A radio recording released Friday indicates that six minutes elapsed between the time emergency tones were sounded to announce the creation of a collapse zone at a fire Oct. 12 and when a wall collapsed, killing two Kansas City firefighters. The timing is significant because safety experts say all fire personnel should be instructed to exit a collapse zone immediately after one has been established around an empty building.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the kansas city star

A diabetic Indiana woman who lost her job as a fire department paramedic has settled a federal discrimination lawsuit with the township for $725,000, marking what is likely the largest amount awarded in the state under the Americans with Disabilities Act for someone with diabetes. Kristine Rednour, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 12, brought legal action against the Wayne Township Fire Department after she was fired in 2011 because of "medical events" caused by her illness, according to her complaint filed in the U.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Indianapolis Star

Reputed Cicero street crew member Paul Carparelli wants a federal judge to give him a break when he is sentenced Monday for extorting money from debtors because he once served as a suburban firefighter. Federal prosecutors, though, say Carparelli isn’t exactly firefighter-of-the-year material, according to a transcript of a secretly recorded conversation.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: chicago sun-times

Two adults and a small child are dead after a house fire about two miles west of Wapato early this morning. Joe Boehme, Jr. and Viola Stahi, both believed to be in their mid-20s, died at the scene. A two-year-old child, Madison Stahi Boehme, was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to a local hospital, according to information supplied by Yakima Fire District No.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: yakima herald

Two adults and a small child are dead after a house fire about two miles west of Wapato early this morning. Joe Boehme, Jr. and Viola Stahi, both believed to be in their mid-20s, died at the scene. A two-year-old child, Madison Stahi Boehme, was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to a local hospital, according to information supplied by Yakima Fire District No.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: yakima herald