Two young boys lost their lives in an apartment fire in Colville early Friday morning. It started just before 2 in the morning on the 400 block of North Cedar Avenue. According to Fire Chief Brad Manke with the Colville Fire Department, the fire had already progressed to a stage that firefighters were unable to make entry.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2015 8:56:29 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

In its 55-year-history, Lewis County Fire District 8 in Salkum/Silver Creek has never yet asked for an EMS levy above its base property tax rate, said Anne Piper, chairwoman of the district’s Board of Commissioners. Until this year, that is. Fire District 8 residents will be asked to vote on a 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed value Emergency Medical Services levy.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2015 3:13:26 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

That optimism is shared by many public safety agencies and first responders, who see vast potential for unmanned systems—land- and water-borne robots, and aerial drones—to save lives and make firefighters, police, and emergency medical technicians safer and more efficient. As the technology rapidly expands and federal restrictions on operating unmanned systems become more defined, public safety agencies are scrambling to figure out how they can unleash this vast potential in a safe and smart way.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association

The San Francisco Fire Department has made strides in getting ambulances to emergencies faster, but still lags behind state response time standards and is not training crews to deal with a disaster, a civil grand jury said Thursday. The 19-member civilian panel began its investigation after The Chronicle reported last year about the city’s troubled response time record.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sfgate

Humans have an amazing capacity to do monumental things, and that includes royally screwing up. So, let's assume you've executed a grand career-crusher move. Like an Olympic gymnast sticking a perfect landing, your great blunder was worthy of a "ta-da" and high marks from the judges. The question becomes, what happens now? Can your career be saved? The answer depends on the size and nature of the blunder.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1