VIDEO - A firefighter was hospitalized after crews rescued an 82-year-old man from a burning apartment building on Tuesday afternoon. Brockton Fire said the man was removed from a third floor porch of a building at 685 Oak St. using a ground ladder around 4 p.m. "The fire was blowing out on the second floor porch and some of the bystanders said there was somebody up there," recalled Brockton firefighter Ben Denny.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NECN.com

A federal court awarded father and son, Michael Dolan Sr. and Michael Dolan Jr, thousands in damages for their arrest in an alleged theft from the New Hyde Park Fire Department that they volunteered for. Both were arrested and cuffed in 2012 when they were charged with felony grand larceny, accused of stealing smoke detectors from the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FiOS1 Long Island

PHOTOS - A New Braunfels church group returning from a choir retreat Wednesday afternoon was involved in a major collision near Garner State Park resulting in at least 13 confirmed fatalities. The bus and a Dodge dually pickup truck collided head-on at 12:23 p.m. on U.S. 83 North, just south of Ranch Road 1050 when the truck crossed the center line, according to Lt.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MySanAntonio.com

Four former firefighters with the city of York want almost $1.4 million in unpaid overtime, damages and interest, claiming in a lawsuit they were not paid overtime for years. The lawsuits, filed March 22 in York County civil court and obtained exclusively by The Herald, seek not just back overtime pay, but “three times the full amount of the unpaid wages, plus pre-judgment interest.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Herald Online

The Sedgwick County Fire Chief has apologized to his staff after forcing them to remove memorial stickers from some of the department’s trucks. Fire Chief Tavis Leake sent an email to staff members on Monday in reference to the removal of “Bubba” stickers. The stickers were placed on several fire trucks in 2007 after firefighter Bryon Johnson was killed in the line of duty.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSN-TV News 3