The consolidation of seven municipal fire and rescue departments on the North Shore 20 years ago has saved the communities millions of dollars while providing a superior level of service, the Public Policy Forum says in a new report. Those seven municipalities together would have paid a total of $2.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Amid a drought that has created bone-dry conditions across much of California’s wildland area, a state fire prevention account has ended recent fiscal years with tens of millions of dollars unspent. The money has been generated by a contentious, four-year-old fee pushed through by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative Democrats over the objections of Republicans and rural property owners.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sacramento bee

Next year will be the last year you can legally set off fireworks in Vancouver after the city council voted Monday night to ban the sale and use of personal fireworks. The council voiced unanimous support in changing the fireworks ordinance in a vote earlier this year. The ban goes into effect in 2017, so the 2016 Fourth of July won't be affected by the change.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: katu-tv

Next year will be the last year you can legally set off fireworks in Vancouver after the city council voted Monday night to ban the sale and use of personal fireworks. The council voiced unanimous support in changing the fireworks ordinance in a vote earlier this year. The ban goes into effect in 2017, so the 2016 Fourth of July won't be affected by the change.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: katu-tv

Next year will be the last year you can legally set off fireworks in Vancouver after the city council voted Monday night to ban the sale and use of personal fireworks. The council voiced unanimous support in changing the fireworks ordinance in a vote earlier this year. The ban goes into effect in 2017, so the 2016 Fourth of July won't be affected by the change.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: katu-tv