Two Columbus firefighter-paramedics were suspended without pay for taking photographs of medical patients without their permission and sending them to others. The Department of Public Safety announced the suspensions Monday afternoon. Firefighter-paramedic Mike McConnell, an eight-year veteran of the division, admitted to taking photographs and video in 2016 of a patient.
- PUB DATE: 12/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch

When Christine Uhlhorn was in kindergarten and was asked to draw a picture of what she wanted to do when she grew up, she drew a firetruck. “My family has over 250 years in the fire service,” said Uhlhorn, 50. “I never questioned it. There was nothing else I ever wanted to do.” Uhlhorn, a third generation firefighter, was named Monday by County Executive Calvin Ball as the new fire chief of Howard County’s Department Fire and Rescue Services.
- PUB DATE: 12/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun

The Board of Supervisors in Patrick County declined to pull funding from the JEB Stuart volunteer rescue squad, but it did pass a motion stating the county condemns acts of hate and white supremacy. This comes after the entire country now knows a part-time paid emergency medical technician in the county frequently co-hosts a podcast, the Daily Shoah, that routinely makes racist jokes and pro-white comments.
- PUB DATE: 12/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSLS-TV

Ron Herrera could have stopped fighting fires years ago. But what exactly, he wonders, would he do with himself then? Honored Monday for wrapping his 45th year with Albuquerque Fire Rescue, the 66-year-old lieutenant has now logged the equivalent of more than two full careers with the department. He once worked alongside the fathers – and, in at least one case, the grandfather – of some of his current peers.
- PUB DATE: 12/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Albuquerque Journal

Central Pierce Fire & Rescue quickly knocked down a residential fire near Spanaway Lake High School Monday afternoon. No injuries were reported. The fire broke out at a home about a quarter-mile away from the school, at the intersection of 168th Street and 10th Avenue east. Central Pierce Fire & Rescue's spokesperson announced the fire on Twitter around 1:45 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lakewood Patch