Clallam County Fire District No. 4 remembered more than 140 deceased volunteers in a memorial bell-ringing ceremony in Joyce. Bagpipers Thomas McCurdy and Nathan Carroll, both of Port Angeles, opened Saturday's ceremony with traditional bagpipe music. After Fire Chief Alex Baker read each volunteer name, the bell tolled once.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2015 2:51:15 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Clallam County Fire District No. 4 remembered more than 140 deceased volunteers in a memorial bell-ringing ceremony in Joyce. Bagpipers Thomas McCurdy and Nathan Carroll, both of Port Angeles, opened Saturday's ceremony with traditional bagpipe music. After Fire Chief Alex Baker read each volunteer name, the bell tolled once.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2015 2:51:15 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Trained to jump off helicopters and launch early attacks on wildfires with only the tools on their backs, four firefighters took off from the Boggs Mountain Helitack Base in a Super Huey chopper Saturday during the Valley fire’s first explosive moments. Firefighters Niko Matteoli, Richard Reiff, Logan Pridmore and Capt.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the press democrat

The Providence firefighters union has hired a private security firm to protect Mayor Jorge Elorza's house after threatening social media posts against him became the subject of a police investigation. Paul Doughty, president of Local 799 of the International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, said Tuesday the union hired Imperial Security of Johnston to guard the mayor's house at an estimated cost of $500 per day.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: providence journal

Cleveland's outgoing fire chief and two supervisors will face internal charges after an audit revealed dozens of missing and erroneous records at the department's training academy. The charges, outlined in letters released by the city Tuesday, make Patrick Kelly the third consecutive chief to leave the embattled fire department under a cloud of controversy.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the plain dealer