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Posted: Mar 30, 2017

Hillsborough (FL) Needs 25 New Fire Stations, Not Meeting Response Goals

TAMPA - Hillsborough County needs 25 new fire stations in the next 25 years to keep up with the thousands of people moving here each year, Fire Rescue Chief Dennis Jones told county commissioners Wednesday.
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Posted: Mar 30, 2017

Cargo Trailer Catches Fire in Chehalis

Crews from Lewis County Fire District 6 responded Tuesday afternoon to a report of a fire in a 30-foot cargo trailer in a pallet yard in Chehalis. The trailer, located in the 1600 block of Bishop Road, was reportedly converted into a kiln to dry wood. When crews arrived at 12:20 p.m., they found heavy smoke coming from the trailer.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 3:11:14 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle
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Posted: Mar 30, 2017

Massachusetts firefighters pull man to safety as fire rages in dramatic video

VIDEO - A firefighter was hospitalized after crews rescued an 82-year-old man from a burning apartment building on Tuesday afternoon. Brockton Fire said the man was removed from a third floor porch of a building at 685 Oak St. using a ground ladder around 4 p.m. "The fire was blowing out on the second floor porch and some of the bystanders said there was somebody up there," recalled Brockton firefighter Ben Denny.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NECN.com
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Posted: Mar 30, 2017

New York firefighters win thousands in damages for mix-up that landed them in handcuffs

A federal court awarded father and son, Michael Dolan Sr. and Michael Dolan Jr, thousands in damages for their arrest in an alleged theft from the New Hyde Park Fire Department that they volunteered for. Both were arrested and cuffed in 2012 when they were charged with felony grand larceny, accused of stealing smoke detectors from the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FiOS1 Long Island
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Posted: Mar 30, 2017

At least 13 dead in collision involving Central Texas church group bus

PHOTOS - A New Braunfels church group returning from a choir retreat Wednesday afternoon was involved in a major collision near Garner State Park resulting in at least 13 confirmed fatalities. The bus and a Dodge dually pickup truck collided head-on at 12:23 p.m. on U.S. 83 North, just south of Ranch Road 1050 when the truck crossed the center line, according to Lt.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MySanAntonio.com
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