Three Everett firefighters were called out July 1 to help a homeless man who was drunk and lying on a downtown sidewalk. They and others in the department had dealt with the man more than 100 times in the past. One of them, a fire captain, decided to drive the man nearly to Marysville and leave him underneath a bridge with two bottles of water on an 83-degree day.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2015 6:52:15 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

Three Everett firefighters were called out July 1 to help a homeless man who was drunk and lying on a downtown sidewalk. They and others in the department had dealt with the man more than 100 times in the past. One of them, a fire captain, decided to drive the man nearly to Marysville and leave him underneath a bridge with two bottles of water on an 83-degree day.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2015 6:52:15 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

Seven minutes after a deputy radioed that the wind from a growing wildfire had shifted direction, dispatchers got a second call: A burn victim needed an ambulance. Five minutes later, another caller said several firefighters were trapped. Within the span of 12 minutes, the wildfire in Washington state went from being just one of many lightning-sparked blazes burning across the Pacific Northwest to the scene of the deadliest single wildfire this year in the U.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIROtv

PHOTO - A group of Florida firefighters are being praised after photos of them mowing the lawn of a man whose home they had been called to went viral. The first responders - Capt. Daniel Papa, Driver Engineer Eugene Mobley, Firefighter Scot Kortright, Firefighter Timothy Sinnott, Firefighter Joseph DePiero and Fire Explorer Jordan Gennusa – responded to a 911 call late Saturday afternoon at the home of Ralph McCrory in Spring Hill, Fla.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

Vending machines will soon be installed in several Tulsa Fire Stations, but they won't be carrying chips and candy. Instead, they'll have medical supplies. Fire department officials said it will save them 30 to 40 percent off their normal medical supply costs. One of the new vending machines will be at Station 22.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTV-TV CBS 6 Tulsa