Firefighters at the U.S. Army’s sprawling Yakima Training Center know wildland fire. Out amid the center’s often bone-dry sage brush and cheat grass, the civilian department handles scores of range fires each year, including those sparked by live ammunition or hot exhaust from military vehicles. When not on wildland fires, they often help Yakima Valley firefighters on both house and range fires.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2016 2:42:03 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

A firefighter who was hospitalized in critical condition after a rescue exercise off Diamond Head Tuesday has died. The Honolulu Fire Department confirmed Clifford Rigsbee, 63, died from his injuries Thursday night. The department says Rigsbee lost his life in the line of duty from injuries sustained during rescue watercraft training near the surf spot known as “Suicides.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHON-TV FOX 2

A fire chief with the Severn Volunteer Fire Department in Northampton County died Saturday after assisting with a car crash. According to Dennis Woodard, Admin Chief for the department, Fire Chief Kevin Britt, 54, suffered a medical emergency at his home around midnight shortly after responding to an emergency call involving a car that had crashed into a light pole.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRAL-TV CBS 5 Raleigh