On March 7, twin babies and a 3-year-old boy died after a fire erupted in their home in Truxtun. The community, near the intersection of Portsmouth Boulevard and Deep Creek Boulevard, does not have a fire station. Without a station in Truxtun, according to a recent report from fire officials to City Manager Lydia Pettis Patton, the department cannot meet "minimum response times for fire and emergency medical calls" there.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: hampton roads

A Los Angeles firefighter was injured Saturday after falling through a roof of a paint supply business while battling a fire in Sylmar, authorities said. The firefighter fell between 10 and 20 feet through the roof of the one-story commercial building at 15513 Cobalt St, said LAFD spokesman Erik Scott in written statements.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Daily News

A Queens EMT who was dispatched to Brooklyn for a sick toddler used a pay phone to call 911 with a fake emergency closer to his post in a pathetic attempt to avoid the cross-borough schlep, officials said on Friday. William Medina, 27, had just dropped off a patient at a hospital on Aug. 19 when he got the call for the ill child, according to the Department of Investigation.
- PUB DATE: 10/12/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post

Candidates for a Clallam County Fire District No. 3 commission seat clashed on district staffing during a forum. Sean Ryan, 53, of Port Angeles — who is challenging appointee G. Michael Gawley, 72, of Sequim for the Position 1 seat in the Nov. 3 general election — believes the district needs more full-time employees and fewer administrators.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2015 12:42:55 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Candidates for a Clallam County Fire District No. 3 commission seat clashed on district staffing during a forum. Sean Ryan, 53, of Port Angeles — who is challenging appointee G. Michael Gawley, 72, of Sequim for the Position 1 seat in the Nov. 3 general election — believes the district needs more full-time employees and fewer administrators.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2015 12:42:55 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News