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Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Eastside firefighters taking part in Climb for a Cure

Starting Saturday, Feb. 6, and continuing for two more weekends, Eastside Firefighters will team up with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in their annual “Climb for a Cure” campaign. Firefighters will be raising funds, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Issaquah Fred Meyer, Feb. 13 at the Sammamish Safeway and Feb.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2016 2:09:26 AM - SOURCE: Snoqualmie Valley Record
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Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Eastside firefighters taking part in Climb for a Cure

Starting Saturday, Feb. 6, and continuing for two more weekends, Eastside Firefighters will team up with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in their annual “Climb for a Cure” campaign. Firefighters will be raising funds, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Issaquah Fred Meyer, Feb. 13 at the Sammamish Safeway and Feb.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2016 2:09:26 AM - SOURCE: Snoqualmie Valley Record
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Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Families of 4 Houston firefighters in LODD hotel fire file lawsuit over radio system

Almost three years after the deadliest day in the history of the Houston Fire Department, the families of four firefighters who battled a catastrophic hotel blaze have filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit over the department’s troubled digital radio system. As flames engulfed the Southwest Inn hotel on a hot day in May 2013, firefighters battling the five-alarm blaze also had to fight problems with their new radios.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
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Posted: Feb 11, 2016

Louisiana EMT dies after being crushed by vehicle rack holding ambulance

A 44-year-old EMT died Wednesday evening (Feb. 10) when an equipment failure at the West Jefferson Emergency Medical Services Headquarters caused an ambulance to fall on him, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said. JPSO officers were called at 5:32 p.m. and the victim was taken to West Jefferson Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com
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Posted: Feb 11, 2016

California city adopts new code of conduct in wake of fire chief’s suicide

Fillmore has been talking for a month about the suicide of Fire Chief Rigo Landeros, but it wasn't until Tuesday night's City Council meeting that people began to speak openly and publicly about the events leading up to Landeros' death. Landeros, 51, shot himself on Jan. 7, while parked in his city car on a rural stretch of Goodenough Road.
- PUB DATE: 2/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ventura County Star
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