The Warfield Volunteer Fire Department has filed a lawsuit in Martin County, Kentucky, to get its repossessed firetrucks back. In May, First Government Lease Co. of Northfield, Ill., took the vehicles. Paul Graver, doing business as First lease Company and AA Repo East, LLC of Lexington, Ky., are named as defendants in the lawsuit.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCHS-TV

A former volunteer firefighter has admitted to holding four colleagues hostage at the LaMott Fire Company in Cheltenham while armed with a handgun a day after he was expelled by the company’s board of governors. Paul Anthony Jordan, 27, of the 400 block of West Wellens Avenue, Philadelphia, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court on Thursday to charges of kidnapping, attempted kidnapping, terroristic threats, possession of a weapon and simple assault in connection with the 10:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pottstown Mercury

Let me start out by saying that there is no such thing as a perfect company officer. I was fortunate enough to serve as a company officer for almost six years, and have been a chief officer for more than nine years. As a company officer, I was far from perfect. While I think I was a competent company officer during my tenure, I look back and realize that I could have been a much better company officer in so many ways.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

Engine 1511 is in service with the Ridgeway District Volunteer Fire Department, located in Dillwyn, VA. The photo was taken on the day of delivery to the department

A father was killed and his two sons are fighting for their lives after a fire broke out at a home in the Praire Ridge area of Bonney Lake Thursday afternoon. East Pierce Fire crews raced to the 14700 Block of Prairie Ridge Drive E, around 4 p.m. on reports of a person being trapped inside the burning home.
- PUB DATE: 8/4/2016 5:58:55 PM - SOURCE: komo news