Paramedic Rob Ravndal went on hundreds of emergency calls before the one response that ultimately ended his career at Lincoln Fire and Rescue. The trauma of that call, a 3-year-old's drowning in 2015, sent the father of young children into a spiral. Nightmares. Breakdowns. A general sense of fear. Even after his bosses pulled him off the ambulance, Ravndal struggled at work and at home as he grappled with post-traumatic stress disorder.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lincoln Journal Star

A city medic is temporarily off the job after being bitten, kicked and spit on by a 17-year-old girl with reported mental issues, while police officials and the president of the Detroit firefighters union dispute whether there was a proper police response to the incident. Police on Tuesday were called about a woman causing a disturbance in the 16000 block of Washburn on Detroit's west side.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News

An 11-year-old boy was rescued by Naperville firefighters and police officers after he fell through the ice of an artificial lake Sunday afternoon in the west suburb. At 4:49 p.m., first responders got a call from someone who saw a child slipping into the water of a frozen retention pond near an apartment complex in the 1300 block of McDowell Road, according to a statement from the Naperville Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLD-TV MyFox 32 Chicago

It's been about six years since Jon Sprague's career with Spokane Valley Fire came to an end because of a disagreement over religious emails he sent to fellow firefighters with his work account. That disagreement resulted in a six-year legal battle which eventually made its way to the state supreme court.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY.com

A fire ripped through a home in Orchards early Sunday morning, severely damaging the building and displacing the family of six living there. Firefighters from the Vancouver Fire Department and Clark County Fire District 3 were called to the house, 15505 N.E. 83rd St., around 1:50 a.m. Vancouver Fire Department spokesman Bryan Fredrickson said responding firefighters arrived to find fire coming from the rear of the house on the second floor and an outbuilding engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2019 11:01:13 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian