Recordings just obtained by KOMO News detail ongoing failures in Snohomish County's 911 response system. One call for help back on March 18 escalated into a lengthy delay. Debra Teal was driving with her 6-year-old son Gage when she was rear-ended while turning onto 132nd St SE in Everett. Her son hurt his head, so she pulled into a Walgreens parking lot to wait for police and medics.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2016 12:01:20 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Shari Hall, one of two finalists whom the County Commission considered last year to be chief of Marion County Fire Rescue, is suing the county and alleging that it engaged in gender discrimination by choosing the male finalist, Paul Nevels. Before filing suit in circuit court earlier this month Hall lodged discrimination complaints with the U.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ocala Star-Banner

Monday, May 23 was a dark day for the Warfield Volunteer Fire Department as they had five vehicles repossessed by a Illinois based company called First Government Lease citing non payment for the past six months. WVFD Chief Doug Hinkle and several members of the fire department were at Thursday’s fiscal court explaining the situation the fire department is in.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: williamson daily news

The brother of a Special Olympian killed five years ago when the Lifestyles for the Disabled van in which he was riding collided with a Fire Department ladder truck in Dongan Hills has settled his wrongful death lawsuit for $950,000, court records show. William Perry III, as administrator of Eric Perry's estate, had sued Lifestyles for the Disabled, the van driver and the city in state Supreme Court, St.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Staten Island Advance

Firefighters in Canberra are suffering from injuries commonly seen in skiers, but their boots are to blame. University of Canberra assistant professor Wayne Spratford said the boots worn by firefighters are a root cause in an abnormally high number of back, knee and hip injuries. “We looked at their boots and found they used a boot that constrained the ankle — basically the ankle can’t move,” Spratford told the Canberra Times.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1