The city’s firefighters union withdrew a lawsuit against the state Wednesday after the state delayed implementing changes to the union’s contract. But the union’s attorney said the suit may be refiled as early as Thursday if the state doesn’t drop demands to cut 100 firefighters and make other changes.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City

A southern Indiana fire chief arrested for battery is not going to face criminal charges and now he wants his arrest records erased. Eyewitness News first broke the story about Cannelton Fire Chief Christopher Herzog in late December. Herzog was charged with felony battery after he allegedly pushed a police officer while fighting a fire.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVW-TV Fox 7 Evansville

Five more FDNY engine companies are getting their “fifth man,” officials said Wednesday. As part of a contract agreement between City Hall and the Uniformed Firefighters Association, the department on Wednesday ensured that five more engine companies — one in each borough — will be getting a fifth man to work on fire engines when responding to fires.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Dighton’s Board of Selectmen moved Wednesday to terminate the town’s fire chief as he faces criminal charges. Fire Chief Antone Roderick, Jr. was suspended by the board in November amid accusations he used public funds to buy personal items, specifically clothes for his girlfriend. Chairman Dean Cronin said it’s alleged Roderick used his own and other firefighters’ clothing allowances to buy almost $239 worth of women’s clothing.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12

Fire departments in nearly every pocket of Iowa have members who were awarded nationally recognized certifications by the state fire academy despite failing their tests, according to documents released Wednesday. The Fire Service Training Bureau has sent letters to 560 departments, a majority of those in the state, to notify them that "one or more firefighters on your department may have been" erroneously granted certificates in recent years and will be expected to undergo retesting.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Des Moines Register