A deep gouge in a gravel driveway and a smashed well house speak to the force of a propane tank explosion that took the life of a Sturgis firefighter, who perished along with another man in a raging residential fire in this quiet bedroom community Friday evening. At a somber Saturday morning news conference in Sturgis, authorities identified the firefighter as David Fischer, 43, of Sturgis.
- PUB DATE: 9/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rapid City Journal

A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit of a high-ranking Cincinnati fire district chief who claimed he was wrongfully passed over for a promotion after he brought issues of wrongdoing to the former city manager's attention. Last month, U.S. District Judge Timothy Black dismissed the lawsuit filed by Raffel Prophett, the District One chief in the Cincinnati Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 9/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCPO-TV ABC 9 Cincinnati

PHOTO - The Woodlands Fire Department recently unveiled an experimental uniform dryer, which was theorized, designed and constructed by one of its own. One of the challenges all fire departments across the United States faces is drying of the heavy duty firefighting gear, often referred to in the profession as bunker gear or turnout gear.
- PUB DATE: 9/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

The chief of the Healing Springs Volunteer Fire Department says the agency ended its initial mutual aid agreement with a nearby department in Rowan County to improve insurance ratings in the district. Healing Springs Fire Chief Chris Bean sent an email to Terry Bailey, manager of the Davidson County 911 Center, on June 5, 2017, requesting that all Rowan County mutual aid be removed from calls within the Healing Springs Fire Department district.
- PUB DATE: 9/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lexington Dispatch

A Scott County judge has sided with the city of Davenport in a lawsuit challenging the reinstatement of a former fire chief who has accused the city of firing her over a workplace harassment complaint. Former Fire Chief Lynn Washburn spent nearly six years at the helm of the department until she was abruptly fired last year by City Administrator Corri Spiegel.
- PUB DATE: 9/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Quad City Times