Biscuit, a 4-year-old poodle and hound mix, is being credited with alerting a mom and son to a fire early Feb. 1. The smoke alarms closest to the fire had been removed, a North Kitsap Fire & Rescue news release says. Damage to the small home’s living room was held in check by firefighters quick response after a chimney fire spread to char adjacent walls and ceiling areas.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 1:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Bainbridge Island Review - Metered Site

PHOTOS: Multiple cabins burned overnight in the Upper Middle Creek area of Sevier County, the Sevier County Government and the City of Pigeon Forge stated in a joint press release early Tuesday. Sevier County officials say at around 12:39 a.m., Sevier County Central Dispatch received a call reporting a structure fire in the 2100 block of Windy Lane in the Upper Middle Creek area of Sevier County.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATE-TV ABC 6 Knoxville

EMTs and firefighters are used to receiving the latest training when it comes to lifesaving care. But on Tuesday, they encountered a different kind of training and patients: High-tech K9 mannequins. Gillette Stadium’s Putnam Club became a classroom of sorts for Bay State EMTs, where their patients for the lifesaving training weren’t humans but man’s best friend.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

Explorer Post 469, a junior firefighter program of Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services for high school students, has earned third place in a national competition, the fire department announced. The explorer post left Jan. 26 for the BSA Winterfest Competition Jan. 27 and 28 in Gatlinburg. Over 1,000 explorers and venturers from across the country attended the event this year, the first gathering since 2020.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cherokee Tribune & Ledger-News - Metered Site

PHOTOS: On Feb. 1, 1900, Dayton experienced what could be the largest fire in the city’s history. The blaze started at the in the Leaf Tobacco Warehouses of J.P. Wolf & Son at the northwest corner of First and Foundry streets. Foundry ran north to south starting at First Street and cut through an area where the Dayton Dragons stadium and plaza now stand.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dayton Daily News