The 1,183 acre Meeks Table Fire on the Naches Ranger District is now 60 percent contained and not expected to grow further, fire officials said Monday. A reduced crew of about?100 firefighters will continue to patrol the fire and put out remaining hot spots, but ?construction of fire lines is complete, according to the Monday news release from the Forest Service.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2015 12:40:46 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

After traveling almost 2,000 miles to Colorado, a group of Fort Lauderdale firefighters didn't expect to deal with any emergencies. Then they heard screaming. Running to see what the commotion was about, they found a young woman had been bitten by a rattlesnake while walking her dog in Pulpit Rock Park, on the north end of Colorado Springs.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sun sentinel

The Brainerd City Council Monday night approved a resolution restructuring the Brainerd Fire Department from a mix of full-time and paid on-call firefighters to a fully paid on-call department. A group consisting of Fire Chief Tim Holmes, city officials and representatives from the Minnesota Professional Firefighters, the firefighters union, have been working on restructuring discussions for about three months.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: brainerd dispatch

The live-fire training facility tucked into the northwest corner of Billings Logan International Airport isn’t only noteworthy because of what it’s made of, but also because of how much it cost to construct — $85,000. Built from 12 recycled food industry shipping containers, the new facility can be set on fire time and again and remain standing, ready for the next training session.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: billings gazette

A former Autaugaville Volunteer Fire Department chief committed suicide two days before he was to be sentenced on ethics violations. Ernest Stoudemire was found dead Sunday, said Sheriff Joe Sedinger. The death has been ruled a suicide, the sheriff said. He declined to release specifics, given the nature of the case.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: montgomery advertiser