The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government is entitled to reduce cost-of-living adjustments in the pensions of retired police officers and firefighters, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday. In 2013, Lexington Mayor Jim Gray announced a breakthrough deal to address the $296 million unfunded liability in the city’s police and fire pension fund.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lexington Herald-Leader

Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow has signed an executive order to end the Oswego Fire Department's overtime practice that he says pads senior firefighters' salaries and violates the collective bargaining agreement between the city and the firefighter's union. The order, which was issued last Wednesday, Aug.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Syracuse Post-Standard & Syracuse.com

Six firefighters were transported to a hospital after responding to a fire at a Phoenix pool supply store, which led to a hazmat situation. Phoenix Fire Department crews responded to a fire at the store near 32nd Street and McDowell Road at around 3 a.m. Thursday. There was chlorine in the store. "Unfortunately, our weapon of choice is water and most chemicals don't like water, they don't react well with water, chlorine being one of them," Capt.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix

Clayton (MO) Fire Department, pumper. Predator cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax XS 1,500-gpm pump.

A Kennewick family scrambled to safety Wednesday morning as a garage fire spread quickly, consuming much of their two-story home. Fred and Kathie Buck, their son, Jason Buck, and his wife, Nicole, who’s expecting a baby, got outside before the house was engulfed in flames. Fire crews arrived about 7 a.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2016 8:22:08 PM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald