An ambulance rushed an elderly woman with extensive 2nd degree burns to the hospital after firefighters found her on the floor of a burning home Monday evening. According to the Richland Fire Department, fire crews were called out at 6:34 P.M to 200 Adams St. for reports of smoke. RFD says neighbors had seen smoke coming from the home and knocked on the doors and windows to see if anyone was inside, but no one answered.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2017 2:34:01 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19

A Chicago Fire Department chief suffered a massive heart attack and died Sunday afternoon. Chief Michael V. Murphy, 56, was taking part in an aquatic event at Mount Carmel High School on the South Side with his 16-year-old son when he suffered a massive heart attack, according to a statement from the Chicago Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

Two volunteer firefighters are set to go on trial Monday for the 2015 assault of a career firefighter outside a burning home near Hyattsville, Maryland. Jeffrey Miller and Christopher Kelly — both members of West Lanham Hills Volunteer Company 28 — were indicted on a charge of fighting with a career firefighter unit over who should go inside a house that was ablaze Dec.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP-AM 1500 Washington

Annoyed with how much sick time firefighters use, the City Council on Monday night informally agreed to reduce the amount of overtime in the proposed 2017-18 budget from $631,000 to $570,000. Mayor Joseph M. Butler Jr. recommended cutting the fire department’s overtime by $61,000 after a lengthy discussion about sick time.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

After a week of silence and speculation, former Sioux Falls Fire Chief Jim Sideras was arrested Monday, charged with possessing child pornography. State police and county deputies removed CDs, hard drives and computers from the fire chief's home last Tuesday, hours before his employment with the city was abruptly terminated.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Argus Leader