Dogs have long been used to sniff out drugs and bugs and even bombs! But can these furry friends also identify the smell of cancer? A special program in San Antonio has been designed to help protect some of our most vulnerable heroes, firefighters. "Everything a firefighter does is a calculated risk," San Antonio firefighter Joe Arrington said.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CW39 Houston

A woman’s lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment and discrimination in the Farmington Fire Department is headed to a jury trial in U.S. District Court. Judge David Nuffer recently denied Farmington city’s motion for summary judgment against Sarah Mojazza, who sued the city in February 2014, saying a fellow firefighter sexually harassed her and that she was fired after she complained about it.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ogden Standard-Examiner/StandardNET

VIDEO - Oklahoma City firefighters were called Sunday morning after a homeowner reported hearing some sort of "snorting" noise coming from his swimming pool. Emergency responders arrived and discovered a hole in the swimming pool's liner and a cow trapped in the water. Oklahoma City Fire Department Battalion Chief Benny Fulkerson says firefighters used their pumps to remove about 5 feet of water from the pool so the cow wouldn't experience hypothermia.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTV-TV CBS 6 Tulsa

Firefighters have yet to determine the cause of a Sunday afternoon fire that destroyed a house on the 900 block of South East Street in Colfax. What is known is that the structure was a 100 percent loss and its nine residents have lost their homes. John Huntwork, 25, and Bethany Huntwork, 23, a married couple who had lived in an apartment at the back of the house for two-and-a-half years, said the fire took everything they owned, including their wedding rings.
- PUB DATE: 1/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Massie Township Fire Department, Harveysburg, OH, pumper-tanker. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 350-hp engine; Hale Qflo Plus 1,250-gpm pump; APR polypropylene 3,500-gallon tank.