A female wildland firefighter has been tapped by the Trump administration to steady the U.S. Forest Service as it reels from allegations of sexual misconduct and struggles to change its male-dominated culture. Vickie Christensen was appointed interim chief of the 35,000-employee agency late Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Great Falls Tribune

Emergency personnel worked through the night to rescue a teenage girl from Robber Baron Cave after she became trapped there during a school field trip Thursday afternoon. The San Antonio Fire Department first received a call that someone was stuck in the cave, located on the city's North Side, around 2:40 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MySanantonio.com

San Diego Fire-Rescue Chief Brian Fennessy is leaving the job after two-and-a-Shalf years for a position leading the Orange County Fire Authority. He will be replaced on an interim basis by Kevin Ester, who has been serving as assistant chief of business operations. The city plans to launch an open recruitment next week for a permanent replacement for Fennessy, whose last day will be April 13.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Diego Tribune

The burden of incident command weighs heavy on fire officers even when lives don't hang in the balance, and for Battalion Chief James Bowron, the weight he carries from the deadly Ghost Ship fire is evident. Bowron took the main stage Wednesday evening at Firehouse World in San Diego to discuss the crucial command role he played in tackling the blaze at the warehouse-turned-artist's collective on Dec.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com

It’s a change to just half of a word, but the newly christened firefighters of one Maryland county, who happen to be women, say it makes all the difference. The Howard County Council this week passed a bill that changes references to “firemen” to “firefighters” in the county’s code, a vote that followed a name change by the local volunteer fire agency.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP.com