Posted: Mar 17, 2017
State lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to give firefighters special insurance in case they get cancer from the job.
Currently, firefighters who get sick may lose their jobs and health insurance.
"When we run into these houses to try and put out the fire to save lives, we're being exposed to very toxic carcinogens," said Capt.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wsbtv.com
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Posted: Mar 17, 2017
A former Leander firefighter who refused to get a vaccination because of his religious beliefs has sued the city for firing him.
The termination came in March 2016, after firefighter Brett Horvath refused to get the vaccination or wear a surgical mask for his entire 24-hour shift or transfer to a “less desirable” position, said his lawyer, Matt Bachop.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Statesman
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Posted: Mar 17, 2017
A fast-acting paramedic dove into the frigid water of an Illinois lake where a SUV was submerged on Thursday and found an infant floating inside, then administered CPR on the hood and swam the child to shore, authorities said. The baby is expected to make a full recovery.
The infant was one of seven siblings who survived a tragic chain of events that left one person dead in a house fire and second body recovered from the lake where the baby was found.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune
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Posted: Mar 17, 2017
When wildfires roared through Washington during the summer and fall of 2014 and 2015, they caught people’s attention, even Democratic state lawmakers from the Puget Sound area such as Rep. Larry Springer.
“We come back to Olympia after each of those years needing to spend tens of millions of dollars to reimburse those efforts to put those fires out," Springer said.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NPR.org
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Posted: Mar 17, 2017
All four schools in the Orting School District are on a two-hour delay after fire crews in Pierce County responded to a roof fire at Orting High School Thursday morning. The first call came in shortly after 4:30 a.m. By 5:30 a.m. crews had the fire out. According to the school district's website, the fire started in a maintenance area above the boys locker room at the gymnasium.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2017 9:03:55 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5
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