A memorial for Jon Carlson Bugher, former Clallam County Fire District No. 2 fire chief, is scheduled for Saturday. Bugher died Jan. 6 at his home in Port Angeles at the age of 69 after a battle with cancer. He was interred last Saturday in a private ceremony at Fern Hill Cemetery in Aberdeen. A memorial will be held at 10 a.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 6:17:53 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

A 24-year-old Chatham County firefighter was killed in a traffic accident early Tuesday while responding to a call, officials said. Joshua Mequaine Woods died Tuesday, according to The North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Foundation. The single-vehicle accident occurred around 1 a.m. near the 300 block of N.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV NBC 17

VIDEO - Two young girls were killed and their mother was critically injured when flames tore through a home in Wilmington, Delaware Tuesday afternoon. The blaze erupted around 4:10 p.m. inside a home on the 400 block of North Monroe Street. Witnesses say out of nowhere the home just exploded. "I tried to get in there and all I kept thinking about was the kids," neighbor Aaron McManus said.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV 6 ABC.com

Six months after a D.C. fire lieutenant was charged with neglect of duty in a delayed response to a choking toddler who later died, FOX 5 has learned he has not been disciplined and has chosen to retire. This new development has deeply angered the baby's father. wo sources familiar with the process say Lt.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTTG-TV MyFox 5 DC

Fire stations in the city are crumbling and in “poor ?condition,” with some even lacking functional smoke ?detectors and carbon monoxide monitors, according to a city audit. The report, commissioned by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, also calls for $22 million in spending over 15 years to replace 29 firetrucks and bring the ?department’s aging fleet of pump and ladder trucks in line with national standards.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: boston herald