Mobile officials gathered Thursday morning in the Crichton area to cut the ribbon on the "mother of all fire stations in the area," as one of them described it. That was Councilman Fred Richardson, who had obvious reason to be delighted that the city's newest public safety facility was in his District 1.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AL.com

Sounding the alarm on cancer risks faced by firefighters, the Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday voted to set aside $420,000 to help municipalities buy equipment to remove deadly carcinogens from firefighters’ gear. Under a budget amendment (1018) offered by Sen. Paul Feeney and adopted unanimously, the money would seed a new trust fund to support the bulk purchase of extractors -- essentially, Feeney said, large washing machines that can remove carcinogens that permeate clothing even after firefighters leave a scene.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wicked Local Wayland

The loved ones of two fallen York City firefighters are suing the engineering firm they say is responsible for surveying the Weaver Piano & Organ building the day of the fatal collapse. Attorneys for Casey Flanscha, widow of Ivan Flanscha, and Allison Hoffman, fiancee of Zachary Anthony, filed a wrongful death suit against Carney Engineering Group and its president, Josh Carney, on Thursday, May 24.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: York Dispatch

Putting the Freeman baseball field together took a lot of hard labor and a lot of hours from volunteers. The first responders from Fire District 8 have a personal connection to Freeman High School. They were the district first on scene when the calls about last September's school shooting came in. And they were the ones giving their time Thursday to help complete work on the baseball field.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2018 8:00:33 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4