The Fire Department employees who racked up the most overtime last year weren’t putting out fires, according to an analysis of payroll records. The records showed that not one of the FDNY’s top 25 OT earners was a firefighter or officer. Thirteen were fire marshals, seven were marine engineers who repair fireboats, and the rest were mechanics and other blue-collar civilian workers.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post

San Francisco fire trucks are about to get spiffed up for a big birthday party, because that’s what you do when you turn a nice round number like 150. The Fire Department unveiled its new logo Tuesday, a sparkly, golden shield with images of San Francisco landmarks and a legendary phoenix surrounded by flames that any of San Francisco’s 1,500 firefighters are duty-bound to extinguish.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFgate

A former Novato firefighter who was terminated after failing a drug test is fighting back in Marin Superior Court, claiming the fire department violated his labor rights. Kirk Lewis, 36, filed for a court injunction to be reinstated while the litigation is pending, but Judge Roy Chernus denied the request last week.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Marin Independent Journal

Blackhawk Fire Protection District, Milan, IL, pumper-tanker. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; 2,500-gallon APR polypropylene tank.

A Tuesday evening fire inside a Federal Way apartment building sent four people to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. The fire broke out just after 5:30 p.m. in the 1700 block of S. 281 Place. Witnesses say they heard an explosion before the fire, but fire officials haven't given any details about how the fire started.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2016 6:43:14 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000