A Toledo firefighter who had been inside the Magnolia Street building where two of his fellow firefighters would die from the intense heat and smoke broke down on the witness stand today as he recounted the rescue efforts. Lt. Aaron Hague told the jury hearing the trial of Ray Abou-Arab that the turnout gear of both Pvts.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Toledo Blade

An overdose victim tried to kill the first responders who had just saved his life Monday, according to the O’Fallon Fire Protection District. Two O’Fallon, Mo., firefighters and a St. Charles County Ambulance District paramedic went to a man’s home about 10 a.m. Monday, O’Fallon Fire Chief Tom Vineyard said.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Amid questions why an ambulance driver passed two hospitals before taking a wounded officer to Beaumont Hospital, Oakwood, on Sunday, the city’s fire commissioner said the emergency technician did the right thing. The officer, a 14-year veteran, was with his partner responding to a domestic violence call when he knocked on the door of Oakman Apartments on the city's west side.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News

A firefighter's kung-fu style video has gone viral. The Decatur Fire Department posted the video on Facebook of the rookie firefighter dancing to Carl Douglas' "Kung Fu Fighting" disco song. "After a long day of closing roads and directing traffic, the rookie gets a little bored but knows how to boost the moods of all the firefighters," the post read.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

Hollis (ME) Fire Department pumper-tanker. Freightliner FL 114SD cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 450-hp engine.