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

A former Novato firefighter who was terminated after failing a drug test is fighting back in Marin Superior Court, claiming the fire department violated his labor rights. Kirk Lewis, 36, filed for a court injunction to be reinstated while the litigation is pending, but Judge Roy Chernus denied the request last week.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Marin Independent Journal

Blackhawk Fire Protection District, Milan, IL, pumper-tanker. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; 2,500-gallon APR polypropylene tank.

A Tuesday evening fire inside a Federal Way apartment building sent four people to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. The fire broke out just after 5:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of S. 281 Place. Witnesses say they heard an explosion before the fire, but fire officials haven't given any details about how the fire started.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2016 6:43:14 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A Tuesday evening fire inside a Federal Way apartment building sent four people to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. The fire broke out just after 5:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of S. 281 Place. Witnesses say they heard an explosion before the fire, but fire officials haven't given any details about how the fire started.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2016 6:43:14 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000