Mountain snowpack came in above normal in Washington state, raising hopes the normally soggy state will not repeat last year's drought conditions that helped fuel the worst wildfire season in its history, a federal agency said Monday. Winter snowpack was 109 percent of normal across the state, but the numbers varied by location, according to a Feb.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 2:30:39 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

Mountain snowpack came in above normal in Washington state, raising hopes the normally soggy state will not repeat last year's drought conditions that helped fuel the worst wildfire season in its history, a federal agency said Monday. Winter snowpack was 109 percent of normal across the state, but the numbers varied by location, according to a Feb.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 2:30:39 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

In his first months as the new head of Detroit’s beleaguered Fire Department, Eric Jones is building bridges with union leaders, touting improved response times and a decline in arson fires. But aging infrastructure, worker safety and wages are among the issues that remain on his hefty to-do list. Jones, 47, was appointed to the Detroit Fire Department’s top post in October.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: detroit news

The city of Orlando is looking to change the way it does live fire training after firefighters said their health was put in danger from being exposed to asbestos. A dozen firefighters were exposed to the hazardous substance inside an abandoned apartment complex, but Channel 9 learned more may have been put in harm’s way.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTV-TV ABC 9 Orlando

As the community reacts to the fire at a Raytown apartment that claimed the life of a 5-year-old boy and hospitalized two other people, the details have emerged in the dramatic rescue mission that put firefighters in serious danger. "The hose line burst. I don't know if it was cut or it burned or what, but they had to shelter in another part of the building where there wasn't fire," Raytown deputy fire chief Mike Hunley said.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDAF-TV FOX 4