The FDNY’s latest graduating class of 310 probationary firefighters had the lowest drop-out rate in years, but some question whether the training was watered down. The class started with 324 and lost only 14 due to resignations, failure or injuries — a 4 percent drop-out rate, sources said. The usual dropout is 10 percent or more.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post

A 12 News investigation has revealed that Phoenix Fire Marshal Jack Ballentine personally accepted a $100,000 check while on duty from a philanthropist whose business, the Madison Improvement Club, had failed its fire inspection 11 months earlier. The money was a donation for the 100 Club of Arizona.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 12news

In November 2011, Gabriel Terry and others from a Tuolumne County firefighting crew were dispatched to fight a wildland blaze that began when a supposedly controlled burn got out of control. Employees of the Don Pedro Recreation Agency, which is part of the Turlock Irrigation District, set out to burn some brush piles.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fireresuce1

Chelan County Emergency Management updated the evacuation levels Sunday night for a fire burning in a part of Chelan County to Level 1. They had previously been at Level 2, meaning residents were encouraged to evacuate as soon as possible. The fire is burning about 50 acres on State Route 97 in Entiat, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: krem

Chelan County Emergency Management updated the evacuation levels Sunday night for a fire burning in a part of Chelan County to Level 1. They had previously been at Level 2, meaning residents were encouraged to evacuate as soon as possible. The fire is burning about 50 acres on State Route 97 in Entiat, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: krem