The city of San Antonio notified the San Antonio Professional Fire Fighters Association on Thursday that it has officially dropped the lawsuit that the Texas Supreme Court refused to hear over the summer. The dismissal of the suit sets the stage for contract negotiations to begin more than four years after the fire union’s contract initially expired.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News

Some Medford firefighters are upset after their ladder truck was pulled out of service for hours to put up the city's holiday decorations. Medford Firefighter Eddie Buckley says he's shocked because the town is already down ladder trucks. One of them is out of service for repair so Boston Fire is loaning them one, leaving Medford with just one working ladder truck of its own.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston 25 News

Butte County Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Parmley was on Pentz Road attempting to rescue four nurses when his patrol car broke down. With embers swirling around him, he set out on foot surrounded by flames. Parmley switched on his body camera “in hopes of capturing what he thought were going to be the last moments of his life,” the sheriff’s office said Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mendocino Beacon

A woman who has performed hundreds of on-camera interviews and appeared on billboards representing Jackson County Fire District 3 has filed a civil-rights complaint with the state claiming that local officials took away her spokesperson duties as retaliation for complaining of sexual harassment and taking a medical leave earlier this year.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Medford Mail Tribune

A volunteer fire company that broke away from the city of Salisbury nearly two years ago is no longer recognized by the Wicomico County Fire Chiefs Association after the group passed changes to its bylaws. Members voted 9-4 on Wednesday night to adopt a new bylaw that requires participating fire companies to have recognized territories, something that the Salisbury Independent Volunteer Fire Company is lacking.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Delmarva Now