Fire icon Chief Alan Brunacini, otherwise known as Chief Bruno, made an impact on the fire service in more ways than one. And while he may be gone, he is most definitely never forgotten – especially by two former International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire Chief of the Year award winners. Chiefs Bruce Varner and Thomas Kuntz learned from Chief Bruno, along with many other mentors during their fire service career, that educating the community, putting the customer first and having empathy are some of the many keys to success as a fire chief.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

CHI's Nebraska Heart Hospital is celebrating two milestones, and they have to do with a Nebraska firefighter. He came to them with a failing heart, and now doctors said not only is his heart fixed for now, but it could heal itself so he wouldn't need a transplant. The staff at NHH said it could work on future heart patients, too.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLN-TV CBS 10/KGIN-TV CBS 11 Lincoln-Grand Island

Authorities have revealed the cause of a fire on a Harlem movie set that killed a firefighter in March. Fire Marshals determined that heat from a boiler ventilation pipe ignited nearby combustible materials and caused the fire in the basement of a building on St. Nicholas Avenue. Firefighter Michael Davidson was trapped and killed.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com

Fire officials from Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue in Kelso, Washington are now on Hawaii's Big Island to assist with incident management of the Kilauea volcano eruption emergency. Fire Chief Dave LaFave and Battalion Chief Joe Tone arrived in Hawaii Sunday afternoon. They've already witnessed eruptive events up close.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU 2

A toddler who went missing from his home Tuesday is now being treated in a Seattle hospital after a desperate search found him unconscious in a muddy Yakima County canal. The incident unfolded around noon when emergency responders received a 911 call from a distraught family who said their 2-year-old boy had disappeared from their home on McDonald Road in Toppenish.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000