As Washington state's wildfires burned into the record books Monday, calls for help were answered from far and near. Fire managers from New Zealand and Australia arrived to contribute to a ground campaign led by firefighters from across the West and augmented by U.S. soldiers. The flames that claimed the lives of three firefighters, injured four others and burned 200 homes also inspired an outpouring of volunteers who have been invited for the first time in state history to help battle the blazes.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A team of juvenile inmates helping the firefight in eastern Washington was pulled from the fire line Monday after one of the troubled teens escaped and tried to take his own life. A team of 20 juvenile inmates from the Nesalle Youth Camp had been part of a program working alongside the Department of Natural Resources, helping bring Washington's relentless fires under control.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Two thieves in Stevens County picked an unlikely target Monday morning: the firefighters at Stevens County Fire District 7. Crews from the all-volunteer department saw two young men in hoodies running away from a truck parked outside the station just before 5 a.m. Monday, Fire Chief Joe Paccerelli said.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the spokesman-review

More than 10,000 fire and emergency service leaders, experts, exhibitors, guests and industry partners from around the globe will assemble August 26-30 in Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center for Fire-Rescue International (FRI), the annual conference of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC).
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chief

A toddler is in critical condition after an early-morning house fire in Brooklyn. The flames broke out around 1 a.m. on Avenue P in Marine Park, and it was placed under control about 45 minutes later. Jean Pierre lost his home, but his family is still intact. The fire destroyed everything inside his home and almost killed his 2-year-old son Chase.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com