The San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association submitted three petitions to potentially change the city charter. On Wednesday morning, the fire union held a press conference on the back steps of city hall before submitting the signatures. The first petition is to reduce City Manager Sheryl Sculley's salary and only allow a city manager to serve a maximum of eight years.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KENS5.com San Antonio

The widows of two York firefighters who died from injuries they suffered in a building collapse have initiated legal action against C.S. Davidson Inc., which the city contracts with for engineering services. Casey Flanscha and Allison Hoffman, who are also the administrators of the estates of York City Fire/Rescue Services firefighters Ivan Flanscha and Zachary Anthony, respectively, each filed court documents on Tuesday in the York County Court of Common Pleas.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: York Daily Record

Federal investigators have concluded the Georgia Department of Transportation is partly to blame for the fire that destroyed part of I-85 in Atlanta and crippled the region’s traffic for weeks. Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board released a report that found the department’s decision to stockpile construction materials under I-85 contributed to the inferno that destroyed a section of the highway in Buckhead.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Heroes do tend to be the quiet type: they usually don't like talking about themselves. Ryan LaFave is no exception. The volunteer firefighter with Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue in Kelso would much rather talk "Dukes of Hazard" than how he helped save four neighborhood kids from their burning house. But last summer that's just what the 22-year-old with Down syndrome did.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: katu.com

Firefighters at this structure fire in a large dwelling intiated an interior attack but were forced to evacuate the building after the roof collapsed.