A suspicious package found by ferry workers at the Edmonds terminal on the Puyallup delayed travel for hundreds of people for more than three hours on Sunday, April 30. Washington State Ferries gave the all clear after the Washington State Patrol Bomb Squad determined a backpack left on the passenger deck did not contain an explosive device.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 3:48:19 AM - SOURCE: Edmonds Beacon

Cove Creek Pearson Volunteer Fire Chief Doug Deckard died after being struck by a car while checking water lines early Sunday during severe storms. The Arkansas State Police says Deckard, 51, was working along Highway 25 just west of the Faulkner-Cleburne County line near Quitman. He was outside of his vehicle checking doing work when he was hit.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNWA-TV & KFTA-TV NWAHomepage

An 83-year-old Austinburg firefighter died Friday evening from injuries he sustained when he was struck by a vehicle late Thursday, according to firefighters from around the area. Austinburg firefighter Dave Lemponen was with the Austinburg department for about 60 years, said fire Chief William Wilms.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ashtabula Star Beacon

It's been the talk of the town for weeks: Three firefighters and a dispatcher in hot water for their alleged "sexual misconduct" in the fire station. While shocking many in the community, it's not the first time that fire departments have been at the center of sex scandals. For instance, seven Philadelphia firefighters faced discipline in 2015 for having sex with a paramedic on duty.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lowell Sun

Juvenile offenders shine the trucks, spiff up the hall, assist at bingo fundraisers and even help roll up the hoses sometimes when trucks pull back into one of Latrobe's five fire stations after a call. A juvenile probation program that gives teens community service work at the stations has benefited the youths and the all-volunteer fire company over the past five years, said city fire Chief John Brasile.
- PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review