VIDEO: A Dauphin County firefighter with special needs is breaking barriers serving his community. 33-year-old Danny Zmitrovich has been working with Hummelstown Fire Department for the last seventeen years. “I’m like, we’re going! So we grab our gear jump in the truck and go!" said Zmitrovich. "I like helping out people that need the help so that’s why I do this job for a reason," he added.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 43

VIDEO: Mobile's Fire Chief, Mark Sealy, reveals that he was diagnosed with cancer several months ago. The diagnosis of kidney cancer came last summer when he was attending a fire chief's conference in Texas. A company called Lifescan Wellness Centers was conducting full body ultrasounds on first responders at the meeting.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wKRG

The Baltimore City Council plans to summon Fire Department leaders for hearings after an aging firetruck caught fire and amid warnings from the firefighters' union about the agency’s readiness to respond to emergencies. Councilman Brandon Scott, chairman of the public safety committee, said the first hearing will be one of a series to keep a closer watch on the department.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun - Metered Site

In the last year, Ventura County's first responders have been put through the wringer. From the Thomas Fire in December 2017 to the Woolsey Fire, and the shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in between in November, it's safe to say it hasn't been easy. But in the face of all the hardship and tragedy, Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen has been a steadying force not only for the first responders, but for the community — which is why Congresswoman Julia Brownley will have Lorenzen as her guest to the State of the Union Address Tuesday night in Washington, D.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ventura County Star

Three days after losing a lower court’s ruling, the city is taking steps to take an arbitration case against the city’s firefighters’ union to the state’s highest court. On Friday, the state Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in Rochester, unanimously reversed a ruling by state Supreme Court Judge James P.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times