Fire departments that service unincorporated areas of the county are requesting funds from potential future income tax revenues that largely would pay for more personnel. “Fire service, as a whole, outside the city limits is in dire need of personnel,” Ellettsville Fire Department Chief Mike Cornman told a committee of the Monroe County Income Tax Council on Monday night, speaking on behalf of Richland Township, which his department serves.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firerescue1

Matthew A. Jurado told North Tonawanda police Thursday that he poured a bottle of lighter fluid on the couch in the apartment of Kenneth D. Walker, the city’s only African-American firefighter, and lit it. However, Jurado said he did it because he was angry about being suspended from the Fire Department – not because of Walker’s race.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Buffalo News

PHOTO - A woman somehow escaped injury after crashing her SUV up against a building at a Starbucks drive-through south of Puyallup, officials said. Police later said drugs were likely a factor in the crash. "This could have been a lot worse," the Pierce County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The incident unfolded at about 11 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: komo news

Serious fireworks-related injuries from June 1 to July 31, 2016 in Washington State rose by 40% according to the latest figures from the State Fire Marshal’s Office. The majority of these injuries occurred on the Fourth of July. This year, fireworks injuries resulted in amputations, first, second, third degree burns and hearing and eyesight loss.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2016 4:04:20 PM - SOURCE: KVEW-TV ABC 42 Kennewick