A medical helicopter crashed in Arizona, killing two crew members, the copter's owner said. A third crew member is safe, said Christina Brodsly, spokeswoman for the company Air Methods. There were no patients aboard the aircraft, when it went down. "We are deeply saddened by the news that two of our crew members were taken from us, and our hearts go out to their family and loved ones," the company said in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: cnn

An Enid Fire Department fire captain has been terminated following an October incident involving a laser allegedly pointed at an airplane. Fire Civil Service Commission Secretary Corbin Baker read the findings of fact and conclusions of law just before a nearly 12-hour meeting concluded shortly after 9 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: enid news & eagle

A township fire district must pay upwards of $1 million in back pay, benefits and interest to two firefighters who were fired in what has been deemed retaliatory union-busting, according to their union rep. "The taxpayers in the district get stuck paying the bill for six years of legal bills and pay for something they got no services for," said James Hannon, the president of the union representing Monroe firefighters, after an Appellate Division ruled last week in the union's favor.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com

Four years after former Highwood Fire Department Deputy Chief Ronald Pieri was arrested on charges related to payroll fraud, a Lake County Circuit Court judge has found him guilty on a single count of false entry for falsifying time records. But Judge Victoria Rossetti found Pieri not guilty on two counts of official misconduct and two counts of theft of government property.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: chicago tribune

The holiday spirit is normally alive and well this time of year in Oakville, Washington. It is a town of 700 people that is not accustomed to controversy. When volunteer firefighters at Grays Harbor Fire District No.1 put a biblical message on their sign, someone complained. The fire commissioner ordered the sign to come down and their Christmas tree turned off.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kiro tv