Valencia County Emergency Services Chief Steven Gonzales and two division chiefs within the department received suspensions after pictures surfaced of the men in uniform with scantily clad women on a recent out-of-state training trip. It happened while Gonzales, Division Chief Nicholas Moya and Division Chief Casey Davis were in Indianapolis for the Fire Department Instructors Conference.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: krqe news 13

A criminal case that made national news a year ago when a bystander’s video showed Fresno fire Capt. Pete Dern falling through a burning roof, followed by his dramatic rescue by fellow firefighters, ended Wednesday when the woman who pleaded no contest to starting the house fire was sentenced to nine years in prison.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fresno bee

A group of Oklahoma City firefighters took it upon themselves to solve a unique problem for neighbors of the firehouse. Bri Johnson, 10, was diagnosed as a toddler with spinal muscular atrophy, caused by a deficiency of a motor neuron protein. "It's the gene that helps you walk, and since I don't have that, I can't walk," she said.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: newsok.com

Fort Wayne (IN) Fire Department, two pumpers. Monarch cabs and chassis; Cummins ISL 380-hp engines; Hale Qflo 1,250-gpm pumps; UPF Poly 750-gallon tanks.

A fire ignited in a commercial kitchen after a gas line broke at Talay Thai Restaurant in the 4500 block of 200th Street Southwest on Wednesday afternoon around 12:30 p.m. The restaurant where the fire broke out was occupied at the time. It was successfully evacuated without injuries. Lynnwood Fire crews were able to contain the fire to the stove.
- PUB DATE: 5/4/2016 5:51:51 PM - SOURCE: Lynnwood Today