A litany of complaints levied against St. Tammany Parish District 12 Fire Chief Stephen Krentel, whose wife was killed in a mysterious, high-profile slaying in July, will be the subject of a full scale investigation by the district's board of commissioners, a civil service panel determined Monday (Nov.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com

No firefighters were harmed in the making of this calendar. Worth noting because, well ... bare skin ... razor-sharp claws ... things can go wrong. "The cats were all well-behaved — pretty mellow and chill," said Burbank Paradise Fire Department firefighter Chris Parnell, one of the men featured in the Firefighters & Felines 2018 calendar from Cat Network of Stanislaus.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Modesto Bee

Mt. Vernon (IN) Fire Department PUC pumper. Pierce Enforcer cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 505-hp engine; Pierce 1,500-gpm single-stage pump.

Mt. Vernon (IN) Fire Department PUC pumper. Pierce Enforcer cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 505-hp engine; Pierce 1,500-gpm single-stage pump.

A family of five escaped an early Monday blaze that damaged their Richland home. The fire apparently started in a landscaping business in the basement of the building on the 1600 block of Terminal Drive and spread to the home upstairs, said Richland fire Battalion Chief Michael Wroolie. No one was hurt.
- PUB DATE: 11/27/2017 3:30:27 PM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald