The deadly wildfire that left the town of Paradise, California, in ruins may become a test case for the municipal bond market. “The situation casts doubt on whether the local government can meet over $3.5 million in annual payments to pension obligation bondholders, CalPERS and retiree healthcare plan participants,” wrote Marc Joffe, a policy analyst with the Reason Foundation.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: BondBuyer.com

A lot has been published recently about harassment and discrimination. However, much less is being said about the problems of bullying in the fire and EMS industries. Yet, these problems have equally-serious effects on their victims. I was recently at a state EMS conference and heard a speaker give a very poignant discussion on suicide in EMS.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

A veteran firefighter who came to California from Washington state to fight the Woolsey fire was left with major injuries when he was run over by a pickup truck as he slept at night in a field next to a fire truck in the Malibu area, the California Highway Patrol said Thursday. Terry Geisleman, 46, of the South Kitsap Fire and Rescue Department of Port Orchard, Washington, received crushing injuries to his chest and the left side of his body, a CHP report on the 11:45 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Bernardino County Sun

Winston Salem (NC) Fire Department 101-foot tractor-drawn aerial. Severe Service XMFD flat-roof tractor cab; Hendrickson FireMaxx air ride suspension; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Waterous S100 2,000-gpm pump.

Crews from both Pasco Fire and Franklin County Fire District #3 worked to put out a house fire Thursday evening. The house fire was on the 4000 block of Atlanta Lane in Pasco, near Burden Blvd. Pasco Fire officials tell Action News no one was inside the home at the time. They believe the fire started in the garage.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2018 8:41:47 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19