This Bravest is the oldest. Probationary firefighter Hazim Tawfiq has joined the FDNY at age 44 after a long battle over his rap sheet. Tawfiq failed an FDNY entry exam in 1999, then joined a federal lawsuit that successfully accused the FDNY of racial discrimination. He won a cash settlement and a second chance to be hired, but the city rejected him because of his criminal record.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

An emotional day in Prince George’s county, as a man who shot two firefighters, killing one, faces a judge for sentencing on gun charges. The welfare check turned shooting devastated the department, and one year later, they are still feeling the impact. Darrell Lumpkin’s four-year sentence was handed down just on Friday evening, and so many firefighters showed up at the courthouse to support Lumpkin’s victims, the proceedings had to be moved to a bigger courtroom.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore

Reports stated first responders were hit by a vehicle at the scene of a crash. The incident happened in Hendersonville at New Shackle Island Road and Drakes Creek Road Saturday evening. According to an official with Sumner County EMS, emergency crews were on the scene of a wreck involving a car and a motorcycle.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NewsChannel5.com

One of the Chicago (IL) Fire Department's new Rosenbauer squads was placed in service at this two-alarm fire at a commercial structure.

Andrea Manske dreamed of becoming a firefighter, a line of work she was passionate about, family members say. The daughter of a fire chief, Manske volunteered as a firefighter for Auburn-based Mountain View Fire & Rescue, Station 95. She was dedicated to succeeding in her professional life – her calling, her way to help others.
- PUB DATE: 4/16/2017 2:26:14 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter