On July 7, shooter Micah Johnson fired a barrage of bullets towards officers and citizens in downtown Dallas. Those who were struck were not alone, however. That night, Dallas paramedics risked their own lives to try and get to the wounded. "I had guys who got back to the station who said they had bullets whizzing by their heads,” said Cristian Hinojosa, the president of the Latino Firefighters Association.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas - Fort Worth

Tyler Townsend, the chief spokesman for the Kern County Fire Department, made $174,266 in overtime in 2015, on top of his $95,962 salary. That’s the most earned by anyone in the entire county. He was able to bring home $283,952 in 2015, according to the independent watchdog site Transparent California.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Bakersfield Californian

An official with a local police union said it is unacceptable not to pay the police officers and firefighters of Fairfield. Fairfield City Council voted Friday to withhold first responders checks until more funds come in next week. David Crews, immediate past president of the Birmingham area Fraternal Order of Police, said other city employees received their pay.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AL.com

A retired San Jose firefighter who tried to grab the man who stabbed to death a retired teacher in London this week says anyone would have tried to stop the attack. Martin Hoenisch, 59, said he was just a tourist who knew what to do in a dire situation – namely try to subdue a man wielding a knife Wednesday in London’s Russell Square, near the British Museum.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orange County Register

The Isonville Volunteer Fire Department is facing a lawsuit by an Elliott County man over a lack of payments in a $1 per year deal with the previous property owner. Roger Howard, who lives near the fire department, recently bought the property that includes the fire department’s garage. The garage has been on the property since 1995, and the fire department later entered into an agreement with Willis Lyon.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Independent