There was one injury after an outrigger reportedly failed during a certification for a ladder truck. The ladder struck one individual who was performing a certification test on the fire truck. Visit http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/1-person-taken-hospital-after-accident-fire-dept/npD54/ for more information

An industrial fire damaged more than $1 million in inventory late Tuesday, Nov. 3, at a Ferndale plant that makes cat litter and other absorption products. Employees at Healthy Pet were working in the main 60,000-square-foot warehouse around 10:45 p.m. when a night supervisor saw smoke and small flames in the plant’s main warehouse, said Ted Mischaikov, the company’s CEO.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 4:02:58 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

An industrial fire damaged more than $1 million in inventory late Tuesday, Nov. 3, at a Ferndale plant that makes cat litter and other absorption products. Employees at Healthy Pet were working in the main 60,000-square-foot warehouse around 10:45 p.m. when a night supervisor saw smoke and small flames in the plant’s main warehouse, said Ted Mischaikov, the company’s CEO.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 4:02:58 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

About 150 firefighters in the Hartford Fire Department will be getting state-of-the-art breathing apparatus equipment that will allow incident commanders to electronically track every firefighter who enters a burning building. Firefighters displayed the new Scott self-contained breathing apparatus equipment at a press conference Wednesday morning at the Engine Company 15 firehouse.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hartford Courant

Jason Waldeck sometimes slept at the Ellis County firehouse where he volunteered, just to be sure he wouldn’t miss a call. As a high school senior, he would jump out of class or baseball practice to respond to fires, car crashes or whatever else the world threw his way. He said a brutal sexual assault on him at the fire station in January put an end to that work — but not to his passion.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: dallas morning news