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Posted: Dec 28, 2016

Camano Island Fire and Rescue looks to ‘smaller and faster’ future

Camano Island Fire and Rescue’s board of commissioners recently approved a strategic plan update that guides fire and EMS services on Camano for the next 10 years. The crux of the plan is to be “smaller and faster,” Chief Michael Schick said. Not a smaller force, but a force that’s organized to be nimble, efficient and cost-effective.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:12:28 AM - SOURCE: Stanwood/Camano News
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Posted: Dec 28, 2016

Virginia firefighter suspended without pay over alleged Facebook comments

A Henrico firefighter has been suspended without pay from work over comments he allegedly made on Facebook. NBC12 is choosing not to identify the firefighter because he has not been charged with a crime. In part, the comments posted read that a woman was "trying to find her black baby daddy...so she can get an EBT card and a check.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC12.com
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Posted: Dec 28, 2016

Popular Connecticut high school coach and firefighter dies suddenly

A town firefighter who was also the freshman boys basketball coach at St. Joseph High School in Trumbull died suddenly at home on Monday, as firefighters and medics worked to save him. Jason “Jay’’ Carrafiello, 38, “was an outstanding firefighter and was held in high regard by all of the officers and firefighters,’’ town Fire Chief Robert McGrath said.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CTPOST.com
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Posted: Dec 28, 2016

Minnesota man rescued after car plunges down riverbank

VIDEO: Minneapolis fire crews rescued a man in his 30s after his car went careening down a 200-yard embankment along the Mississippi River. Responders say the crash happened around 5:15 a.m. Tuesday. It wasn't until about 8:15 a.m. when two Minneapolis Public Works employees spotted the car near the water.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kare11.com
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Posted: Dec 28, 2016

New York legislators may ask feds for death penalty for first-responder murderers

Some Allegany County legislators are seeking to have federal officials make it a federal capital offense to murder local police and first responders. The Allegany County Board of Legislators will consider a resolution today asking the area’s federal representatives in Congress to introduce and support a law setting a mandatory death penalty for anyone convicted of targeting and murdering state and local law enforcement or first responders.
- PUB DATE: 12/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Olean Times Herald
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