DC Fire and EMS Chief Gregory Dean will ask the D.C. council on Tuesday for authority to hire an outside company to provide ambulance service to help relieve his overtaxed fleet. Under Dean's plan, which has the support of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Fire and EMS would contract with a third party ambulance company.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV 9 DC

Three groups will receive $5.9 million in federal grants to train first responders to handle railroad incidents involving crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids. The U.S. Transportation Department announced the grants Monday. Concerns have been growing about these shipments because the number has surged, and there have been several fiery derailments involving crude oil in recent years.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: washington times

A man's fear of spiders nearly caused him to set a Metro Detroit gas station on fire. Instead, he set his car and a gas pump on fire. WJBK-TV FOX 2 News reports the man saw a spider on his car's gas tank while he was at a gas station in Center Line. He then did something that most people understand is obviously not smart.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: mlive.com

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Firefighters in Pierce County say one person was found dead in a burning duplex in University Place. The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office says 82-year-old Mary Ann Gough died of carbon monoxide poisoning and her manner of death was an accident. West Pierce Fire and Rescue says crews responded to a house at about 3:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2015 4:47:54 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7