The Board of Supervisors in Patrick County declined to pull funding from the JEB Stuart volunteer rescue squad, but it did pass a motion stating the county condemns acts of hate and white supremacy. This comes after the entire country now knows a part-time paid emergency medical technician in the county frequently co-hosts a podcast, the Daily Shoah, that routinely makes racist jokes and pro-white comments.
- PUB DATE: 12/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSLS-TV

Ron Herrera could have stopped fighting fires years ago. But what exactly, he wonders, would he do with himself then? Honored Monday for wrapping his 45th year with Albuquerque Fire Rescue, the 66-year-old lieutenant has now logged the equivalent of more than two full careers with the department. He once worked alongside the fathers – and, in at least one case, the grandfather – of some of his current peers.
- PUB DATE: 12/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Albuquerque Journal

The investigation of a Harlem building blaze that killed a firefighter and disrupted production of a movie starring Edward Norton was rigged so Norton’s production company -- which was using the building for filming – would escape blame, an FDNY fire marshal claims. Fire Marshal Scott Specht, the lead investigator in the fire, accuses Chief Fire Marshal Thomas Kane, his deputy J.
- PUB DATE: 12/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

A former fire chief has filed a federal lawsuit against the Center Township Fire Department for more than 330 hours of overtime. Ernie Campbell alleges in his suit that he was fired over a time-off request and did not receive his compensatory time or pay for more than eight weeks since he began working for the department in 1989.
- PUB DATE: 12/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lebanon Reporter

The Burlington Rescue Squad will hire temporary workers to help fill time slots for emergency medical technicians. In an agreement between the nonprofit squad and the city, the city will handle the hiring of the temporary workers but their salary will be paid for by the volunteer squad. The squad, a private entity run under the auspices of the Burlington Rotary Club, also serves the Town of Burlington.
- PUB DATE: 12/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times