PHOTO - An ambulance that was transporting a person to the hospital lost control Wednesday and smashed into an overpass on the Southern State Parkway — killing both the driver and the patient, cops said. The privately owned Hunter EMS vehicle was heading eastbound on the Long Island highway when it veered off the road and slammed into a brick wall at Eagle Avenue near Exit 18, just after 12 p.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post

Before he was fired last month, Naples Fire Chief Steve McInerny argued that several members of the City Council defamed him and denied him his legal rights, according to a Feb. 9 letter sent by his lawyer. The lawyer, Robert Bates, sent the letter to Naples City Attorney Bob Pritt indicating McInerny wanted to settle his disputes with the city five weeks before McInerny was fired on March 15.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: naples daily news

A high-ranking Chicago Fire Department official has resigned his command position after he was in a traffic accident early Wednesday with his city-issued vehicle on North Lake Shore Drive, a department spokesman said. Chicago Fire Department Deputy Commissioner John McNicholas was “operating his city vehicle outside department policy” when it crashed sometime during the early morning hours near Lake Shore Drive and North Avenue, said spokesman Larry Langford.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

A Hugo, Oklahoma firefighter, who led law enforcement on a chase that ended in a standoff and who took his own life in Savoy Monday afternoon, was said to have lived a life opposite of his final actions. “It’s not anything you expect at all with a guy of his capabilities,” Hugo Fire Chief Ron Cloud said.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: herald democrat

Some Orlando firefighters were exposed to high levels of cancer-causing asbestos, according to a report. Environmental Protection officials started investigating in February and said they found 27 pieces of equipment had high levels of asbestos contamination. They tested 93 pieces of gear, including clothing.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTV-TV ABC 9 Orlando