Retirement was looking good for Alicia Welch. After more than 26 years in the Los Angeles Fire Department, she moved to Golden and was skiing, mountain biking, and was learning to play golf. Then she saw that the Golden Fire Department needed a new fire chief. Those golf clubs would have to be used on weekends.
- PUB DATE: 11/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSA-TV NBC 9 Denver

St. Paul firefighter Joaquin Rosales and several of his colleagues rushed to a pile of rubble on the city’s East Side Friday morning when an unusually large explosion destroyed a home and damaged several buildings. They were searching amid piles of debris and exposed nails when Rosales heard moaning and groaning.
- PUB DATE: 11/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Serving as the top cop or fire chief in a big city comes with a lot of expectations — waves of mayhem to prevent, thousands of employees to oversee and all of the politics that come with being one of the most recognizable figures on the street. In return, most police and fire chiefs also can expect to be well compensated, even if they aren’t working in one of the nation’s largest cities.
- PUB DATE: 11/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: BizJournals.com

VIDEO - The U.S. Forest Service has released video showing an off-duty Border Patrol agent's gender-reveal party explosion that caused a massive wildfire last year in Arizona. The video shows the words "Boy and "Girl" written across a target that's surrounded by tall grass in Green Valley. When the target is hit, a flash of blue powder appears before the explosion sparked the Sawmill Fire, which burned more than 45,000 acres of state and federal land.
- PUB DATE: 11/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 10 Phoenix

City officials have withdrawn a lawsuit against a firefighter accused of working a side job while receiving disability payments. Fire Lt. Peter Joyce was accused by city officials of receiving more than $43,000 in disability pay from taxpayers while working, which is not allowed under the city's contract with firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 11/27/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News (Lohud.com)