In the wake of Grant County Commissioner Carolann Swartz announcing she will not be seeking a third term, former Moses Lake Fire Department Chief Tom Taylor announced his candidacy for the position. Swartz, who represents District No. 2, made the announcement that she wouldn’t be running for reelection on Thursday, with Taylor announcing his candidacy shortly thereafter on Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2016 2:01:21 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald

In the wake of Grant County Commissioner Carolann Swartz announcing she will not be seeking a third term, former Moses Lake Fire Department Chief Tom Taylor announced his candidacy for the position. Swartz, who represents District No. 2, made the announcement that she wouldn’t be running for reelection on Thursday, with Taylor announcing his candidacy shortly thereafter on Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2016 2:01:21 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald

The village eliminated its eight paid firefighters and will go forward with an all-volunteer fire service, a move officials say will save $800,000 in the next year. The village board of trustees voted Monday night to cut the positions as part of a budget-balancing measure, but an attorney for the axed workers said the timing implied there was more going on.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News (Lohud.com)

A firefighter died Tuesday night after responding to a firehouse for a medivac call. FirefighterCloseCalls.com reported that Sag Harbor Fire Department former fire captain Ted Stafford assisted in quarters and then following a meeting died in his driveway at home. Stafford is a former police officer for the Town of Southhampton and his son and grandson are members of the Sag Harbor Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

A fatal Saturday night blaze on Raphael Road near DeFuniak Springs has reignited a war of words between the Liberty Fire District and Walton County Fire Rescue. Liberty Fire Chief John Dunham said crews under his command called “two or three times” for Walton County to dispatch an ambulance to the scene of a structure fire at a home on W.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ft. Walton Beach: Northwest Florida News