Gary Fire Chief Paul Bradley was just 18 years old and a recent graduate of Lew Wallace High School when he applied for a job with the city’s Fire Department, his lifelong employer. But if Bradley were coming along today, he wouldn’t be able to apply. He’d be regarded as too young, even though he doesn’t think the extra years would make much of a difference in his on-the-job abilities.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune - Metered Site

Fire Departments and EMS in Santa Rosa County will observe the Fifth Annual “We Remember” Night, sponsored by the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance, Friday, May 17, 2019, at 9 p.m. The event will be demonstrated by pulling fire apparatus and ambulances onto the apron in front of their stations while activating emergency lights for one minute to remember brothers and sisters in the fire and EMS service who have taken their own lives.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRG-TV CBS 5

Dramatic new body camera video shows police engaging in a gun battle with a man inside a San Diego condo complex, resulting in two officers being struck by bullets and the suspect taking his own life. The suspect, 28-year-old Joe Darwish, was wearing a bulletproof vest and was armed with a homemade assault weapon and a homemade 9 mm semi-automatic pistol, according to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7

Harrison (MI) Community Fire Department pumper-tanker. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis.

First responders want to make sure your kids aren't afraid of them. Paw Patrol Live is a show about a group of dogs and each one is a different first responder. It's performing this week at the First Interstate Center in Spokane. Kids who went were treated to a special event before the show. Not only did kids get to see their favorite Paw Patrol characters on stage, they got to see the real-life versions outside the theater, too.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2019 8:50:07 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4