Exactly one year after firefighter Rob Rochette found himself consumed by a massive fireball while battling an East Main Street blaze that left him seriously burned, he returned to work Thursday for his first shift since the fire. It’s been a tough year of recovery, but for Rochette, 34, there’s no place he would rather be than with his brothers from Engine 2.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Record Journal

Eight Russian firefighters were killed as they battled a blaze at a warehouse in eastern Moscow, authorities said Friday, in the latest deadly fire to hit the capital. Their bodies were discovered after contact was lost as they fought to extinguish a huge blaze that started Thursday evening at a plastics depot, the emergency services ministry said in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yahoo News

When a female firefighter scored a choice spot at a station in San Francisco’s Chinatown, she was immediately met with resistance by her new male colleagues, including one who asked her an intimidating question: “Do you know how difficult your time is going to be?” A document obtained by The Chronicle outlines details from an independent investigation into just how miserable her life was made in the “male-dominated” culture of Station 2 at 1340 Powell St.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com

VIDEO - At least one person was seriously injured after a fire truck was rear-ended in Cinnaminson, Burlington County. It happened around 8:20 p.m. Thursday at Broad Street and Union Landing Road. Chopper 6 captured the scene that showed a car slammed into the rear of a Riverton fire truck. Fire officials say they took the driver of the car to Cooper University Hospital for care.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV 6 ABC.com

VIDEO - A Dalmatian in a firehouse — what could be a more perfect scene? Firefighters said Chico, the Dalmatian mix puppy, snuck into a Florida fire house early Tuesday morning and immediately became one of the guys. "There's nothing more American than a Dalmatian in a firehouse," said Corey Dierdorff, public information officer at the Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Inside Edition