Longview Fire Battalion Chief Kevin Taylor is retiring and heading to Disneyland. After 32 years of service — 12 in Longview — Taylor will say goodbye to the Longview Fire Department on Wednesday. "I'll miss the guys," he said Tuesday. "It's very much a team sport, and we get to work together to make things better in the community.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2016 2:12:23 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

Whidbey Island fire district’s volunteer emergency medical technician numbers are about to swell. The newest batch of trainees have all passed the National Registry Examination and are on the verge of becoming certified medical responders for their respective fire districts. While all 16 who took the exam passed, two more trainees are scheduled to take the test next week.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2016 2:09:15 AM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record

Whidbey Island fire district’s volunteer emergency medical technician numbers are about to swell. The newest batch of trainees have all passed the National Registry Examination and are on the verge of becoming certified medical responders for their respective fire districts. While all 16 who took the exam passed, two more trainees are scheduled to take the test next week.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2016 2:09:15 AM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record

Fifteen years ago they toiled in the smoking pit of Ground Zero and other 9/11-sites — and now they have to prove it. Several hundred EMS workers who registered with the city as part of the WTC clean-up effort decades ago are now being told the FDNY can’t confirm their participation. In a letter dated May 12 from the NYC Employees Retirement System, workers were told they had 60 days to get their own proof, such as “log books.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york daily news

VIDEO - The Anchorage Police Department today released dashcam footage of a dramatic roadside rescue that took place Sunday on Middlerock Road in East Anchorage. “I thought I was literally going to die," the driver can be heard saying after police and passersby rally to free him from the flaming vehicle.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTUU-TV NBC 2 Anchorage