A veteran Austintown firefighter died while on duty Monday morning. John Fritz, a member of the Austintown Fire Department since 1992, is believed to have died in his sleep at Austintown Fire Station #1. Fritz was working a 24 hour shift which started at 8 a.m. Sunday morning, according to Fire Chief Andrew Frost.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMJ-TV Youngstown NBC 21

VIDEO - A 27-year-old man broke into a firehouse, crashed through the bay doors and took a stolen fire truck speeding through Paulding County. Firefighters at Station #3 were participating in a training session a few blocks from the firehouse Monday morning when Paulding County Fire Dispatch started receiving unauthorized distress transmissions over the department's secure radio network.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

The town of Camden Point in northern Platte County is celebrating its new state-of-the-art fire facility, but the community’s lottery millionaires are humble about what they did to make it happen. The building, which took more than a year to build, houses both the ambulance service and the community’s fire trucks.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV 9

Butler County fire departments have long shared purchasing and equipment testing, but a new study shows there are other avenues to pursue that could save more taxpayer money. Officials in all nine jurisdictions that participated in the two-year study agree sharing testing results in the part-time personnel hiring process is the most valuable observation to come out of the 115-page study.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hamilton Journal-News

Over the last three days, 12 firefighters and 10 instructors have been taking part in live burns as researchers collect data for a new study the effects of firefighter training on their health. Teams from Skidmore College, UL’s Firefighter Safety Research Institute, The University of Illinois – Champaign and NIOSH have been taking part in the collaborative Cardiovascular and Chemical Exposure Project at the Illinois Fire Service Institute.
- PUB DATE: 6/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse