Peter Goldmark, Washington Public Lands Commissioner and head of the Department of Natural Resources, is requesting a $24 million budget increase from the state legislature in its upcoming session to help better prepare and train state firefighters for the fire season and to reduce the massive costs associated with responding to wildland fires.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2015 2:40:46 AM - SOURCE: Kirkland Reporter

A CBS4 Investigation has found that a Denver firefighter fell through a rooftop skylight and suffered a “close call” in 2012, three years before the same thing happened to firefighter John Whelan in June of this year, which led to Whelan’s death. But the information about the 2012 incident, which could have served as a warning about warehouse roofs and brittle skylights, was not widely shared with department members.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCNC-TV CBS 4 Denver

A New York City EMT who tried to save the life of a 7-year-old girl who choked on her lunch says he has been suspended without pay for making an unauthorized stop, according to local media. Qwasie Reid and a partner were transporting a nursing home patient last Wednesday, local news channel NY1 reported, when they were flagged down in Brooklyn by a man who told them that a student was choking.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Poughkeepsie Journal

A high-ranking firefighter in the borough Fire Department suffered a heart attack while fighting a three-alarm blaze Thursday evening, Fire Chief Michael Foligno said. The firefighter received CPR on the scene, was revived, and was transported to Hackensack University Medical Center for surgery, the chief said.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NorthJersey.com

Andres Gallegos had one thing on his mind as he sat in Seat 12A for his flight to Caracas: a weekend visit with his wife and kids. In a flash, he had another thing on his mind: survival. First, he heard a loud bang. Then he peered out the window to see his plane on fire. As Dynamic International Airways Flight 405 taxied toward the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport just after 12:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald