A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit Larry D. Christmas Jr. filed after the city rejected him as a firefighter because he refused to cut off his dreadlocks. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. dismissed the case at the city’s request because he found the Pascagoula man failed to back up his claim that the city enforced an official policy that led to employment discrimination based on racial or religious beliefs.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Herald

The Oswego Common Council voted unanimously tonight to approve the 2017 budget that will eliminate 16 full-time firefighter positions and raise taxes by 1.97 percent. A public hearing, which was held before the vote, drew a standing-room-only crowd to City Hall. People packed the chambers and the hallway, but only four people spoke against the budget.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Syracuse.com

Highway 9 is an ordinary Arkansas country road. It has turn after turn but Sunday morning a Choctaw firefighter took a turn for the worse on the state highway. "My heart just sunk," says Choctaw Fire Chief Lamar Harvey. Harvey says his volunteer firefighter was headed to a house fire when he lost control, rolled over multiple times and crashed into a creek.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nwahomepage,com

During mealtimes at the fire camp at the Spokane County Fairgrounds you’ll see worn out firefighters headed back from 12 to 14 hour days. Those crews are hoping for a hot meal and a good night’s sleep. And you’ll see people in red shirts serving those hot meals. “These gentlemen are the guys who provide the meals for everybody.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2016 11:07:08 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane

Rhode Island Fire Academy, pumper. International 4400 cab and chassis; MaxxForce 9 330-hp engine; Hale Qflo 1,250-gpm single-stage pump.