A retired Middletown firefighter and U.S. Marine battled to the end, his mother said. “He was a fighter,” said Ginger Bruggeman. “He was a Marine and he never gave up. He’d be at death’s door one day and one hour later, he’d be telling jokes.” Her son, Scott D. Bruggeman, 45, of Middletown, died Monday after battling heart disease for almost two years.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hamilton journal-news

Detroit Fire Department has been, and continues to go through challenging times as the Motown city recovers from bankruptcy and an unprecedented de-population of what was once the fourth largest city in the nation. Until November, Craig Dougherty, a 38-year veteran of the department, served as the second deputy fire commissioner in charge of operations and apparatus.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

Former Olmsted Township Fire Chief John Rice has accused Fire Chief Patrick Kelly of conduct violations, and a group of residents is collecting signatures asking the township board of trustees to investigate Kelly. Kelly, the former Cleveland fire chief who took over the small department in September, placed Rice, now assistant chief, on paid administrative leave this month.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com

Crews are on the scene after a garbage company reported that two people were injured inside a trash compacter at 13300 NE Highway 99 in Hazel Dell, Washington at around 6:05 a.m. Friday. According to the Fire Chief from Fire District 6, a male and female were sleeping inside a dumpster. When the garbage company picked up the dumpster to dump it into the compactor, employees heard the two people shouting as the compactor began compacting.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kptv

Crews are on the scene after a garbage company reported that two people were injured inside a trash compacter at 13300 NE Highway 99 in Hazel Dell, Washington at around 6:05 a.m. Friday. According to the Fire Chief from Fire District 6, a male and female were sleeping inside a dumpster. When the garbage company picked up the dumpster to dump it into the compactor, employees heard the two people shouting as the compactor began compacting.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kptv