Posted: Oct 13, 2017
A firefighter fell through a staircase and landed in the basement of a burning house off Lalor Street early Thursday, fire officials said.
The firefighter was on the first crew climbing to the second floor with a hose at a house on Benton Road at about 3:10 a.m., fire spokesman Capt. Ferdinand Mather said.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com
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Posted: Oct 13, 2017
In a recent column about building character in young firefighters, I wrote that trust should be given to all members of the organization; that trust should be assumed unless violated. Trust should not have to be earned through popularity or individual achievement.
At least one reader took issue with this statement.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
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Posted: Oct 13, 2017
City firefighters are being credited with saving the life of a suicidal man found with a rope around his neck on the top deck of the Elliot Hospital parking garage Thursday around 2 a.m.
“I looked across the top level, and I saw a man on the other side of the guardrail, on the opposite side of the garage from me,” 16-year veteran Lt.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Manchester Union Leader
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Posted: Oct 13, 2017
From the outside, they appeared to be the perfect family. He was an Ivy League-educated doctor; she was a congressional press aide. They had four beautiful children.
However, in 2011, on a trip home from Cape Cod, an argument began between Jerri Sparks and her now ex-husband. She said that's when the nightmare started.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 13WHAM.com
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Posted: Oct 13, 2017
Three strike teams of local firefighters are leaving for California early Friday morning to bolster the efforts to contain the wildfires in the state's wine country. Two Type - 1 teams made up of the fire engines normally seen in fire stations, and one Type - 3 team of wildfire apparatus will meet at a staging area 13 miles south of Olympia to begin the 750-mile trip.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7
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