Some of the coats have Seahawks colors and some of the coats have Broncos colors, but all of the coats will keep children warm this winter. Tumwater firefighters donated 359 new coats to Michael T. Simmons Elementary School students Thursday morning as part of an annual nationwide tradition called Operation Warm.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2015 10:57:19 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

A small yurt south of Port Townsend burned to the ground Thursday afternoon. The approximately 400-square-foot round structure was destroyed after a man living there left several dead birds near the stove to dry them and left the building, according to East Jefferson Fire-Rescue spokesman Bill Beezley.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2015 3:16:35 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

A small yurt south of Port Townsend burned to the ground Thursday afternoon. The approximately 400-square-foot round structure was destroyed after a man living there left several dead birds near the stove to dry them and left the building, according to East Jefferson Fire-Rescue spokesman Bill Beezley.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2015 3:16:35 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Columbus firefighters recently rejected a three-year contract proposal that would have given them raises of 3.5 percent in the first two years and 3 percent in the final year. Union members mainly objected to lower pay differentials for paramedics and increases in health-insurance premiums. More than two-thirds of the members rejected the contract, according to three firefighters, including a captain.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: columbus dispatch

A Detroit firefighter and longtime veteran died last night while on duty. Sgt. Vince Smith, a 24-year veteran with Detroit Fire died in his sleep at Engine 48, on Fort St near Marathon Oil refinery. Smith was assigned to DFD Ladder 13 but he was pulling a duty shift overnight at Engine 48. "He had a special way that he saw life," said Battalion Chief Steve Kirschner.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJBK fox 2 detroit