G. Michael Gawley led Sean Ryan in the Clallam County Fire District No. 3 commissioner race after the first ballot count Tuesday. Gawley received 3,992 votes, or 58.43 percent, while Ryan had 2,840 votes, or 41.57 percent of the votes counted districtwide. The district covers the area east of Deer Park Road to Gardiner in Jefferson County.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2015 12:44:47 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

G. Michael Gawley led Sean Ryan in the Clallam County Fire District No. 3 commissioner race after the first ballot count Tuesday. Gawley received 3,992 votes, or 58.43 percent, while Ryan had 2,840 votes, or 41.57 percent of the votes counted districtwide. The district covers the area east of Deer Park Road to Gardiner in Jefferson County.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2015 12:44:47 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Two months after taking over emergency services for an area that had been served by the West I-10 Volunteer Fire Department for 36 years, Harris County Emergency Service District 48 has had to figure out how to operate efficiently without ample resources while the West I-10 department continues to question the district's decision to end the two parties' longtime partnership.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

On the heels of a historically safe Angels' Night weekend, the Detroit City Council today confirmed Mayor Mike Duggan's choice for executive fire commissioner, Eric Jones. The council voted 8-1 to confirm Jones' appointment. Council President Brenda Jones voted no, she said, because Eric Jones lacks experience as a firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: detroit free press

Four firefighter positions were restored in Green Bay’s 2016 budget by the city’s joint personnel and finance committee on Tuesday. The four-person committee opted to keep the positions and instead reorganize fire department administration, slash overtime pay for public works staff and shave off a number of other small expenses to make up for a projected $819,300 revenue loss.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Green Bay Press-Gazette