Firefighters said they saw a man masquerading as one of them to collect cash from motorists along Meridian Street Sunday, June 19. The reported sightings came just days after the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 106’s Fill the Boot campaign on Thursday and Friday, June 16 and 17. During the annual, nationwide fundraiser, firefighters volunteered their own time on busy street corners, empty boots in-hand, to ask stopped motorists for cash.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2016 1:42:30 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

A Pulaski County homeowner charged in the fatal shooting of a firefighter during a medical response earlier this year pleaded innocent Monday in circuit court. Mark Pruitt, 48, is charged with manslaughter in the death of Ronald Jason Adams, 29, a volunteer with the East Pulaski Fire Department, Arkansas Online previously reported.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: arkansas online

A Portland Fire & Rescue inspector had forgotten his food in a taxi and was chasing after it in a city van when he crashed last month, court records show. James R. Morelli, 54, had taken the taxi home after drinking at a bar, then realized he left his food inside after the cab drove off, according to a search warrant.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: oregonian

It pays to be a Los Angeles firefighter — who can earn up to $300,000 a year in overtime — according to study released Tuesday of public employee compensation across California. The top 20 overtime earners by public workers across the state were firefighters for the city of Los Angeles — where overtime payouts rose 18 percent from last year, according to a Nevada-based survey of 246,000 public employees in California.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: los angeles daily news

Orange County Fire Rescue (OCFR) Fire Chief Otto Drozd said his department seeks to hire people who serve the community with compassion and that is what led the department to honor one of the victims killed in the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando. OCFR named Cory Connell an honorary firefighter at his funeral on Saturday.
- PUB DATE: 6/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse