Hillsborough County officials fired a Fire Rescue medic Tuesday after an internal investigation concluded he had "unwavering loyalty" to the Outlaws Motorcycle Club — the state’s dominant biker gang. Clinton Neal Walker, 33, of Bradenton is the first Hillsborough County employee to be investigated for gang activity under a series of countywide ordinances sparked by Walker’s own arrest last September over starting a bar fight in Key West.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tampa Bay Times and Tampa Bay.com

The Wichita Fire Department has completed an administrative investigation and concluded that no employee gave a rapper permission to use a fire truck in a music video posted to YouTube. In the video, rappers Blue Scrilla and Pj can be seen rapping both inside of and in front of a Station 15 Wichita Fire Department truck.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wichita Eagle & Kansas.com

Longview (TX) Fire Department 100-foot rear-mount platform quint. Velocity cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engine; Pierce PUC 1,500-gpm single-stage pump.

Longview (TX) Fire Department 100-foot rear-mount platform quint. Velocity cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engine; Pierce PUC 1,500-gpm single-stage pump.

The Yakima Fire Department has been granted funding that will help hire three additional firefighters to the team. Yakima Fire Cheif Bob Stewart sent in the request to city council due the department being short staffed. "Currently I believe we slightly below average in the number of firefighters that we have," said Stewart.
- PUB DATE: 1/16/2018 9:22:27 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima