Mayor Eric Garcetti and leaders of the Los Angeles City Council ignored a report urging them to eliminate, or drastically amend, a controversial program that pays veteran cops and firefighters their salaries and pensions simultaneously for up to five years. The Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or DROP, was approved by voters in 2001 with a promise that it would keep veteran officers on the job a few years longer with no additional cost to the city.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

Two firefighters were injured after an extra-alarm fire on Chicago's West Side Saturday morning. There was a "mayday" call at 1921 S. St. Louis in North Lawndale Saturday morning around 9:30 a.m. One of the firefighters, Michael Manchester, was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital and then transported to Stroger Hospital where he is in serious condition.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGN-TV Chicago

South Branch Township (MI) Fire Department rescue-pumper. HME 1871W cab and chassis; stainless steel fire body.

South Branch Township (MI) Fire Department rescue-pumper. HME 1871W cab and chassis; stainless steel fire body.

A man suffered a medical emergency before he crashed his car on Johnson Point Road Saturday morning, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office and a fire official South Bay Fire District No. 8 later helped remove the man from his car and he was taken to an area hospital, Battalion Chief Les Robinette said.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2018 7:53:26 PM - SOURCE: Olympian