The future is weighing heavily on the volunteer fire department. The need is as critical as ever — more so now that today’s firefighter is more than a person with a helmet and a fire hose. Modern day firefighters go through months of training to receive basic certification that must be followed up with ongoing education.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: courier tribune

A Columbus Fire Division paramedic involved in the death of a woman and a $1.2 million city settlement with her family is now under investigation for letting his paramedic certification lapse. James Amick was one of two paramedics who was dispatched in January 2011 to help Sonia Bray. Bray was having chest pains and trouble breathing, vomited and began turning blue while she was getting an MRI.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: columbus dispatch

When Rev. Jeff Hood heard gunfire, he sprung into action — a reflex he said comes from watching his fire chief dad serve and protect their community. Hood was present at the Dallas protest last week, where five officers were left dead. Toward the end of the protest, Hood said he heard gunshots and, “As I looked up, two officers collapsed.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

An incident that began as a fire has turned into allegations of murder. On Wednesday, a mobile home in the the 29600 block of 142nd Avenue South was destroyed by fire. Police now say in court documents that a teen who lived in trailer was shot to death in retaliation for an earlier fight. Two men both described in court documents as transients have been arrested and are being held on $1 million bail for investigation of murder and arson.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: komo news

A semi driver was killed Friday night when his truck and trailer went over the side of an elevated off-ramp and landed upside down on the highway below. That driver has now been identified as Alan Mooney of Federal Way. The crash happened at about 9:30 p.m. in the Bothell area. Mooney was heading westbound on State Route 522 when he attempted to exit onto Interstate 405, according to Trooper Chris Webb with the Washington State Patrol.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: komo news