The town of Camden Point in northern Platte County is celebrating its new state-of-the-art fire facility, but the community’s lottery millionaires are humble about what they did to make it happen. The building, which took more than a year to build, houses both the ambulance service and the community’s fire trucks.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV 9

Butler County fire departments have long shared purchasing and equipment testing, but a new study shows there are other avenues to pursue that could save more taxpayer money. Officials in all nine jurisdictions that participated in the two-year study agree sharing testing results in the part-time personnel hiring process is the most valuable observation to come out of the 115-page study.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hamilton Journal-News

Over the last three days, 12 firefighters and 10 instructors have been taking part in live burns as researchers collect data for a new study the effects of firefighter training on their health. Teams from Skidmore College, UL’s Firefighter Safety Research Institute, The University of Illinois – Champaign and NIOSH have been taking part in the collaborative Cardiovascular and Chemical Exposure Project at the Illinois Fire Service Institute.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

A fire heavily damaged a house southeast of Arlington on Monday morning. The homeowner, a man who appeared to be in his 50s, also received treatment at the scene for smoke inhalation, officials said. The fire was reported about 9 a.m. along Dogwood Lane, in the Jordan River Trails neighborhood. Crews arrived to find the house’s attic and a nearby shed in flames, said Travis Hots, fire chief for Snohomish County Fire District 21, also known as Arlington Rural.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2016 10:49:10 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

Firefighters rescued a wheelchair-bound man from a Kent house fire on Monday afternoon. A fire started sometime after 3 p.m. in a shed in the area of 132nd Avenue SE and SE 266th Street. By the time firefighters arrived on scene, the fire had spread to a neighboring home, according to officials with the Kent Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2016 4:44:51 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000