After she got out of the Army in 2004, Nathalie Delsoin wanted to follow in her godfather’s footsteps and join the Boston Fire Department. She passed the civil service test and the arduous physical examination, proving that, just like the men, she could cut it as a firefighter. But when she started, she said, she felt tormented — not because her skills were lacking, but because she was the only woman in her Charlestown firehouse.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe and Boston.com

A fire that destroyed a Greensboro apartment before dawn Saturday has killed five children who lived there. Two of the children died shortly after the fire broke out at the apartment complex at Summit Avenue and East Cone Boulevard. Three children died of their injuries Sunday at Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Winston-Salem Journal

Chief Rod Bordner is telling city elected officials his crew of firefighters and paramedics sincerely want to perform their jobs. But for them to continue responding to fires, traffic wrecks and medical emergencies, it’s going to require additional job incentives and better perks, according to Bordner.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Canton Repository

Officials from the Washington Department of Labor and Industry on Thursday delivered their initial findings in an investigation regarding safe workplace standards and the Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD). Adam Brice, president of East Clark Professional Fire Fighters, the local firefighters’ union, said state investigators said the city of Camas and its fire department violated two serious and one standard workplace safety laws during a Feb.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Camas-Washougal Post-Record

When a fire engine or ambulance is en route to a call, just a few minutes, or even seconds, can be the difference between life and death. That’s why, several months ago, when cargo trains began blocking intersections in Spartanburg more frequently and for longer periods of time, Spartanburg Fire Chief Marion Blackwell took note.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spartanburg Herald-Journal