A fire that destroyed a Greensboro apartment before dawn Saturday has killed five children who lived there. Two of the children died shortly after the fire broke out at the apartment complex at Summit Avenue and East Cone Boulevard. Three children died of their injuries Sunday at Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Winston-Salem Journal

Chief Rod Bordner is telling city elected officials his crew of firefighters and paramedics sincerely want to perform their jobs. But for them to continue responding to fires, traffic wrecks and medical emergencies, it’s going to require additional job incentives and better perks, according to Bordner.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Canton Repository

Officials from the Washington Department of Labor and Industry on Thursday delivered their initial findings in an investigation regarding safe workplace standards and the Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD). Adam Brice, president of East Clark Professional Fire Fighters, the local firefighters’ union, said state investigators said the city of Camas and its fire department violated two serious and one standard workplace safety laws during a Feb.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Camas-Washougal Post-Record

When a fire engine or ambulance is en route to a call, just a few minutes, or even seconds, can be the difference between life and death. That’s why, several months ago, when cargo trains began blocking intersections in Spartanburg more frequently and for longer periods of time, Spartanburg Fire Chief Marion Blackwell took note.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spartanburg Herald-Journal

An off-duty firefighter who sprang into action during last fall's massacre at the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas -- where a gunman killed 58 people and injured hundreds -- spoke about his harrowing experience yesterday to a room full of Massachusetts firefighters and urged those struggling after bouts of trauma to get professional help.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald