Last Tuesday, 10 emergency vehicles, lights flashing, and more than 30 people came out to honor San Juan Island Fire Chief Steve Marler upon his final return to the island he so loved. He was met on the taxi way by fellow firefighters, both volunteer and retired, ancillary personnel, EMS staff, Paramedics, Sheriff Ron Krebs and members of the San Juan County Police Department, airport personnel, friends and neighbors.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2016 1:42:36 AM - SOURCE: San Juan Islands' Sounder

Last Tuesday, 10 emergency vehicles, lights flashing, and more than 30 people came out to honor San Juan Island Fire Chief Steve Marler upon his final return to the island he so loved. He was met on the taxi way by fellow firefighters, both volunteer and retired, ancillary personnel, EMS staff, Paramedics, Sheriff Ron Krebs and members of the San Juan County Police Department, airport personnel, friends and neighbors.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2016 1:42:36 AM - SOURCE: San Juan Islands' Sounder

Austin Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr on Tuesday testified in front of a U.S. Senate committee about the changing nature of terrorism and how first responders’ must now be prepared for a variety of attacks. Kerr, the president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, spoke before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs about how firefighters prepare themselves for large attacks since 9/11.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: austin statesman

VIDEO - An overnight crash of an SUV into a JEA truck filled with propane on Arlington Expressway killed a Jacksonville firefighter, sources told News4Jax. The crash occurred around 11 p.m. Tuesday night just west of the Cesery Boulevard overpass. All westbound lanes of Arlington Expressway are closed for hours while state troopers investigated.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJXT-TV CBS 4 Jacksonville

Nearly 100 first responders and other protesters showed up at Monday’s Beaufort County Commissioners meeting after a commissioner called firemen who provide on-scene medical services “bubbas.” The controversial comments were made by Beaufort County Commissioner Hood Richardson during January’s meeting.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV NBC 17