Snohomish County Fire District 1 wants to change how it charges property owners, in a way the district says could be fairer for most taxpayers. There's a hitch, though. Even if voters give the thumbs up, there's no room for another charge on the tax bills sent by the Snohomish County's treasurer's office.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 5:37:09 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

PHOTO - A North Carolina man faces charges in an accident involving a tractor trailer, a fire truck and a Dinwiddie Sheriff's Office vehicle on I-85. Police have charged Lonnie Mixter of Highpoint, NC with reckless driving after his tractor trailer struck the fire truck, causing it to hit the sheriff's deputy car and split in half.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6

Strong, shifting winds that dramatically fanned a wildfire near Twisp in Okanogan County in August pushed walls of flames and smoke onto a team of firefighters, catching them off-guard and forcing them to retreat blindly down a winding dirt road to their deaths, according to a joint state and federal report released Friday.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: seattle times

A Houston firefighter survived a scare late Friday afternoon. His crew was cutting a hole in the roof of a south-side home to put a fire out when he fell through. "He fell through in such a way that the guys that were on the roof weren't able to pull him out," said HFD Deputy Chief Herman Gonzales.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK abc 13

A recent question about the appropriate title for Doña Ana County's top fire official brought to the forefront a power struggle that's been simmering for years between county administrators and volunteer fire districts across the county. County commissioners answered the question definitively when they voted unanimously earlier this month to change Robert Monsivaiz's title from "fire marshal" to "fire chief.
- PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Cruces Sun-News