VIDEO: This is a busy time for college students new and old. It can be extremely dangerous if students aren’t given the proper training. Just last Sunday, a fire started in a dorm room at UMass. The cause: a burning candle left unattended. While no one was injured, that isn’t always the case. A 21-year-old died in an off-campus apartment fire in 2013.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWLP-TV NBC/CW+ 22 Springfield

VIDEO: Officials are looking into an accident at Pacific Recycling when a pressurized tank crashed into a neighborhood home. Firefighters say “by the grace of god” no injuries were reported, but one family’s vacation has been cut short, by a first for the Kennewick Fire Department. Residents around Pacific Recycling in Kennewick say it sounded like a bomb went off Wednesday morning, adding it shook their homes.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS/CW+ 19 Pasco

The months-long search for the next Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue chief has come to an end. The Fire Protection District No. 2 Board of Commissioners unanimously decided Wednesday to offer the job to Jon Perry. Perry was one of three candidates. He will replace Chief John Sinclair, who is stepping down at the end of this year.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2024 5:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Ellensburg Daily Record - Metered Site

Whenever you see the city fire and emergency vehicles serving among the escorts for Brewster students and athletes heading off to compete in the many events they qualify for every year, one of those who deserves a tip of the hat is Brewster Fire Chief Dylan Gamble. Gamble has been city fire chief since November 2017.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2024 1:37:40 AM - SOURCE: Wenatchee Business Journal

VIDEO: A driver smashed into an Albuquerque Fire Rescue truck in July. The crash happened as the fire truck was responding to a different crash in the Northeast Heights. The crash was caused by a driver officials say had been drinking earlier that night, and it left the fire truck out of service. Luckily no one was injured, but the video shows just how much damage was caused by the crash.
- PUB DATE: 9/5/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRQE-TV CBS/FOX 13 Albuquerque