Hackers submitting faked invoices to local fire districts got at least one payoff, and taught local agencies a lesson in network security. On Jan. 22, the city of Snoqualmie, which provides information technology services to King County Fire Protection District 45, paid a ransom of $750 to hackers who had taken control and encrypted files on a computer at the fire district.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: valley record

A Melbourne firefighter named as firefighter of the quarter late last year faces dismissal after what administrators describe as a ‘serious lack of judgement and self-control,’ in several incidents, from accidentally hitting a nursing home patient with an oxygen tank to taking a fire engine to his girlfriend’s barbecue dinner.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: florida today

Albion (RI) Fire Department, 100-foot rear-mount aerial quint. Cyclone II HM cab and chassis; Cummins ISX 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump.

Four times, Constatin Deaconu has been caught setting homes on fire. Twice, the Bellevue man has been sent to a state mental hospital after being acquitted due to insanity. As it turns out, Deaconu lights fires when he's not well. Any guesses as to what Deaconu, 53, is accused of now? For the third time since 1996, Deaconu has been charged with arson after a blaze at his family's Bellevue home.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2016 8:35:48 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Four times, Constatin Deaconu has been caught setting homes on fire. Twice, the Bellevue man has been sent to a state mental hospital after being acquitted due to insanity. As it turns out, Deaconu lights fires when he's not well. Any guesses as to what Deaconu, 53, is accused of now? For the third time since 1996, Deaconu has been charged with arson after a blaze at his family's Bellevue home.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2016 8:35:48 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000