Homeowners frantically asked for help as a swiftly moving wildfire headed toward their houses, 911 audio calls show, and dispatchers tried to clear up confusion over injured firefighters from a blaze in Washington state that ultimately killed three firefighters. The Aug. 19 fire near Twisp, Washington, also injured four firefighters - one critically.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2015 3:47:34 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

The Okanogan County fairgrounds have been taken over by thousands of firefighters and support crews. Local leaders are struggling to figure out what to do about the county fair, which is scheduled to be held at those same fairgrounds in two weeks. Officials estimate around 1,800 people are living there while battling the Okanogan Complex.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2015 10:50:52 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

The Okanogan County fairgrounds have been taken over by thousands of firefighters and support crews. Local leaders are struggling to figure out what to do about the county fair, which is scheduled to be held at those same fairgrounds in two weeks. Officials estimate around 1,800 people are living there while battling the Okanogan Complex.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2015 10:50:52 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

Austin Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr, a fourth-generation firefighter, was installed today as president and chair of the board of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC). Pledging to focus on reducing firefighter deaths and related firefighter safety and health issues, she becomes the first women to lead the IAFC in its 142-year history.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

A veteran Chicago paramedic is taking on the Chicago Fire Department over how he wears his bullet proof vest. Pat Fitzmaurice currently wears the vest he bought with his own money over his uniform. The fire department says that is against policy. Fitzmaurice is a 40-year Chicago Fire Department veteran - a paramedic field chief who works the West Side, where gunfire is an unwelcome, but frequent reality.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago