A 92-year-old woman died in a Lakewood house fire that started about midnight Sunday. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s office identified the victim as Annalise Farvour. Two adults lived in the house in the 6000 block of 122nd Street Southwest, but only one was home at the time, West Pierce Fire & Rescue said.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 7:15:01 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

VIDEO: surveillance captures the accident. A Philly ladder truck crashes on the way to a call. @NBCPhiladelphia pic.twitter.com/9QJHE3rZP9

— Randy Gyllenhaal (@RandyGyllenhaal) November 29, 2015

 

On November 29, Philadelphia (PA) Fire Department Ladder 13 was en route to an incident when it was involved in an accident that injured the fire truck's five firefighters.

According to philly.com, the fire apparatus, a tractor-drawn aerial, struck several parked cars before coming to a stop. All five firefighters suffered minor injuries. Fire officials said the crash is under investigation.

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VIDEO - A crash involving a fire truck in West Philadelphia left several firefighters injured Sunday morning. Fire officials said the crash, in which a vehicle partially rolled over, happened about 10 a.m. at 55th Street and Baltimore Avenue. Authorities confirmed that Philadelphia Fire Department Ladder 13 was involved in the crash.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbc philadelphia

For more than an hour in August 2014, Shannon Browne sat with investigators at CHP’s Valley Division office in Sacramento, at first hesitant, then growing more confident as she laid out her concerns. Instructors were manipulating scores on tests at Cal Fire’s firefighting academy in Ione, she told the officers.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sacramento bee

A federal judge has ruled a former Orono fire chief’s lawsuit against the town may go forward on the age discrimination and retaliation counts. U.S. Magistrate Judge John Nivison on Wednesday dismissed Norman “Buddy” Webb’s allegation that he was discriminated against based on a disability. Webb, 65, of Orono, is seeking compensatory damages, including back pay and pay he would have received had he not been fired, and attorney’s fees.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: bangor daily news