Posted: Apr 18, 2018
Firefighters are breathing a sigh of relief after a nearly year-long struggle.
The Mattoon Fire Department will have to hire a handful of new firefighters. It's after a judge ruled that the city violated their contract last year.
The fire department is supposed to have more than 30 firefighters, but right now they're at 24.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCIA & WCFN-TV CBS 3 Champaign
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Posted: Apr 18, 2018
People turn to firefighters for help during all kinds of emergencies, but this one might actually be a first.
Wayne Township firefighters woke up in the middle of the night to a woman frantically pushing their doorbell.
"As many times as the doorbell on the firehouse was pushed, the firefighters were quite certain that something bad was going on outside," said Wayne Township Fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis
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Posted: Apr 18, 2018
A firefighter from Texas is being lauded for his heroic efforts after he helped pull a fellow passenger back inside a plane when she was sucked outside during an emergency landing Tuesday in Philadelphia.
According to the Daily Mirror, Celina firefighter Andrew Needum was nearby when debris from the engine explosion on Southwest Airlines flight 1380 ripped a hole in the window where 43-year-old Jennifer Riordan was sitting.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
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Posted: Apr 18, 2018
A man was critically injured during a fire that burned his mobile home Wednesday morning, but was alive thanks to some of his brave neighbors.
Witnesses called for help as the fire broke out just before 9:30 a.m. at the Crystal Tree Village mobile home park, according to Christie Veley with Marysville Fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Posted: Apr 18, 2018
This will be the scene this weekend as exhibitors begin moving in for FDIC International 2018. Still time to register for FDIC International 2018.
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