Posted: Jul 3, 2017
Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell W. Whitfield Jr. retired this week from the position he has held since 2010, citing health concerns, the need to assume more responsibility for caring for his aging parents and hoping to spend more time with his family.
"I've been wonderfully blessed to have had this opportunity," Whitfield said.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Buffalo News
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Posted: Jul 3, 2017
Though they recently announced a compromise labor contract that saved the city money, Anchorage Fire Department officials are now clashing with the firefighters union over reducing overtime by cutting hours of a South Anchorage water truck.
Mike Stumbaugh, president of International Association of Firefighters Local 1264, said his members gave up future raises in a recently renegotiated contract with the understanding it would prevent cuts.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Alaska Dispatch News
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Posted: Jul 3, 2017
The former Dayville Fire Company deputy chief, who was arrested in April on assault charges, was charged this week with side-swiping a vehicle while driving a fire truck to an emergency call, state police said.
At approximately 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, state police responded to a motor vehicle crash on Upper Maple Street in Killingly.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norwich Bulletin
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Posted: Jul 3, 2017
Four people who died in a cabin fire near Tamarack Resort Friday night have been identified.
According to the Valley County Sheriff's Office, William Smith, who survived the fire, identified the other victims as his wife, Erin Smith, 34, their friend James Harper 3rd, 49, of Boise, and two juveniles.
- PUB DATE: 7/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVB-TV NBC 7
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Posted: Jul 3, 2017
CFD Engine 109 operating at a junk yard fire.
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