The Yakima Fire Department says all homes are safe Monday morning after a brush fire broke out Sunday evening at the intersection of Powerhouse Road and Pecks Canyon Road. Firefighters say flames broke out at 7:33 p.m. and grew quickly with winds reaching about 25 miles per hour. Shift Commander Mitch Cole said, "The conditions were just about as bad as they could be.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2015 7:42:29 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

A new ordinance allows the Kauai County Fire Department to bill reckless hikers who have to be rescued. But Kauai Fire Chief Robert Westerman said it's unclear whether the department ever will do so. "We are leery about charging people," Westerman said. "If they know they're going to be charged, they're going to be less likely to call in.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

Local and state officials gathered in Baldwin Sunday afternoon to provide an update on Baldwin Fire Chief Joe Roy, who was struck by a vehicle while participating in a fundraiser Saturday morning. Mayor Jerry Neace facilitated the event, saying Roy remains at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta with numerous injuries that resulted from the incident about 10:45 a.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: accesswdun.com

The FDNY has censured one of its top-ranked chiefs with a 50-day pay loss — a penalty for his role in a long-running leaking scandal that set the department on edge. FDNY Deputy Chief Paul Mannix, a 27-year veteran on the force, agreed to accept the penalty, according to a department order released Thursday and obtained by the Daily News.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york daily news

A Piscataway woman working with the Spotswood Emergency Services was killed in an ambulance crash Saturday morning, her mother and police said Saturday. Hinal Patel was killed in a multi-car wreck involving a Spotswood ambulance, her mother Darshana Patel said. Darshana Patel declined further comment.
- PUB DATE: 7/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger