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ALASKA NEWS

North Star Volunteer Fire Department welcomes new engine with traditional push-in ceremony

North Star Volunteer Fire Department welcomes new engine with traditional push-in ceremony

The North Star Volunteer Fire Department marked a special milestone this week — officially welcoming a brand-new fire engine with a time-honored tradition.

NATIONAL NEWS

VIDEO: 'Suspicious' house fire lights up sky in Ohio

Firefighters say the home was fully engulfed before it collapsed. The cause of the fire is under investigation, and fire crews have deemed the incident suspicious.

‘I thought we were going to die’: Firefighters in Missouri narrowly avoid direct tornado hit

PHOTO: The B Shift crew at Engine House 28, a St. Louis fire station in the Fountain Park neighborhood, knew severe weather was a possibility when the firefighters got to work at 8 a.m. last Friday.

Photos show damage left behind from San Diego plane crash

VIDEO: A small plane crashed into a San Diego neighborhood early Thursday, killing multiple people believed to be passengers and damaging nearly a dozen homes and several more vehicles.

Related: Timeline shows 50 years of plane crashes in San Diego neighborhoods

The recent jet plane crash into San Diego's Murphy Canyon neighborhood left at least two homes destroyed and several more damaged, according to the Navy. In the aftermath, KPBS examined the history of plane crashes in San Diego's residential neighborhoods.

Where to? Ambulance patients in one Florida county may soon get a greater say

Patients who find themselves racing to a hospital in the back of an ambulance may soon be able to tell their drivers which hospital to go to, under a proposal pitched before the Broward County Commission.

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JOBS

AZ - Fire Chief - Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority - Closing: 06/22/25

CA - Deputy Fire Chief - South Placer Fire District - Closing: 05/27/25

CA - Deputy Fire Marshal / Plans Examiner and Inspection - University of California - Open Until Filled

CA - Fire Chief - Burney Fire Protection District - First Review: 06/22/25

CA - Fire Chief - City of Monterey Park - Closing: 06/08/25

CA - Fire Chief - City of Vallejo - Closing: 06/16/25

CA - Fire Inspector I - City of Burbank - First Review: 06/23/25

CA - Fire Investigator - Contra Costa County Fire Protection District - Closing: 06/01/25

CA - Firefighter Paramedic - City of Suisun City - Open Until Filled

CA - Shift Battalion Chief - South Placer Fire District - Closing: 05/29/25

CA - Single Role Paramedic - City of Santa Rosa - Closing: 06/02/25

CA - Single Role Paramedic - San Ramon Valley FPD - Closing: Open Recruitment

CA - Wildfire Preparedness Coordinator - Ross Valley Fire Department - Closing: 05/30/25

CO - Entry-Level Firefighter and Entry-Level Firefighter/Paramedic - Monument Fire District - Closing: 07/28/25

CO - Fire Chief / CEO - Black Forest Fire Rescue Protection District - Closing: 05/23/25

CO - Lateral Firefighter/EMT - Colorado River Fire Rescue - Closing: 05/30/25

CO - Lateral Firefighter/Paramedic - Colorado River Fire Rescue - Closing: 05/30/25

ID - Division Chief of Training - City of Meridian - First Review: 05/23/25

ID - Fire Chief - City of Boise - Closing: 06/13/25

ID - Full-Time Paramedic/Firefighter - Teton County Fire Protection District - Closing: 06/27/25

ID - Seasonal Wildland Engine Boss - Ketchum Fire District - First Review: 05/16/25

IL - Firefighter - City of Freeport - Closing: 06/27/25

IL - Firefighter/Paramedic - River Forest Fire Department - Open Until Filled

IL - Shift Battalion Chief - Itasca Fire Protection District - Closing: 05/23/25

MI - Firefighter - City of Grand Rapids - Closing: 06/01/25

OR - Entry Level or Lateral Firefighter - City of La Grande - Open Until Filled

OR - Entry-Level Firefighter EMT - Nestucca Rural Fire Protection District - Closing: 05/23/25

OR - Executive Assistant / Human Resources Specialist - Klamath County Fire District 1 - Closing: 06/15/25

OR - Fire Chief - Harbor Rural Fire Protection District - Closing: 06/10/25

OR - Fire Chief - Mosier Fire District - Closing: 05/28/25

OR - Firefighter/Paramedic - City of Cascade Locks - Open Until Filled

OR - Full Time Firefighter/Paramedic - Oakridge Fire & EMS - Open Until Filled

OR - Seasonal Firefighters - Sauvie Island Fire District - Closing: 05/23/25

OR - Summer Firefighter Internship - Halsey-Shedd RFPD - Closing: 06/13/25

OR - Temporary Part-Time/Full-Time Firefighter - Aurora Fire District No. 63 - Closing: 06/12/25

OR & WA - Exhaust Removal Sales Representative - SeaWestern - Open Until Filled

TX - Deputy Fire Marshal - City of McKinney - Open Until Filled

TX - Firefighter/EMT - City of Pearland - Closing: 06/13/25

WA - Assistant Fire Marshal - Community Development - Clark County - Open Until Filled

WA - Community Services Specialist - North Kitsap Fire & Rescue - Closing: 06/16/25

WA - Deputy Fire Chief - City of Yakima - Closing: 06/10/25

WA - Deputy Fire Chief - Spokane Valley Fire Department - Closing: 06/18/25

WA - Emergency Medical Services Administrator - Whatcom County - Closing: 06/22/25

WA - Entry Level or Lateral Firefighter/Paramedic - Cowlitz Country Fire District #5 - Open Until Filled

WA - Entry Level Paramedic - Lewis County Fire Protection District 2 - Open Until Filled

WA - Entry-Level & Lateral Firefighter/EMT - Ocean Shores Fire Department - Open Until Filled

WA - Entry-Level & Lateral Firefighter/Paramedic - Ocean Shores Fire Department - Open Until Filled

WA - Entry-Level Firefighter/EMT & PM - Clallam 2 Fire Rescue - Closing: 05/30/25

WA - Finance Manager - Mountain View Fire & Rescue - First Review: 05/18/25

WA - Fire Chief - City of Moses Lake - First Review: 06/22/25

WA - Fire Chief - Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue - First Review: 05/23/25

WA - Fire Chief - Vashon Island Fire & Rescue - First Review: 06/08/25

WA - Firefighter-Paramedic - Snohomish Fire District #4 - Test Submission: 06/02/25

WA - Firefighter/EMT - Grays Harbor Fire District #7 - Continuous

WA - Full-Time Entry-Level or Lateral Firefighter-EMT - City of Burlington - Closing: 05/23/25

WA - Lateral Firefighter - City of Vancouver - Closing: 05/31/25

WA - Lateral Firefighter Paramedic - City of Vancouver - Closing: 05/31/25

WA - Mobile Integrated Health Provider - City of Burlington - Closing: 06/12/25

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