Court documents in a lawsuit filed against the city of Conway and Conway Fire Department reflect one man’s struggle to be promoted in the fire service after a former co-worker, who now serves as chief, mentioned he was “defiant” in the past. That description cost him a promotion, Larry Carter says in a second lawsuit against his former employer that alleges the department breached a settlement agreement that required he get a “neutral employment reference.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MyrtleBeachOnline.com

Brandon Visyak used a stolen state firefighter badge in a ploy to rob a woman the first time he got caught impersonating a public safety officer. Two years later, he again claimed to be a Cal Fire firefighter while he tried to get out of a traffic arrest. Both incidents led to criminal convictions on charges that he illegally impersonated a California public safety officer.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

PHOTO - In a scene straight out of your nightmares, a truck full of "slime eels" lost its load Thursday on U.S. 101, causing a five-car crash, dousing sedans with goo and sending sea creatures slithering across vehicles and the highway. Technically, the fish were not eels, but hagfish, which have a skull but no jaw or spine and they secrete slime when distressed, earning them the nickname "slime eels.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com

Firefighters in Yakima and East Valley were kept busy Thursday afternoon with a pair of fires that heavily damaged two homes. The earlier fire was at 9 N. 36th Ave. in Yakima. Jaime Ramos said his wife’s parents and his 11-year-old stepson were home when the stepson discovered the fire. Ramos was at work and his wife was shopping at the time of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2017 10:21:34 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

Does making next to nothing and facing house or brush fires every couple of days sound like a dream job opportunity? Fire Chief Nathan Craig said this is the reality for many of the firefighters in the Yakima Valley and across the United States. "70 percent of our country is protected by volunteer firefighters," he said.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2017 5:52:01 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima