Fire Chief Mike Beyerstedt will keep his job after an internal investigation over a head-butting incident reported at Central Fire Station downtown. The city released a short statement Wednesday morning: "The administration has completed its investigation of the incident involving Fire Chief Mike Beyerstedt and two other firemen from the department.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Herald

Wildland firefighters operate in a difficult environment where a variety of factors including topography, vegetation and quickly changing weather and fire conditions can lead to great risk of injury or death from burnovers or entrapment. There are various models that provide firefighters with estimates of safe separation distance: the distance between themselves and the flames necessary to reduce the risk of burn injury.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: U.S. Fire Administration

The Chicago Fire Department has already been accused of creating a hostile work environment where women are sexually harassed with impunity by their superiors and a “code of silence” covers it up. Now, the department faces yet another embarrassing incident — this time involving an allegation of violence in the workplace against a woman.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times