There was a structure fire at Anderson's Apartments Monday afternoon. When the first unit arrived on scene they found a fire on the second floor. Todd Chambers with the Fairbanks Fire Department says when the first unit arrived the fire appeared to be confined to one room, which appears to be the bathroom, although officials say there is damage throughout the entire apartment. Chambers said there were no injuries and the occupant of the apartment was gone when it happened. The deputy fire marshal will start investigating as soon as it is safe to do so. Todd Chambers with the Fairbanks Fire Department says residents should be aware of fire safety during these cold temperatures. "Just check your smoke detectors, check your carbon monoxide detectors, those things save lives. It didn't really factor in here but in this weather, this is when we have structure fires," said Chambers  

VIDEO: Firefighters in New Bedford protested the mayor's inauguration Monday night over the city's longstanding blackout policy. Fire station blackouts have been in effect since 2009 when the former mayor, Scott Lang, initiated the policy as a way to try and save money during the Great Recession. Through the policy, a different station is closed, or "blacked out", for a 24-hour period to cut back on staffing, therefore reducing costs. "We were in a fiscal apocalypse then. [Mayor Lang] had no choice," said Arthur Mello, of New Bedford Firefighters Local 841. However, now that the economy is in a better position, firefighters like Mello want to get rid of the blackouts. "The economy has changed, it's grown. But as it's grown, Mayor Mitchell has chosen to not only continue the blackouts, but to double down on them," said Mello.  

The city faces $10,800 in fines from the state for safety violations at the Warrenton Fire Department. The state Occupational Safety and Health Administration initiated an investigation after anonymous complaints. It fined the city $7,500 for not ensuring a proper respiratory protection program, $2,100 for not ensuring employees wore the right protective equipment, $420 for improper training, $420 for not maintaining a safety committee, $180 for a lack of equipment inspections and $180 for not keeping a hazard communication program. Tim Demers, the former fire chief, resigned amid the investigation. The findings come shortly after the city hired Brian Alsbury, the former deputy fire chief and volunteer, to replace Demers. Investigators specifically took issue with the city's use of the term "combat firefighter" for volunteers to keep them engaged while they completed the required training to combat structure fires.  

VIDEO: York police said a registered sex offender has been arrested after showing up to emergency scenes pretending to be a firefighter. Robert Shipman, 29, was arrested Saturday after officers said he blocked the roadway at a serious accident on East Jefferson Street and had red lights on his truck. Officials said Shipman arrived before they did and had already blocked the street with his pickup truck. Firefighters lost time getting to the injured victims because they had to get around him first. York Fire Chief Domenic Manera told Channel 9's South Carolina bureau reporter Greg Suskin that he met Shipman face to face at another accident scene two days earlier. Police said Shipman was on East Liberty Street where a car had run into a brick wall in front of the Lowe's store, seriously injuring the driver.  

Engine 72 used to put out fires in North Olympia. Now one rages inside of it, guaranteed to cook a fresh pizza in two minutes. Christopher and Janene Murray are the owners of Murray's Rustic Pie, a wood-fired pizza operation built in a converted fire engine. The mobile food truck has been in commission for the pizza business since last summer, traveling to farmers markets, breweries, community events — even weddings — when they're not serving about 30 pies a day from the driveway of the Murray home at 536 NE C St. The two are hardly new to pizza though. Or, for that matter, vehicular ovens. Before this, Chris Murray and a friend built a 3-foot oven in the back end of a '77 Datsun pickup and hauled it all over Washington and Oregon to serve wood-fired pizzas at events.  

The city contends the firefighters union shouldn't be permitted to intervene in a civil lawsuit filed by a state board seeking an injunction to stop Youngstown from reducing the number of battalion chiefs. It also argues in a Monday filing that the State Employment Relations Board, which filed the lawsuit Dec. 18 against the city, isn't entitled to seek an injunction in this matter. In the Mahoning County Common Pleas Court filing, Jeffrey Moliterno, the city's senior assistant law director, wrote the union's request to intervene should be denied because its filing was "procedurally deficient as it does not contain a pleading of any form." Moliterno wrote: "Although the union has supported its memorandum with arguments for why it should be entitled to intervene, it has not set forth its claim or defense for which intervention is sought. Thus, the union's motion to intervene must (be) denied. This is particularly so because of the very tight briefing schedule in this matter."