It’s been almost a month, but Burlington Fire Chief Levon Yengoyan is still getting his new office set up. Yengoyan took the reins at the Burlington Fire Department in mid-June, more than a year after the city’s previous full-time chief resigned. “I wanted the job because of the people I met here,” Yengoyan said.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2016 7:35:14 AM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com)

The Mukilteo Fire Department has joined an interjurisdictional wildfire team. Mukilteo firefighters are now members of the Snohomish County Fire Chief’s Fire Coordinating Group. The Mukilteo City Council on July 5 authorized Mayor Jennifer Gregerson to sign the city’s fire department onto the wildfire team.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2016 6:51:17 AM - SOURCE: Mukilteo Beacon

Freeport Rural Fire Department Lt. Eric Kohlbauer died Tuesday after an apparent medical emergency arose while he prepared to train with pumper and tank equipment, Fire Chief Mike Wichman said. Stephenson County Coroner Tom Leamon said an autopsy performed this morning confirmed Kohlbauer died of a heart-related medical problem.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rockford Register Star

Two months before an alligator killed a toddler at Walt Disney World, firefighters were warned to stop feeding the reptiles at one of the resort's fire stations.The admonitions were in emails from employees at Reedy Creek Emergency Services. Reedy Creek is the Disney-controlled taxing district that provides government services to the theme parks and surrounding areas.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sun-sentinel

An Ocean City firefighter who may lose his job for being a registered medical marijuana patient cannot proceed with a lawsuit against the city until he undergoes a departmental hearing, a state judge has ruled. If the case makes its way to court, it would likely to be the first of its kind in the state involving the legality of a pubic safety employee's use of medical marijuana.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger