Benny Fulkerson seizes every opportunity to spread the gospel of fire safety. The city council recognized Fulkerson, a third-generation firefighter, as the 2016 South Oklahoma City Kiwanis Club Firefighter of the Year earlier this month at city hall. As spokesman for a department that values prevention, where "the best fire is the one that never happens," he is expanding the department's social media following with action videos, cautionary tales, and even poetry.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Oklahoman

Six Chicago Police officers have been suspended for giving the third-highest ranking member of the Chicago Fire Department favored treatment after the fire deputy crashed his city-owned SUV near Lake Shore Drive in Lincoln Park. Police Supt. Eddie Johnson suspended all six officers for “improper processing and reporting procedures” in connection with the April 20, 2016 crash involving former Deputy Fire Commissioner John McNicholas.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times

A woman and Spokane Police officer spoke out Sunday about an incredible rescue the two were involved in Friday evening. Spokane Police Officer Tim Schwering was first on scene to a vehicle fire where a woman, Kim Novak, was trapped inside. Officer Schwering said he was "glad he was there at the time.
- PUB DATE: 1/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM

BC 23 arrived and reported a two-story ordinary structure with fire on the second floor. He ordered one line to the fire floor and one on the first floor with the truck company opening the roof. 

 

A girl is dead and her mother injured following a house fire in Spokane Valley early Sunday morning. Spokane Valley Fire Department firefighters were called to a fire at 10410 E. Springfield Ave. at about 3 a.m. They received reports of a person possibly trapped in the basement, according to a fire department news release.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2017 5:09:51 PM - SOURCE: Spokesman Review