A fire chief with the Severn Volunteer Fire Department in Northampton County died Saturday after assisting with a car crash. According to Dennis Woodard, Admin Chief for the department, Fire Chief Kevin Britt, 54, suffered a medical emergency at his home around midnight shortly after responding to an emergency call involving a car that had crashed into a light pole.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRAL-TV CBS 5 Raleigh

VIDEO - During street celebrations following the Cavs NBA title win, about a dozen fans climbed onto a Cleveland firetruck that got stopped by large crowds near East Ninth Street and Prospect Avenue. After Cleveland police officers removed fans from the truck, mounted police cleared the street so the truck could pass.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com

As a firefighter for 28 years, Uxbridge Fire Chief William T. Kessler has had his share of adrenaline-pumping emergencies. Few have revved him up as much as having a massive tornado roar less than 300 yards behind him down a highway in Colorado. Chief Kessler, 54, usually doesn't get that close to a tornado's path.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firechief.com

When Robin Duren first told her firefighter dad that she wanted to join him in the ranks, he thought twice about it. “I just asked her if she was sure,” said Tommie Williams, 68, who retired from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue in 2003 as a lieutenant. “I told her it was a dirty job and they weren’t going to take pity on her.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: miami herald

After a fire destroyed a rescue truck and damaged the entire Poland Volunteer Fire Co. firehouse Sunday, Fire Chief Scott Burritt has a whole new perspective on how a fire affects someone’s life. “We see fires on a regular basis, we go to people’s car fires, we go to people’s house fires, to brush fires and that type of stuff,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: utica observer-dispatch