lawsuit in Martin County, Kentucky, to get its repossessed firetrucks back. In May, First Government Lease Co. of Northfield, Ill., took the vehicles. Paul Graver, doing business as First lease Company and AA Repo East, LLC of Lexington, Ky., are named as defendants in the lawsuit.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCHS-TV

A former volunteer firefighter has admitted to holding four colleagues hostage at the LaMott Fire Company in Cheltenham while armed with a handgun a day after he was expelled by the company’s board of governors. Paul Anthony Jordan, 27, of the 400 block of West Wellens Avenue, Philadelphia, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court on Thursday to charges of kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, terroristic threats, possession of a weapon and simple assault in connection with the 10:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pottstown Mercury