Eight-hundred feet in either direction, and Friday's oil train derailment outside the small Columbia River Gorge city of Mosier might've sent flaming tank cars into a lake in a National Scenic Area. A half-mile east, and the inferno would've burned a few feet beneath a block of modular homes. Another mile-and-a-half, and leaking tank cars would've landed on the bank of the Columbia River during peak spring chinook salmon migration.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the oregonian

It's a major risk factor facing firefighters, work-related heart attacks. But a new study out of Beloit could help reduce that job hazard. It shows ramped-up tones keep heart-rates from climbing to extreme highs. "We looked at the startle response and we looked at ways to gently wake them as opposed to suddenly waking them," Dr.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKOW-TV 27 ABC

The turf war between Advanced Medical Transport Inc. of Central Illinois and the Peoria Fire Department, dormant for many years, could be heating up again. Nearly a decade ago, the two sparred over which entity would provide paramedic service and patient transport within the city limits. AMT reached an agreement with the city in which it was to pay $85,000, adjusted annually for inflation, for exclusive patient transport in Peoria.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Star

Cicero (IL) Fire Department, aerial ladder quint. Dash CF cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 500-hp engine.

A fire damaged Allie’s Vegan Pizzeria & Cafe in north Spokane on Sunday afternoon. It began outside the restaurant, burning grass and juniper bushes, and spread to the building’s attic and roof, the Spokane Fire Department said. Damage from the flames and smoke was estimated at $30,000. One person at the scene received a minor burn and another had smoke inhalation.
- PUB DATE: 6/5/2016 7:37:38 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review