Lewis County Fire District 5 covers almost 66 square miles of rural countryside that is home to as many as 12,000 residents. The district has four stations, four engine companies, one water tender, three EMS transport ambulances, three rescue/brush trucks, two incident command response units and one support vehicle all their own.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2016 3:12:08 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Following a lengthy closed-door session Tuesday morning, Hopkins County Judge Robert Newsom said Kevin Yates has resigned his position as Hopkins County fire chief. The executive session was called to discuss Yate's position after county commissioners learned the fire chief was also working as fire chief in New Llano, La.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: myssnews.com

A 28-year Portland fire veteran will soon take over as chief of Clark County Fire & Rescue. John Nohr, chief of the emergency operations division for Portland Fire & Rescue, starts his new job on May 1, according to Clark County's interim chief, Ron Oliver. Nohr was one of five finalists for the job, which will pay him about $133,000 a year, Oliver said.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the oregonian

At a press conference Tuesday, Mayor Kenney officially named his new fire commissioner, a Virginia transplant, and his pick for chief of prisons, a local veteran of the system and the first woman to hold the post. The pick for the fire department, Adam Thiel, elicited some displeasure from firefighter's union officials, who said they would have preferred an internal pick but were eager to work with Thiel, as well as the black firefighter's alliance, who said they wanted Acting Commissioner Derrick Sawyer to stay at the helm.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: philly.com

Firefighters can do more to protect themselves from getting occupational-related cancer, the Boston Fire Department preaches in a new video aimed at raising awareness and curbing deaths. “We made this a priority,” Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn said in an interview with the Globe, “because of skyrocketing cancer rates within the department and the need for us to take some proactive steps to try to mitigate some of these cancers.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: boston globe