Tragedy has struck Montgomery County's firefighting community this weekend. Fire and rescue officials confirmed that Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Fighter Charles Gentilcore passed away suddenly yesterday while on-duty at his fire house. CPR was performed on the 52 year old and he was rushed to Holy Cross Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHAG-TV NBC 25 Hagerstown

The one thing he’s not going to miss is his pager. For the past 42 years, whether it was a scanner or pager, it was either on or close by to Rochester Fire Chief Norm Sanborn Jr., unless he was on vacation. Whether it was in the middle of a cold winter night or a warm summer holiday, the unpredictable life of the firefighter was always just a tone away.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seacoast Online

Kinloch firefighters say they won’t show up for work until the district board is overhauled. Assistant Fire Chief Tim Rhodus said 19 volunteer firefighters went on strike Saturday because they say they have been disregarded by board leadership. “The entire district, all of its members, have just taken a leave of absence today as a strike against the administration and their blatant disregard, lack of respect and racial discrimination for the firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A city firefighter was met with gunfire after stopping to help a driver who crashed Saturday afternoon in South Baltimore, police said. The fire department commander was not hit, and the driver — a 38-year-old whom police said stole the car — ran away. He was arrested by police after a short foot chase.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun

After a 2011 civil grand jury report excoriated Oakland’s building services division, concluding that some inspectors were keeping property records in their desk drawers rather than a central database, the city purchased a multimillion-dollar software system to bring the department into the 21st century.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle