In an embarrassing verdict for the city of Charlotte, a jury Thursday found the Fire Department retaliated against former fire investigator Crystal Eschert for raising questions about the safety of construction work at a new office building, awarding her $1.5 million. The jury rejected Charlotte’s claims that Eschert’s firing wasn’t retaliation.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charlotte Observer

Three children died as multiple homes burned in Montgomery County early Friday, fire officials say. Another child, a 10 year old, was critically hurt along with other family members. The fire appeared to start at the back of one home before spreading to another. Search and rescue efforts were underway along Tamina Road at Johnson Road before 4 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston

A heated legal battle is still simmering between two high-ranking city firefighters. The lawsuit, filed by Plainfield Deputy Fire Chief Jeffrey Courtney, is claiming that Chief Frank Tidwell racially discriminated against him because he is white. The lawsuit also names the City of Plainfield and the Plainfield Fire Department as defendants.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MyCentralJersey.com

Kevin Brame (DHS-FEMA-USFA-NFA) contacted the Daily Dispatch and wanted to make the following correction and clarification to Thursday's 'Key the Mic' column on the NFA Leadership in Supervision Class: "In my position, I serve as the Training Specialist-Curriculum Manager for the Leadership and Executive Development Curriculum.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Dispatch

On the surface, it may not look like a 12-year-old boy and a firefighter would have much in common. But this heartwarming video showed Logan, a 12-year-old boy from Gilbert, and Mase Mattingly, a Gilbert firefighter, bonding over their shared prosthetic legs. Candy Carson, Logan’s mom, said in the video that five years ago, Logan had strep throat, which sent him into septic shock.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTAR 620 - Newsradio