Residents annoyed with Youngwood's emergency siren have been leaving anonymous threatening messages for the borough fire chief and other officials. Fire Chief and Council President Lloyd Crago said he got a vulgar email about the siren on Oct. 5 at the fire department. A similar voicemail message was left at the department on Sunday.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The Purdue Fire Department is working with Purdue’s Polytechnic Institute to test out what is best explained as a drone that doesn’t fly. It’s an indestructible robot with a camera and a light that allows firefighters to examine a fire situation without ever entering the building. If necessary, firefighters can throw the device through a window and manually control the robot to examine the room.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLFI-TV Channel 18

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Seattle police are investigating a series of arsons near West Seattle's High Point neighborhood. One instance was captured on surveillance footage. It shows a man in a hooded sweatshirt lighting a fire at a bus stop near the 3500 block of SW Morgan Street. It happened around 2:30 a.m. on October 12.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2015 9:41:09 PM - SOURCE: Northwest Cable News

Seattle police are investigating a series of arsons near West Seattle's High Point neighborhood. One instance was captured on surveillance footage. It shows a man in a hooded sweatshirt lighting a fire at a bus stop near the 3500 block of SW Morgan Street. It happened around 2:30 a.m. on October 12.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2015 9:41:09 PM - SOURCE: Northwest Cable News