A Melbourne firefighter named as firefighter of the quarter late last year faces dismissal after what administrators describe as a ‘serious lack of judgement and self-control,’ in several incidents, from accidentally hitting a nursing home patient with an oxygen tank to taking a fire engine to his girlfriend’s barbecue dinner.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: florida today

Albion (RI) Fire Department, 100-foot rear-mount aerial quint. Cyclone II HM cab and chassis; Cummins ISX 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump.

Four times, Constatin Deaconu has been caught setting homes on fire. Twice, the Bellevue man has been sent to a state mental hospital after being acquitted due to insanity. As it turns out, Deaconu lights fires when he's not well. Any guesses as to what Deaconu, 53, is accused of now? For the third time since 1996, Deaconu has been charged with arson after a blaze at his family's Bellevue home.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2016 8:35:48 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Four times, Constatin Deaconu has been caught setting homes on fire. Twice, the Bellevue man has been sent to a state mental hospital after being acquitted due to insanity. As it turns out, Deaconu lights fires when he's not well. Any guesses as to what Deaconu, 53, is accused of now? For the third time since 1996, Deaconu has been charged with arson after a blaze at his family's Bellevue home.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2016 8:35:48 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Flames erupted Wednesday afternoon inside an occupied home in Vancouver’s Rose Village neighborhood. No one was injured. Fire crews from the Vancouver Fire Department responded about 3:50 p.m. to reports of a house fire at 3415 V St. One of the occupants, Terrence Vetter, who is renting the space with his wife, noticed smoke inside the home and called 911, according to Vancouver fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2016 4:35:48 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian