When EMT Yadira Arroyo was killed March 16 by a crazed man who stole her ambulance and ran her down, she didn’t qualify for line-of-duty death benefit. Arroyo, 44, a veteran of 14 years, left behind the five boys she was supporting on her Emergency Medical Service salary: $48,000 base pay, $66,000 with overtime.
- PUB DATE: 11/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

At 64, Jim Aulbaugh has long been eligible to retire from Dallas Fire-Rescue. He loved working too much to call it quits, but he says he might have to now. A new state law aimed at fixing the ailing pension fund contains a provision -- a vestigial part of the original proposed fix -- that could cause him and dozens of other police and firefighters to finally leave their shrinking departments in January.
- PUB DATE: 11/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas News

Westmont (IL) Fire Department 105-foot aerial ladder quint. Velocity cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump.

Westmont (IL) Fire Department 105-foot aerial ladder quint. Velocity cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump.

A kitchen fire early Sunday afternoon displaced eight people and caused $17,500 in damage, according to the Yakima Fire Department. The fire in the 600 block of South 12th Street began around 1:30 p.m., according to a news release. Firefighters discovered a possible fire in the ceiling above the stove and used a portable extinguisher to put it out.
- PUB DATE: 11/12/2017 9:44:30 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic