Botetourt County and regional first responders are mourning the death of an Eagle Rock volunteer firefighter who was fatally struck Friday by an emergency vehicle at an accident scene. Roger D. Johns, 63, of Eagle Rock was serving as a ground guide at a auto wreck on U.S. 220 at Catawba Creek Road when he was injured at around 3 p.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Roanoke Times

Fire Chief Ken March's "personal reasons" for resigning last week were illuminated in a letter submitted to the interim town manager. "I can no longer subject myself to the absence of integrity, morals and ethics that are an ingrained part of this department," March wrote after stating that the workplace "has manifested into an environment that is toxic as well as hostile.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brattleboro Reformer

VIDEO - The way firefighters and paramedics undergo training is changing and now entering virtual reality. Instead of working with a dummy, students face a more realistic scenario as they are armed with a headset and a cursor. Robert Moore is the CEO of Virtual Education Systems, which has partnered with the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department to provide EMS assessments using virtual reality.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Miami

The Legislature is expected to take its final votes on Houston's pension reform legislation within days after a group of House and Senate lawmakers Sunday night hashed out the differences between their chambers' versions and produced a final bill. Stripped from the proposal that emerged Sunday evening were three amendments backed by firefighters and opposed by City Hall, said state Sen.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle

Hundreds gathered Sunday at the opening of a memorial park at the site of a 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island that killed 100 people. At least 500 people, including loved ones of the victims, local leaders and state officials walked into the Station Fire Memorial Park for the ceremony. The park was formally dedicated to the victims of The Station nightclub fire in West Warwick.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report