Posted: Mar 20, 2017
PHOTO - Two firefighters from the Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department were injured Saturday morning after their tanker overturned while responding to a house fire in Huntingtown. The fire department reports both men have since been released from the hospital.
At about 8:10 a.m. March 18, deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office responded to Robinson Road in Huntingtown for an overturned tanker.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Southern Maryland Newspapers Online
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Posted: Mar 20, 2017
Two Gibson County firefighters had a gun pulled on them after responding to a two car wreck in Kenton Saturday afternoon, police said.
Gibson County Fire Chief Bryan Cathey said a station chief was the first to respond to the wreck near Baseline Road and Morilla Road. The chief checked on a woman in a vehicle that had rolled over to make sure she wasn't trapped inside.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Jackson Sun
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Posted: Mar 20, 2017
In an escalating legal feud over the investigation into the Ghost Ship tragedy, Alameda County prosecutors have tried without success in recent weeks to pry the completed draft report of the deadly fire from the city’s hands.
The District Attorney’s Office has been seeking the critical report for the past month from the Oakland Fire Department and City Attorney’s Office, and legal experts contacted for this story say the city’s delay in handing it over may violate the law.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times
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Posted: Mar 20, 2017
Two Snohomish County fire commissioners apologized Friday night for making racially insensitive comments when they joked about hiring “cheaper” Mexican laborers for a paramedic position.
But an attempt to impose disciplinary action failed on a 2-2 tie vote by the commissioners for Fire District 1.
Commissioner Jim Kenny asked that the two board members, David Chan and Bob Meador, receive a written reprimand.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times
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Posted: Mar 20, 2017
Emmett (MI) Fire Department pumper. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; APR polypropylene 1,164-gallon tank.
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