A recent NIOSH report found that a volunteer firefighter was killed when a tanker backing out of the fire station fatally struck him. According to the report, the volunteer fire department had participated in a motorcycle benefit for a children’s cancer organization and were using their apparatus to control traffic for the event.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

A firefighting empowerment camp for girls was abruptly canceled after a discrimination complaint to the city. That complaint came from a boy's father who called it a "girls only" empowerment camp that deterred his son from taking part. Organizers with the Girls Empowerment Camp told us registration for the March 3 and 4 camp filled up with 100 participants in just three days.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC San Diego

A longtime fire chief in West Hazleton will lead the department on an interim basis until council permanently fills the position, borough officials said. Council appointed Robert Ward as borough fire department chief after Shawn Evans resigned as chief of both the fire department and fire company, according to several borough officials.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Standard Speaker

PHOTO - A team of paramedics responding to a medical call in Yelm got an unexpected surprise. While loading a patient into the back of the ambulance on Monday, the patient's goats tried following their guardian. A paramedic snapped a picture of the goats and emailed it to the battalion chiefs at the Lacey Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING5 News

Horry County Fire Rescue, Conway, SC, heavy rescue. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; 19.4-foot Hackney walk around rescue body with 11 storage compartmentS.