Posted: Jan 3, 2018
A Wamego firefighter has died after suffering serious injuries from a fall.
According to the Wamego Fire Department, John Randle and the Wamego Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 4:50 a.m. on Monday. After the fire was put out, he was severely hurt from a fall while “returning a fire apparatus to service.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNT-TV Topeka
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Posted: Jan 3, 2018
Bluefield, Virginia is mourning the loss of its fire chief.
Fire Chief Jim Hardy passed away the evening of Sun, Dec. 31st, 2017. Officials in the city of Bluefield said Hardy died of natural causes. Hardy was an active members of the fire department for over 65 years.
Mayor of Bluefield, Virginia, Don Harris said Hardy dedicated his life to the fire service and his legacy will live on.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVNS TV
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Posted: Jan 3, 2018
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
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Posted: Jan 3, 2018
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
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Posted: Jan 3, 2018
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
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