After serving as Interim Fire Chief for three weeks, the Board of Fire Commissioners named Greg Ahearn Fire Chief of Woodinville Fire & Rescue. Although the decision was made at the Sept. 8 Board meeting, the official swearing in was done on Oct. 5. In front of a standing room only crowd, Chief Ahearn took the oath of office and was sworn in by Board Chair Tim Osgood.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2015 1:45:59 AM - SOURCE: Woodinville Weekly/Northlake News/Valley View

After serving as Interim Fire Chief for three weeks, the Board of Fire Commissioners named Greg Ahearn Fire Chief of Woodinville Fire & Rescue. Although the decision was made at the Sept. 8 Board meeting, the official swearing in was done on Oct. 5. In front of a standing room only crowd, Chief Ahearn took the oath of office and was sworn in by Board Chair Tim Osgood.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2015 1:45:59 AM - SOURCE: Woodinville Weekly/Northlake News/Valley View

Two firefighters were killed and two hurt after a burning building on Independence Avenue collapsed on them Monday night, Kansas City fire officials said. Firefighters were dispatched to a building in the 2600 block of Independence Avenue about 7:30 p.m. and found the structure heavily damaged by smoke and flames.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kansas city star

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan gained a new administrator and lost one Monday as he announced a new director of immigrant affairs while the city's fire chief announced his retirement from the force. Executive Fire Commissioner Edsel Jenkins, appointed to the job by Duggan in April 2014, had been a city firefighter for nearly 30 years.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: detroit free press

California officials are considering allowing inmates with violent backgrounds to work outside prison walls fighting wildfires, and the idea is generating concerns about public safety. The state has the nation's largest and oldest inmate firefighting unit, with about 3,800 members who provide critical assistance to professional firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento