Butler county’s two largest townships — Liberty and West Chester — have forged an automatic mutual aid agreement to ensure crews get on every fire scene as quickly as possible. “Our residents should not care what it says on the side of the truck, whether it says West Chester, Liberty, Sharonville, nor should they care what color the truck is,” West Chester Twp.
- PUB DATE: 6/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHIO-TV Dayton

The Saint Bernard’s reputation as a brandy-toting, mountaineering lifesaver is the stuff of legend in Europe and for centuries has made for dramatic literary and cinematic storytelling. The human species returned the favor Friday in a quiet suburban neighborhood much closer to sea level in the Twin Cities.
- PUB DATE: 6/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Star-Tribune

Gov. Tom Wolf has ordered Pennsylvania state flags to fly at half-staff at all state offices and facilities to honor a Dover Township fire police officer who died while doing maintenance on a fire vehicle. Grant Froman, 55, was pronounced dead at 9:59 a.m. Wednesday, June 6, at York Hospital, according to York County Coroner Pam Gay.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: York Dispatch

A firefighter recruit was injured after falling from a building at a New Haven training academy on Thursday. A New Haven Fire Department lieutenant confirmed to News 8 that a recruit from the Providence Fire Department Training Academy fell from a building while training at the New Haven Regional Fire Training Academy at 230 Ella T.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTNH-TV ABC 8 New Haven

Fires burn hotter nowadays than they did 50 years ago, according to Mike Healy. It’s modern construction materials, held together with flammable glue, and the prevalence of plastics in our homes, he said. “Just the way the fires burn today is an immense difference. The fires are much hotter,” Healy said.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News (Lohud.com)