Nearly four dozen current and former Southern Marin firefighters have filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming they were shorted of full overtime compensation. The firefighters allege the Southern Marin Fire Protection District violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by understating the regular pay rate upon which overtime is calculated.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Marin Independent Journal

U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Richard Hanna (R-NY) today introduced a bill that would create a national cancer registry for firefighters diagnosed with the deadly disease. Firefighters are exposed to a range of harmful toxins and research has indicated that there is a strong connection between firefighting and an increased risk for several major cancers such as testicular, stomach, multiple myeloma and brain cancers.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: bergen dispatch

A Ponca City firefighter is recovering after he was accidentally run over by a fire truck. Lieutenant Lyle Crandall was headed to pick up a brush pumper at the fire station when he was hit by the fire engine. He was immediately treated at the scene and was taken by medi flight to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWTV-TV Oklahoma City

Medics stabbed in San Diego and Detroit; firefighters held hostage in Georgia; firefighters shot at in Florida, shot and killed in Arkansas. Every week there is another story in the news about a first responder who is attacked, assaulted and even killed while performing their duties. This escalating spiral of violence is the new reality for fire and EMS.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

It's not often you see firefighters from Corvallis and Longview walking around in downtown Vancouver, but these guys needed a tall building and the 16-floor Smith Tower was the perfect fit. But before they got down to business, Longview Fire Battalion Chief Troy Buzalsky presented Corvallis fire intern Justin Lewis with a special gift.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbc 16