A University of Connecticut student was hit and killed by a university fire vehicle on the Storrs campus, early Sunday morning. Police say 19-year-old Jeffny Pally, of West Hartford, was killed after sitting on the ground with her back against the garage door to the public safety complex, just after 1 a.
- PUB DATE: 10/17/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTNH-TV ABC 8 New Haven

Oct. 17 is a sad day for the New York Fire Department. Monday is the 50th anniversary of the fire that, until the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack, claimed more firefighters’ lives than any other disaster in the city. The short trip that the firefighters made from nearby firehouses on Oct. 17, 1966, started around 9:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/17/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Times

Firefighters and paramedics are mourning the death of a man who worked alongside them for nearly three decades. Indian River County Sheriff deputies went to a wooded area off State Road 60 west of Interstate 95 about 10:30 p.m. Saturday following a 911 call from Indian River County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief David Dangerfield, Sheriff's spokesman Lt.
- PUB DATE: 10/17/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TCPalm.com

It was supposed to be a routine training session for Tom Albert, who has been fighting fires for 25 years. Albert and other members of Boulder Fire Rescue were near the area of 17th Street and King Avenue on June 13 to do some wildland fire training. "We were just going through what we would do in case there was a real fire," Albert said.
- PUB DATE: 10/17/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Camera

Baltimore County officials say they are using firefighters, paramedics and police officers to temporarily fill staffing gaps at its 911 center. Eight employees from other departments were transferred to the 911 center in September and will be working there until March, county spokeswoman Ellen Kobler said.
- PUB DATE: 10/17/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun