Six Miami firefighters have been fired after someone hung a noose over a black colleague’s family photo and drew lewd images on a picture of his wife. The terminations, handed down Wednesday, follow a police investigation into the Sept. 9 incident at a city fire station. More than 20 people were interviewed under oath and nearly a dozen firefighters were investigated, including five who remain employed by the department and under scrutiny.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald

A chance meeting while waiting in line at a coffee shop allowed one family to thank a firefighter they claim saved their lives. Cal Fire firefighter Brian Borba says he was waiting in line at Peet's Coffee when he started noticing a guy in front of him who kept turning around. "I could tell he wanted to strike up a conversation with me.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV Oakland, San Francisco, Bay Area

City residents are mourning the death and celebrating the life of Deputy Fire Chief Christopher Pepler. Pepler, 43, was a Torrington native and came to his vocation at an early age, he told The Register Citizen in a 2013 interview when he was promoted to deputy fire chief. He died Wednesday morning of cardiac arrest, and had also been battling cancer.
- PUB DATE: 11/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Connecticut Post

Bedford (NH) Fire Department rescue-pumper. HME 1871-W tilt cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,371-gallon tank.

Bedford (NH) Fire Department rescue-pumper. HME 1871-W tilt cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,371-gallon tank.