A Tacoma congregation gathered for Sunday morning service for the first time since an arsonist targeted Our Savior Lutheran Church. Investigators say early Friday morning, someone set one fire in the lobby and two fires in the sanctuary. Lead Pastor Brian Banke says he knows the congregation wants answers.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2016 6:45:49 AM - SOURCE: KING 5

A man has been charged with homicide after a 16-year-old junior firefighter was shot and killed inside the Republic Volunteer Fire Company in Fayette County on Sunday afternoon. State police said Parker Hess was found by Redstone Township police after they received a report of a person with a gunshot wound inside the fire station on Republic Road at about 4 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh

A Spokane firefighter is contesting a three-shift suspension he received after being charged with assaulting a patient on a medical call. Capt. Greg Borg, who has been working for the department since 1979, threw a patient to the ground during a June 25 call after the patient spat and swore at him, according to an Oct.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review

While hospital and emergency response officials praised the actions of paramedics, firefighters, police officers and emergency room staffers in responding to Monday's school bus crash that left five children dead, there was general agreement that the horrific accident left many emotionally scarred. "I've never seen a more upset group of ambulance workers," said one emergency room staffer, who asked to remain anonymous.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1.com

Raw video from an apartment fire Tuesday at the Village Shores Apartments in Flint, Michigan that left three firefighters injured. Shortly after the 2:00 mark in the video above you can hear the evacuation order. This is followed by firefighters rushing to get a ladder to a balcony where two firefighters are trapped.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: STATter911.com