A Hibbing, Minn., fire that claimed several lives Tuesday took a heartbreaking turn on Wednesday when Hibbing authorities revealed that the deaths included a retired city fire captain, his wife and two of their grandchildren. Steven Jon Gillitzer, 67, and his 63-year-old wife Patricia Lynn Gillitzer died at their home while attempting to rescue their grandchildren in 20-below temperatures, the Hibbing fire department said in a statement Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: mprnews.com

Firefighters across Delaware are moving toward a universal procedure for answering the most serious call that can come over their radios — the one that signals one of their own is in trouble. Delaware firefighters all soon will be using the same mayday signal, an attempt to keep them better coordinated if the worst should happen.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: delawareonline.com

A Pompano Beach charity that collected more than $43 million for breast cancer research, families of fallen firefighters and fire victims, kept most of the money, authorities say. The Florida Attorney General’s Office is seeking to shut down the Community Charity Advancement, Inc., which did business as Breast Cancer Research and Support Fund, U.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Sentinel

One person died in a fire at a Federal Way apartment complex late Tuesday night. Firefighters were called out to the blaze in the 32300 block of Fourth Place South shortly before 10 p.m. on Tuesday, according to a fire investigator with South King Fire & Rescue. The identity of the victim who died in the fire that destroyed four units has not been released.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times

Smithville (MO) Area Fire Protection District rescue-pumper. Spartan Gladiator cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Waterous rear-mount 1,250-gpm pump.