Today, six former Oswego firefighters suited up for duty for the first time with the Syracuse Fire Department. It was a fortunate turn of events for six men whose positions were axed in Oswego, and for the SFD, which lost an unusually high number of recruits in its most recent class. Bill Ryan, chief of staff for Mayor Stephanie Miner, called the deal a win-win for Syracuse today.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Syracuse Post-Standard

In what feels like a very divisive world, you hear sometimes hear about great deeds. Some tug at the heart strings. A local Phoenix fire captain shows us all that a small deed can lead to big things. Capt. Gary Hernandez is a fire investigator with the Phoenix Fire Department. He traveled to New York City for a vacation with his family.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS 5 AZ KPHO

Pierce County investigators say a memorial for a beloved educator who died after a battle with cancer was torched in the middle of the night. Guidance counselor Colleen Blauvelt died in 2013. A bench was placed just outside the main entrance of Peninsula High School to mark her memory. But on Sunday night, September 26, surveillance cameras captured a man leaving his own mark on Colleen’s memorial.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2016 10:49:01 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

Dothan (AL) Fire Department 100-foot rear-mount aerial ladder quint. Cyclone II cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump.

Spokane Fire Department Assistant Chief Brian Schaeffer was briefly named one of four finalists to be the next fire chief in Omaha, Nebraska, Wednesday before withdrawing his name from consideration. Schaeffer said he applied for the position early this year while the city was immersed in turmoil of the firing of former police chief Frank Straub.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2016 7:19:58 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review