Hot embers from a chimney ignited a roof fire at 73 Gakin Road west of Port Angeles at 12:56 p.m. Tuesday. Damage was limited to the roof shingles in the area of the chimney, according to Assistant Chief Dan Huff with Clallam County Fire District No. 2. When firefighters from Fire District No. 2 and the Port Angeles Fire District arrived, smoke could be seen on the roof of the two-story structure.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2016 7:03:16 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

PHOTO - Four firefighters were injured Wednesday morning when the driver of a fire engine lost control of the vehicle after suffering a medical emergency and crashed into several parked cars in Valley Glen. The firefighters were responding to another medical emergency call about 2 a.m. when the driver lost control near the intersection of Burbank Boulevard and Woodman Way, said Capt.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV WB 5 Los Angeles

A Wilmington Fire Marshal inspector conducting residency investigations outside the city was questioned by two different police agencies last week, including one in Pennsylvania. In one instance, he pulled a gun on a man who said he photographed the inspector coming out of neighbors' backyards. No charges were brought against Thomas L.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilmington News Journal

The Fire Department employees who racked up the most overtime last year weren’t putting out fires, according to an analysis of payroll records. The records showed that not one of the FDNY’s top 25 OT earners was a firefighter or officer. Thirteen were fire marshals, seven were marine engineers who repair fireboats, and the rest were mechanics and other blue-collar civilian workers.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post

San Francisco fire trucks are about to get spiffed up for a big birthday party, because that’s what you do when you turn a nice round number like 150. The Fire Department unveiled its new logo Tuesday, a sparkly, golden shield with images of San Francisco landmarks and a legendary phoenix surrounded by flames that any of San Francisco’s 1,500 firefighters are duty-bound to extinguish.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFgate