Firefighters in a firetruck pick up a drunken, off-duty fellow fireman who was walking from Columbia’s St. Pat’s Festival. They ferry him to a nearby fire station that has a frat house reputation, where he causes trouble. A fire captain gooses a young firefighter and dismisses it as typical horseplay.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The State

Officials in West Texas are investigating whether procedures were followed after a 3-year-old girl was found in the back of a smashed vehicle hours after she was injured in a car accident. A tow truck driver found the girl Monday while taking the vehicle to a wrecking yard after the accident in Odessa, KOSA-TV (CBS 7) reported.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Dallas Morning News

The newly-minted class of FDNY probationary firefighters includes an unprecedented nine rookie Bravest with felony convictions, including one who did jail time for gun possession, insiders told The Post. The nine ex-felons, all minorities, were among 295 probies who graduated from the Fire Academy on Nov.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

El Paso Fire Chief Samuel Peña has been tapped as Houston's new fire chief, replacing Interim Fire Chief Rodney West, sources said Thursday. Peña, 45, has led El Paso's fire department for three years. If approved by City Council, he would come to Houston in the midst of a contentious fire pension negotiation and as firefighters continue to voice concern about aging facilities and calls for new equipment.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

Phoenix Fire Department crews were on the scene of a large debris fire at a metal recycling plant near 35th Avenue and Broadway Road Thursday afternoon. Capt. Rob McDade said this was a defensive fire. McDade said crews were able to set up ladder trucks on two sides of the fire to get water on it. The scrapyard crane operators moved large pieces of metal so firefighters could reach the core of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS 5 AZ KPHO