Jefferson County Fire District 2's (Quilcene Fire Rescue) first-ever EMS levy has passed with 74.85 percent approval as of the last count. County elections officials counted 17 ballots April 28 toward that measure after counting some 43 on April 27. Officials do not expect to do another count until election is certified May 6.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2016 1:51:28 AM - SOURCE: Port Townsend Leader

Kansas governor Sam Brownback signed house bill 2502 into law this week, a bundle of gun-legislation from the session. It will allow public employees like firefighters and paramedics to concealed carry a weapon while on the clock. One local fire chief will be hesitant to adopt the law over to his department.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAM-TV CBS 7 Joplin & Pittsburgh

A criminal case that made national news a year ago when a bystander’s video showed Fresno fire Capt. Pete Dern falling through a burning roof, followed by his dramatic rescue by fellow firefighters, ended Wednesday when the woman who pleaded no contest to starting the house fire was sentenced to nine years in prison.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fresno bee

A group of Oklahoma City firefighters took it upon themselves to solve a unique problem for neighbors of the firehouse. Bri Johnson, 10, was diagnosed as a toddler with spinal muscular atrophy, caused by a deficiency of a motor neuron protein. "It's the gene that helps you walk, and since I don't have that, I can't walk," she said.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: newsok.com

VIDEO - A group of Alameda County firefighters heading back to their station Tuesday after dealing with an oil spill spotted another emergency on an Emeryville street: a visibly distraught woman sitting on the edge of an overpass, her feet dangling toward the busy traffic below. Engine 34 firefighters came upon the woman about 10:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sfgate.com