"Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!," shouted a firefighter last week on call in Roanoke County. It's a call you never want to hear. "Active mayday on the fire ground, a firefighter fallen through the floor," said another firefighter. But it happened to one Roanoke County firefighter last week. "I fell through the second floor, through the first floor, and ended up hanging upside down from the basement ceiling," said Firefighter and Paramedic Robert Mauck.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBDJ7 Roanoke News

Four children were killed when a Pensacola home caught fire early Thursday morning. The victims were two boys, 11 and 5, and two girls, 3 and 11 months. The mother of the children and her 14-year-old daughter were able to escape without injuries. The blaze was reported around 5:30 a.m. at a little wooden house on the corner of Baylen and Scott streets.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: pensacola news journal

A deal to put the woman suspected of starting the fire that severely injured Fresno Fire Capt. Pete Dern behind bars for seven years was derailed in Fresno County Superior Court on Wednesday, and the case now appears to be headed for trial. Judge Don Penner rejected the seven-year prison term previously agreed to by both the Fresno County District Attorney's Office and counsel for Julia Harper, 52.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fresno bee

PHOTO - More than a dozen Columbus firefighters could face punishment for a farewell party at a closed fire station this past summer. Photos obtained by 10TV show what investigators call deliberate damage to the old Station 2 building. Firefighters say the pictures don't tell the whole story. The photos were taken inside Station 2 days after the now notorious ‘kegs and eggs’ party.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBNS-TV Columbus 10

The 2016 Official White House Christmas Ornament was unveiled last week featuring an antique fire truck to commemorate a fire that damaged the West Wing on Christmas Eve 1929. President Hoover, the 31st President of the United States, was hosting a Christmas party for his staff and their children in the Entrance Hall of the East Wing when the fire was reported.
- PUB DATE: 2/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse