A recent "forensic audit" ordered by the selectmen and conducted by the town account found nothing substantial against Fire Chief Peter Martell. He had been placed on paid administrative leave for 10 weeks awaiting the results of the audit. On Jan. 10, Chief Martell was chastised for spending $33,814 of town money, funds approved by town meeting, for a 2017 Ford Expedition without consulting selectmen and for submitting an electric bill from his home address along with two Fire Department bills.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Palo Alto’s four battalion fire chiefs will get pay raises of 15.5 percent under a labor deal the City Council approved Monday. Three council members, Eric Filseth, Lydia Kou and Greg Tanaka, objected to the raises. Filseth commended the Fire Department’s good work, but characterized the raises as “excessive” especially because of escalating fire service costs.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mercury News

Fire officials across Ohio are backing a proposal by Gov. John Kasich to abolish the industry-controlled agency that regulates manufactured homes, saying the commission does too little to protect manufactured home residents from deadly fires. The Ohio Fire Chief’s Association last week sent a letter to Ohio lawmakers expressing support for a provision in the state budget that would do away with the Manufactured Homes Commission and fold its responsibilities into the Ohio Department of Commerce.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dayton Daily News

A firefighter was assaulted by a man while on the scene of a travel trailer fire just north of Tulsa early Wednesday. The man was identified as 48-year-old Michael Fisher. The incident happened in the 6200 block of North Wheeling at around 3 a.m. The Turley Fire Department was called to the fire involving a 5th wheel trailer being used for storage.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTV-TV CBS 6 Tulsa