A man who shot two Maryland firefighters -- one of them fatally -- was released from custody without any charges, police said Saturday. "Yes, he was released from custody and as far as why charges have not been filed, call the state's attorney office," Prince George's County Police spokesman Tyler Hunter said.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: cnn

The Prince George’s County Fire Department tells WUSA 9 it’s not uncommon for them to force entry into a home in an absolute emergency as they continue to mourn one of their own, shot and killed while trying to conduct a welfare check. “We’re not going to get into the warrant aspect of it. That’s more of a procedural matter for the police.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wusa9

A veteran Memphis firefighter collapsed and died just after battling a house fire in the Westwood area of South Memphis late Saturday night. Around 11:45 p.m., Lt. Rodney Eddins and his crew were looking for hot spots inside the small home in the 4500 block of Marigold Lane when he collapsed. His fellow firefighters carried him out and began CPR on the home’s front lawn, witnesses said.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: memphis commercial appeal

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health did not recommend any further actions in its final report on the 2013 line of duty death of Wayne-Westland firefighter Brian Woehlke. Hometownlife.com reported that the 113-page report investigation the May 8, 2013 death of 29-year-old firefighter Woehlke provides a detailed account of what happened during the fatal fire, which has been ruled arson and homicide.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

Come May, Craig Utter will begin his 11th season of his dangerous, dirty job fighting wildland fires with the U.S. Forest Service. He goes to places so remote, he needs a helicopter to get there. “There” is all over the country. “Last summer I was in California for two weeks, home for two days, then to Missoula for a week, home for a week and then to Alaska for two weeks, home for three weeks then to North Carolina for a week and then Texas for a week and then back to Idaho,” said Utter, who is lives in McCall, Idaho.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The washington post - metered site