Washington Twp. is offering a $1,000 signing bonus to new firefighter recruits, in an effort to help fill approximately 30 part-time positions. Deputy fire Chief Scott Kujawa said the need to fill the positions in the department comes out of necessity with there being a shortage of available firefighters in the region.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dayton Daily News

City Manager Sharon A. Addison has given Fire Chief Dale C. Herman an ultimatum about his involvement in a bitter contract fight between the city and the firefighters’ union. In a heated telephone call on Friday, Ms. Addison threatened his job if he didn’t become more of a team player in the city’s ongoing contract battle with the Watertown Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 191.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times

A former Birmingham firefighter mailed a flier to 1,000 homes this week that’s critical of a captain on the city’s fire department. In a series of emails, Mike McIntyre admits he’s responsible for sending out the flier. McIntyre became a Birmingham firefighter in June 2015 and served with the department until several weeks ago, when he accepted a resignation settlement.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit Free Press

A family of Seahawks fans, including a photographer who works for the team, are trying to salvage anything they can from their Lake Tapps house, which was destroyed in a fire. About all that's left of the Debbie and Cliff Blumenthal’s home is a Seahawks flag hanging out front. “Pretty tough,” said Jeff Marsh, who grew up in the house and returned to survey the damage, Monday.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING5