Watertown - A state Supreme Court judge on Wednesday reserved decision regarding an injunction to block the city from a new policy that prohibits firefighters from being called into work when their colleagues call in sick. Last month, the City Council decided in executive session to establish a new policy that will not allow firefighters to be brought into work when others call in sick, a move that City Manager Sharon A.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily News

Baltimore Police have arrested a 35-year-old Harford County man in connection to the Nov. 30 killing of a man in his Upper Fells Point home. Daniel Greene, of the 2100 block of Harkins Rd. in Norrisville, was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with first degree murder of Jon Hickey, 31, a Baltimore County volunteer firefighter and photographer who had been accepted into the next recruit class for the Baltimore Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun

NFPA reports annually on large-loss fires and explosions that occurred in the United States the year before. Those fires are defined as events that result in property damage of at least $10 million. There were 25 such fires in 2016, resulting in a total of over $1.4 billion in direct property losses.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association

Gales Ferry Volunteer Fire Company, Ledyard, CT, HD 107 aerial ladder quint. Inferno cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax2,000-gpm pump.

Gales Ferry Volunteer Fire Company, Ledyard, CT, HD 107 aerial ladder quint. Inferno cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax2,000-gpm pump.