San Diego’s efforts to boost emergency response times in the sprawling and increasingly congested city would take a big step forward under a new compromise proposal. The proposal, created by the city’s independent budget analyst and endorsed by leaders of the Fire-Rescue Department, would boost response times in “gap areas” more quickly and cheaply than building all of the additional fire stations recommended last month by a consultant.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune

Suspended Canandaigua Fire Chief Mark Marentette was fired as of Friday because of insubordination and mismanagement of public funds, according to City Manager Ted Andrzejewski. The manager suspended Marentette for 30 days in January over what the city characterized as charges of misconduct, incompetence and insubordination.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Messenger

A second Lincoln Fire and Rescue captain has filed a federal lawsuit against the department saying he faced retaliation for reporting harassment of two female firefighters between 2012 and 2015. Captains Brian Giles and Troy Hurd said they were passed up for promotions. They contend firefighters who were less qualified, had less experience and scored lower than them on promotion tests got the jobs.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lincoln Journal Star

A massive five-alarm fire caused an estimated $39 million in damage Monday at an apartment building under construction in College Park, Prince George's County fire officials said. The fire has been the largest suppression effort and the highest fire loss estimate in the history of the Prince George's County Fire Department, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAL-TV Baltimore

A Casper firefighter died Saturday night after an extended battle with pancreatic cancer. Captain Matt Trott, 46, joined the fire department in 1995. During his 21 years at the department, he worked as an engineer, a child passenger safety technician and a captain. He retired March 6 due to his cancer, called pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma.
- PUB DATE: 4/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Casper Star-Tribune