Firefighters next year will start working more hours at a lower rate of pay because the city cannot afford "above market prices" for their services, an arbitrator has ruled. A new work schedule that takes effect Jan. 3 will have Grand Rapids firefighters working an average of 54 hours per week, rather than the current 50.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: mlive.com

An off-duty Mansfield firefighter physically stopped an armed robber at a convenience store in Midlothian recently. Firefighter Daniel Gaskey stopped in the Oasis Food Store in Midlothian before heading to work on June 26. Then a 19-year-old shoved past him and held out a hunting knife about five inches long to the cashier.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTBC-TV MyFoxAustin

A Volusia County firefighter, described by a superior as a danger to co-workers during an angry outburst at the fire station, served a suspension for threatening to cut up his commander into a thousand pieces, records show. Eric Middlebrook, 48, a retired U.S. Army medic who did a tour in Afghanistan, has been working with Volusia County Fire Services for 12 years.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daytona Beach News-Journal

John Whelan, a Denver firefighter who was injured while fighting a fire north of downtown last month, died Wednesday night, the Denver Fire Department said. Whelan was on a routine call of a dumpster fire on June 28. Crews were able to put out the fire quickly but to make sure everything was OK, Whelan and other firefighters climbed onto the roof of a building at 3860 Blake St.
- PUB DATE: 7/16/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver

It’s a tough anniversary for a family to mark. It’s two years since the passing of Miami Dade Fire Captain Rafeal Herraro. His journey and battle with cancer, lymphoma, the first in a series of cases that triggered a CBS4 investigation, The Silent Killer. “The rate of cancer we are seeing in our fire department is huge and that made us start looking at what could it be,” says Captain Shane Anderson.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: cbs miami