The Houston Fire Department's limitations quickly became clear as Harvey's floodwaters rose. Just one high-water rescue vehicle. Decades-old evacuation boats. Sparse training for swift-water rescues. And limited staffing after an 11th-hour decision not to call in major reinforcements to face the catastrophic storm.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

Eight volunteers submitted resignations from the Bugtussle Volunteer Fire Department prior to last Wednesday night’s special board meeting. Tension arose when Bugtussle Fire Chief Trevor Tannehill and board member Jered Weeks had a disagreement during the September monthly board meeting, according to Chris Trainor, who was one of the firefighters to submit a resignation.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: McAlester News-Capital

A former Fayette County fire captain was sentenced to jail Friday for the shooting death of a junior firefighter. State police say the 16-year-old junior firefighter, Parker Hess, and 21-year-old fire captain George Matis, Jr., were working inside the small business office of the Republic Volunteer Fire Department last November when Matis’s gun discharged.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDKA-TV CBS Pittsburgh

PHOTO - Two emergency response vehicles collided with a car at Florida Street and Sonoma Boulevard on Saturday morning, sending the first-responders on board to the hospital and closing the intersection for an investigation, a spokesperson for the fire department said. At approximately 9:48 a.m., an ambulance and a fire department Ford Explorer both responding to different “code 3” emergencies with lights and sirens flashing collided and also hit a Nissan Altima, the spokesperson said.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vallejo Times-Herald

A gunman opened fire on an outdoor country music concert from a Mandalay Bay hotel room late Sunday, killing at least 58 people, injuring more than 500 and sending the Las Vegas Strip into chaos. The massacre is the deadliest mass shooting in United States history. As officers entered the 32nd-floor room of the suspect, 64-year-old Mesquite resident Stephen Paddock, he shot and killed himself, police said early Monday.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal