A 19-year-old Mount Marion fire captain died Saturday evening while fighting a house fire in the Centerville Fire District, authorities said Sunday. At the Mount Marion Fire Department headquarters on Old Kings Highway and Glasco Turnpike Sunday morning, a sign outside paid tribute to volunteer fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kingston daily freeman

A firefighter died after collapsing during a training Saturday. Firefighter Close Calls reported that Stacy Crawford, 47, with the Emergency Services District #1, was participating in training exercises at a fire station in Powell, Texas when he collapsed. Crews tried to resuscitate Crawford, but were unsuccessful.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

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