Police are investigating after a 25-year-old male Onset firefighter was injured in a hit and run during the Nor’easter on Friday. At approximately 7 p.m., Wareham Police Department patrol officers and Wareham EMS paramedics responded to Cranberry Highway in the area of the Onset Avenue intersection to the report of an on-duty Onset Fire Department firefighter struck by a passing motor vehicle, according to a press release.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Bedford Standard-Times (South Coast Times)

Mayor Eric Garcetti and leaders of the Los Angeles City Council ignored a report urging them to eliminate, or drastically amend, a controversial program that pays veteran cops and firefighters their salaries and pensions simultaneously for up to five years. The Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or DROP, was approved by voters in 2001 with a promise that it would keep veteran officers on the job a few years longer with no additional cost to the city.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

Two firefighters were injured after an extra-alarm fire on Chicago's West Side Saturday morning. There was a "mayday" call at 1921 S. St. Louis in North Lawndale Saturday morning around 9:30 a.m. One of the firefighters, Michael Manchester, was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital and then transported to Stroger Hospital where he is in serious condition.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGN-TV Chicago

South Branch Township (MI) Fire Department rescue-pumper. HME 1871W cab and chassis; stainless steel fire body.

South Branch Township (MI) Fire Department rescue-pumper. HME 1871W cab and chassis; stainless steel fire body.