A 16-year-old Akron girl hadn’t seen her aunt since she collided with a firetruck last July, killing her cousin and another close friend. She faced her aunt during her sentencing in Summit County Juvenile Court Tuesday, and tearfully apologized for the death of her cousin, 16-year-old LaShae Johnson.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Akron Beacon Journal

Fire Chief Frederick E. Jackson and firefighter Will Lipczynski went to save a stranded ice fisherman Tuesday afternoon on Chaumont Bay when they ended up having to be rescued themselves. The two firefighters were stuck in an airboat for more than two hours in the bay’s frigid waters during whiteout conditions and had to be helped back to shore by members of the Clayton Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

A white Columbia Fire Department captain who was fired from his $53,722-a-year job for making threatening remarks on social media about a Black Lives Matter protest has filed a lawsuit against the city alleging racial discrimination. The remarks by James “Jimmy” Morris were made in two posts on the veteran firefighter’s personal Facebook in 2016.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The State

Odessa (TX) Fire Department heavy-duty rear-mount aerial ladder quints (3). Velocity cabs and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engines; Pierce PUC 1,500-gpm single-stage pumps

Odessa (TX) Fire Department heavy-duty rear-mount aerial ladder quints (3). Velocity cabs and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engines; Pierce PUC 1,500-gpm single-stage pumps