Not long after Greg Altland was promoted to assistant fire chief, commanding a shift of firefighters in York City's fire department, he found himself standing on Texas Avenue at the top of a hill at the city's north end. From that vantage point, he could see much of the city. At night, it's a beautiful view, the lights like stars, the universe being the 5.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCEN TV

After more than a year of intense criticism following two deadly fires, Oakland Fire Marshal Miguel Trujillo resigned Friday, marking another major shift at the top of the city’s embattled fire department. Trujillo is leaving to become the fire marshal for the Gilroy Fire Department, city spokeswoman Karen Boyd said Friday.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times

Three people are dead after an ambulance crash in west suburban Bellwood. The ambulance was transporting 48-year-old Larry Marshall Jr. home from dialysis treatment when police say the driver apparently lost control of the ambulance around 3:45 p.m. Saturday and slammed into a building at 28th Avenue and Washington Boulevard.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

There were challenges getting water Saturday morning to a trailer fire that killed one and injured a firefighter in a mobile home park off McDevitt Avenue in Summit Township. Firefighters tried four hydrants within the park, which maintains its own system, and they were broken or disabled, township fire Acting Lt.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mlive.com

More than 12 hours of painstaking and methodical searching paid off for firefighters today when they found a 13-year-old boy who fell 25 feet into a sewage pipe in Griffith Park “alive and talking.” Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Erik Scott made the announcement at 5:41 a.m. “We have found Jesse Hernandez,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Daily News