A day after New York City Mayor Eric Adams doubled down on his controversial decision to lift the city's vaccine mandate for professional athletes and performers, but not city workers, FDNY unions demanded a meeting to discuss the contradiction in policy. The heads of two firefighter unions delivered a request of the mayor Saturday to sit down within a week's time to discuss the city's vaccine mandate.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York

A historic event occurred March 27, 2004, at the Equine Center north of Arkansas State University at Jonesboro. Nine helmeted racers sporting gloves and foam neck braces roared at speeds topping 40 mph around a dusty, lumpy dirt track, on riding lawn mowers. It was the inaugural race of the Arkansas chapter of the U.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Metered Site

A South Jersey fire company made history Saturday after every crew member on call for a shift was a woman. According to the volunteers at Union Fire Company, a branch of the Deptford Fire Department, having several females on call at once is normal. "It's for everybody. You don't need to be a male to do this field.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

Fire crews put out a house fire at an abandoned home in SeaTac on Monday morning. Around 4 a.m., crews showed up to the home in the 14400 block of Military Road South, where it took about 35 minutes to extinguish the fire. No injuries were reported.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

A double-wide mobile home on 3rd Ave. caught fire on Sunday, March 27 just after 1 p.m., displacing a family of four. Spokane Valley Fire Department was quick to send crews to the scene and saw the front of the house engulfed in flames, though it was unclear whether the flames had originated outside and were moving in or vice versa.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2022 2:38:00 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane