VIDEO - Dramatic video shows the moment a gas station facade came falling on top of a firefighter in Iron Mountain, Michigan. It happened at about 3 p.m. Saturday at a Mobil gas station and Burger King on Stephenson Avenue, off US-2 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The video was captured by photographer Jason Asselin.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC Detroit

Botetourt County and regional first responders are mourning the death of an Eagle Rock volunteer firefighter who was fatally struck Friday by an emergency vehicle at an accident scene. Roger D. Johns, 63, of Eagle Rock was serving as a ground guide at a auto wreck on U.S. 220 at Catawba Creek Road when he was injured at around 3 p.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Roanoke Times

Fire Chief Ken March's "personal reasons" for resigning last week were illuminated in a letter submitted to the interim town manager. "I can no longer subject myself to the absence of integrity, morals and ethics that are an ingrained part of this department," March wrote after stating that the workplace "has manifested into an environment that is toxic as well as hostile.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brattleboro Reformer

VIDEO - The way firefighters and paramedics undergo training is changing and now entering virtual reality. Instead of working with a dummy, students face a more realistic scenario as they are armed with a headset and a cursor. Robert Moore is the CEO of Virtual Education Systems, which has partnered with the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department to provide EMS assessments using virtual reality.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Miami

The Legislature is expected to take its final votes on Houston's pension reform legislation within days after a group of House and Senate lawmakers Sunday night hashed out the differences between their chambers' versions and produced a final bill. Stripped from the proposal that emerged Sunday evening were three amendments backed by firefighters and opposed by City Hall, said state Sen.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle