Posted: Sep 28, 2016
Corey Landry, Durham's fire chief, is once again fighting fires after beating back stage 4 lymphoma.
Landry, 47, answered his first call about a month ago, responding to an apartment fire in Berwick, Maine, that displaced up to 20 people. He's also returned to the gridiron as a referee, and this Friday he'll be calling the Dartmouth-Penn football game in Hanover.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Foster's Daily Democrat
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Posted: Sep 28, 2016
A Minneapolis fire captain has filed a lawsuit accusing the city’s fire department of failing to protect her from a commander who allegedly sexually harassed her.
Vicki Jung, who was among the first female firefighters in the city when she joined the department in 1994, charged that she faced retaliation after she reported the harassment, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month in Hennepin County District Court.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Posted: Sep 28, 2016
Another mystery in the 9/11 ground zero flag disappearance has been solved.
Police learned how an Everett man came to possess the missing historical flag, and turn it in to officials.
An iconic 9/11 photo showed an American flag being raised by three New York City firefighters over Ground Zero. It disappeared several hours later, only to found in Everett over a decade later.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 9:47:36 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2
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Posted: Sep 27, 2016
Delhi (LA) Fire Department MVP heavy rescue-pumper. Cinder cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,750-gpm pump.
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Posted: Sep 27, 2016
Yakima Fire Department has certainly fought plenty of historic fires in the past, but they've done a lot more than fight fires over the years.
Reporter Haley Gibbs spoke to a firefighter who actually created a documentary to show new firefighters and the public just what they bring to the table.
"It's a department that's over 125 years old, that's pretty, pretty impressive," said Alex Langbell, Training Captain for YFD.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 6:06:16 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com
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