As children head back to class in Issaquah, Eastside Fire and Rescue is determined to make sure they’re not hungry. Firefighters are hoping a new program to feed children breakfast will continue to succeed and expand! State statistics show one-in-four students at Issaquah Valley Elementary School are on free or reduced lunch.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: king5

Captain Greg Hopper with the Sugar Land Fire Department knew he wanted to do something after the tragic death of Harris County Deputy Darren Goforth. "I need to find a way to show them that I support them," Hopper told KPRC 2 News. He decided to make decals that reads "I've Got Your Back" to show support for law enforcement.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston

Authorities in Oakland, California, were in for quite the surprise when they responded to a report of what appeared to be a baby trapped in a car, police said. Emergency personnel smashed the car window and forced their way into the vehicle on Monday, only to find a lifelike doll sitting in the car seat, Officer Johnna Watson of the Oakland Police Department told ABC News.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc news

Local Firefighters found themselves working in familiar territory this morning, their own Fire Station. The Randolph Village Volunteer Fire Station is now severely under-equipped. Firefighters are left wondering what to do next. The 43-year old station is now trying to re-group. The focus has become how to keep the response going, with so little of their own equipment.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: myChamplainValley.com

They rumble past schools, homes and businesses in dozens of cities around the country — 100-car trains loaded with crude oil from the Upper Midwest. While railroads have long carried hazardous materials through congested urban areas, cities are now scrambling to formulate emergency plans and to train firefighters amid the latest safety threat: a fiftyfold increase in crude shipments that critics say has put millions of people living or working near the tracks at heightened risk of derailment, fire and explosion.
- PUB DATE: 9/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette