An industrial fire damaged more than $1 million in inventory late Tuesday, Nov. 3, at a Ferndale plant that makes cat litter and other absorption products. Employees at Healthy Pet were working in the main 60,000-square-foot warehouse around 10:45 p.m. when a night supervisor saw smoke and small flames in the plant’s main warehouse, said Ted Mischaikov, the company’s CEO.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 4:02:58 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

About 150 firefighters in the Hartford Fire Department will be getting state-of-the-art breathing apparatus equipment that will allow incident commanders to electronically track every firefighter who enters a burning building. Firefighters displayed the new Scott self-contained breathing apparatus equipment at a press conference Wednesday morning at the Engine Company 15 firehouse.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hartford Courant

Jason Waldeck sometimes slept at the Ellis County firehouse where he volunteered, just to be sure he wouldn’t miss a call. As a high school senior, he would jump out of class or baseball practice to respond to fires, car crashes or whatever else the world threw his way. He said a brutal sexual assault on him at the fire station in January put an end to that work — but not to his passion.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: dallas morning news

A Mosinee firefighter accused of taking a fire engine on an early morning joyride and then crashing it after a night out drinking has resigned and his chief has requested that no criminal charges be filed in the case. Kody Krieg resigned in August after an investigation into the crash, according an internal investigation report obtained by Daily Herald Media under open-records law.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wausau daily herald

In an effort to enhance diversification at the fire department, the personnel board on Wednesday voted to set aside the so-called “rule of three” to allow the fire chief to choose from a broader list of qualified candidates. Following some strong opinions voiced by residents in opposition, however, the board tabled a separate request from Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio for authorization to hire as a probationary recruit a New London resident who had worked with the fire department but who did not make it onto the eligibility list.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the day