Maud, Texas is in a frenzy after a city council meeting led to the firing of the Fire Chief and then the volunteer fire crew quit in protest. "It's hard to say we had to resign but we had no chance" said James Butler, former fire captain. Wiping tears from his eyes, Butler explained he feels he's standing up for what he believes is justice.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: arklatexhomepage.com

The president of a Washington state association of firefighters unions is urging Gov. Jay Inslee to halt oil transport through the state by rail until an investigation into last week’s fiery oil-train derailment in Mosier, Ore., is done. In a letter to the governor, Dennis Lawson, president of the Washington State Council of Fire Fighters, cited the looming fire season and what he describes as unsafe transportation methods as reasons for the U.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: seattle times

Almost two years after the city stopped its ambulance service, Lockport’s two ambulances were auctioned off last week – even though a grievance over the elimination of the service has yet to be resolved. The ambulances were among a long list of surplus city equipment offered for sale in an online sale through Auctions International.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: buffalo news

The Fayetteville Fire Department is ramping up efforts to recruit minorities as it struggles, like many other fire agencies, to diversify its workforce. Only 3.2 percent of Fayetteville firefighters are black - a figure that trails state and national averages. Put another way, nine in every 10 Fayetteville firefighters is white in a city where about 42 percent of the residents are black.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fayetteville observer

Fire severely damaged the Meadow Lakes home of Houston Fire Chief Tom Hood Friday, leaving him and his family seeking temporarily shelter from the Red Cross. Mat-Su Borough emergency responders were dispatched to the fire at about 2:30 p.m., and by about 3:45 p.m., the main body of the fire was extinguished, leaving only spot fires inside the structure to be extinguished, according to incident commander and West Lakes Fire Chief John Fairchild.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wasilla Frontiersman