An internal dispute between North Whatcom Fire and Rescue (NWFR) commissioners came to a head after one of the five commissioners elected to serve the district filed suit against it – the issue is now in the public eye thanks to a special meeting held September 28. The nearly hour-long debriefing described months of back-and-forth between NWFR commissioner Dean Berkeley and fire chief William Pernett, as well as the previous chief Ron Anderson.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2016 2:00:13 AM - SOURCE: Northern Light

Kansas City Fire Chief Paul Berardi was so overcome by a wave of emotion Wednesday morning that he couldn’t make it through a promotion ceremony at Fire Department headquarters. Berardi said his thoughts raced back to a year ago when firefighters Larry J. Leggio and John V. Mesh died fighting a blaze in a building at 2608 Independence Blvd.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kansas City Star & KansasCity.com

Black FDNY employees plan to hit the department with a $150 million federal lawsuit charging they have been discriminated against on the job, they announced Wednesday. In a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a lawsuit they plan to file later this year, 10 plaintiffs charge black workers were passed over for promotions and raises that white workers with similar or lesser qualifications received.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

The hospital where a Wilmington firefighter is recovering following a deadly Canby Park rowhouse fire said her condition has become more serious. Firefighter Ardythe Hope was downgraded to critical condition Wednesday at Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland, Pennsylvania, where she was taken after the Sept.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online)

Clowns might be scaring kids across the country, but the Mansfield Fire Department is calling their bluff. Since 2003, Mansfield firefighters have dressed up as clowns to produce fire safety shows for the city’s elementary schools, and they aren’t going to let a new creepy clown trend stop them. But the firefighters don’t want to scare anyone.
- PUB DATE: 10/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Star-Telegram