The FDNY’s “zero tolerance” for drug abuse has gone up in smoke. Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro has quietly abandoned the department’s once-trumpeted policy calling for the firing of anyone caught using illegal or prohibited substances, The Post has learned. In the last month, 26 firefighters who had tested positive on urine tests since 2016 were returned to full duty, insiders revealed.
- PUB DATE: 4/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

Two Arlington firefighters and a Arlington Water Utilities crew member were injured while responding to a gas leak that occurred Sunday afternoon in central Arlington. All three were transported to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas. The extent of their injuries is not known. According to Arlington Fire Department spokesman Mike Joiner, Arlington Water Utilities crews were repairing a water line leak at the intersection of Ditto Avenue and Dugan Street.
- PUB DATE: 4/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Teleram

Whenever a fire breaks out in a home within the northern portion of this village, the affected residents can be assured a rescue crew is on the way. Being that the north end of Meyers Lake falls within Plain Township has led to concern among township officials because nearly 200 village property owners are not paying a fire-protection property tax.
- PUB DATE: 4/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Canton Repository

A house fire in Kirkland spread to two other nearby homes overnight, emergency officials said. Crews responded to the scene, a home on Northeast 110th Street near 104th Avenue, at around 9 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports of smoke and flames there. When firefighters arrived, the blaze had jumped to two other nearby houses, and a second alarm was sounded.
- PUB DATE: 4/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

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