At least 10 homes in Nassau County, Florida, were destroyed in a wildfire caused by a man who was burning books Wednesday. Only a few minor injuries to emergency personnel have been reported in what's being called the Garfield Road Fire, according to the Florida Forest Service. But it has burned an estimated 350 to 400 acres near Bryceville, about 20 miles west of Jacksonville.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

Selectman Raquel Welch told the board Monday evening that she wanted to speak with the fire chief about firefighters washing their personal vehicles at the Fire Station. Welch said when she drives past the station on nice days, she sees people washing their private vehicles. “It’s not a car wash,” she said.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Journal

The lawsuit filed by a fired firefighter against the city and its fire department is still ongoing, despite both agencies denying his request for permission to present a late claim. Former American Canyon firefighter/paramedic Carlos Teruel, 34, says he was let go shortly before his probationary period expired and since officials declined to tell him why, assumes it can only be because he took time off to care for his sick wife and small children.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vallejo Times-Herald

The sandwich in front of Robert Pierson -- nearly a foot long and filled with meatballs, peppers and cheese -- would be more at home in a deli on the East coast. "It's fantastic," Pierson, a paramedic at Station 51 in Silverdale, said as he took a bite. "It floods the senses. It's really, really good.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

Granville (IL) Volunteer Fire Department custom pumper. RBM Commander cab and chassis; EXT body; 2,500-gallon tank