VIDEO - The head of the city firefighters union disrupted a promotional ceremony Wednesday, confronting the acting fire chief with an allegation that the promotion wasn’t in line with the city charter. The confrontation by fire union President Frank Ricci preceded a small ceremony, with city officials and Antonio Almodovar’s wife at the department’s headquarters on Grand Avenue, during which Almodovar was promoted from acting director of training to director of training.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new haven register

The recent death of a baby girl has led Alderman Mark S. Devine to demand that the city restore the legal ability of firefighters to perform advanced life support techniques. Devine, a retired assistant fire chief, said at Wednesday’s Common Council work session that he wants a vote next week on applying to the state Health Department to restore that license.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: buffalo news

The Rhode Island Supreme Court says the Providence Retirement Board erred when it denied a city firefighter's petition for an accidental disability pension. In quashing the board's denial of Michael Morse's 2012 petition, the court ruled that the board "misconstrued" a city ordinance when it based its decision on a "self-imposed unanimity rule.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: providence journal

Hundreds of people evacuated their homes as a wildfire raged near the Arizona town where a 2013 blaze killed 19 members of an elite firefighting crew. Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman Dolores Garcia said 250 to 300 people left their homes in the town. The fire grew to 600 acres, but crews expected it to ease somewhat during the overnight with cooler temperatures and higher humidity.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc news

Newly-released recordings show hydrants were in short supply as crews battled a huge recycling plant fire on E. Marine View Drive. Equally troubling, some firefighters thought new dispatching software might have made the problem worse. As flames roared into the sky surrounding the huge fire at the recycling plant, neighbors worried about the burning embers floating down precariously close to their roofs.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO news