...Change Your Battery" program. That statistic raises to anywhere from 80 to 90 percent in Alaska, said Kenai Fire Marshal James Baisden. "In the last three to four large fires in homes that we responded to, we found smoke detectors without batteries...

...engine responded from the Nikiski Fire Department. It took 20 minutes to get the fire under control, said Kenai Fire Marshal James Baisden. The fire had been burning between 20 and 30 minutes before firefighters arrived, he said. Baisden said the...

...courtroom testimony "made him the best candidate," Tilly said of the fire captain he recently named Kenai's new fire marshal. James Baisden worked for the city of Kenai for the last nine years, first as its fire marshal and for the past two years...

...he said. "I want to give it time, before I say 'yea' or 'nay.' We figured 60 to 90 days." Kenai Fire Marshal James Baisden said he was a severe snorer and had never given much thought to his wife's assertion that he would stop breathing...