Rapid City firefighter Dave Ruhl apparently was trapped by a sudden shift in the direction of the California wildfire he was scouting in July, according to a newly issued Forest Service report on his death. The body of Ruhl, 38, was found July 31 at the scene of the Frog Fire in the Modoc National Forest, where he was on a temporary assignment away from his regular duties as an engine captain in South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest.
- PUB DATE: 10/15/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: rapid city journal

VIDEO - October is Fire Prevention Month and it can be a challenge to get children excited about fire prevention. So, the Mustang Fire Department put on a production like no other to get elementary kids to soak up the safety tips and it worked. Firefighters took popular songs and changed the lyrics into fire safety terms.
- PUB DATE: 10/15/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWTV-TV Oklahoma City

This fire truck is a 1999 pumper built on an E-ONE Daytona cab and chassis. 

When a Sound Transit bus caught fire Wednesday morning, passengers were lucky to have an expert on board. Hugo Sotelo, a Bellevue, Wash., Fire Department inspector, was one of 30 passengers riding the Route 566 bus on its Auburn to Overlake route. “I couldn’t believe the odds,” said Sotelo, that a fire inspector would be on a bus that ignited.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2015 9:05:06 PM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald

When a Sound Transit bus caught fire Wednesday morning, passengers were lucky to have an expert on board. Hugo Sotelo, a Bellevue, Wash., Fire Department inspector, was one of 30 passengers riding the Route 566 bus on its Auburn to Overlake route. “I couldn’t believe the odds,” said Sotelo, that a fire inspector would be on a bus that ignited.
- PUB DATE: 10/14/2015 9:05:06 PM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald