The West County EMS and Fire Protection District is mourning the loss of one of their own. Sean McMullin was found unresponsive at Station 2, located at 13790 Manchester Road, around 12:50 p.m. Saturday. After being found, paramedics attempted lifesaving efforts, but were unsuccessful, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMOV-TV CBS 4 St. Louis

A judge’s order has reinstated an Enid Fire Department fire captain who was terminated following an October 2015 incident involving a laser allegedly pointed at an airplane. “The court found that the evidence did not support him doing anything inappropriate, and, therefore, there was no basis to terminate his employment,” Mark Hammons, attorney for Fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Enid News & Eagle

Mayor Andrew J. Ginther has approved adding 25 fire recruits to the Columbus Fire Division by December to fill positions as more firefighters retire than had been expected. The recruits are to keep staffing near its current level of about 1,580 firefighters, although the division will end the year with 10 more firefighters and paramedics than it had when the year began.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch

Monday, Wilmington Fire Chief Anthony Goode recounted the details of the events leading up to the deaths of two firefighters Saturday morning. 41-year-old Lieutenant Christopher Leach and 51-year-old Sr. Firefighter Jerry Fickes were killed responding to a house fire at 1927 Lakeview Road. Firefighters responded to the house fire in Canby Park Saturday, September 24th, 2016, after receiving a call at 2:54 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDEL 1150AM & WDEL.com

When a wildfire is rolling toward a house built with a cedar shake roof, surrounded by decorative juniper up to the windowsills, and the only access road is overgrown and narrow, firefighters will likely skip it. “People think that we’re going to save their house,” said Paul Tester, Southwest Washington’s fire training coordinator at the state Department of Natural Resources.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian