A large fire destroyed a home and knocked out power in a portion of Lake Stevens Sunday night. It happened in the 1900 block of Vernon Rd. Firefighters responded to a 2-alarm fire and found the home completely engulfed in flames. Firefighters were concerned the home might collapse, so they battled the flames from the outside.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2015 1:42:04 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A firefighter in south suburban Matteson died while performing CPR on a shopper at Wal-Mart. The firefighter, identified as 49-year-old Mark Zielinski, was called to the store at 21410 S. Cicero Avenue in Matteson Friday afternoon for a medical emergency. He had been with the Matteson Fire Department for 13 years, after spending many years working for the fire department in Harvey.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGN-TV 9 WB Chicago

The city says it will prosecute firefighters for not reporting to work when called to fill in for absences, as tensions between the firefighters union and city grow. Two engines and two ladders were not staffed Saturday night because too few firefighters were available, said city officials. “Firefighters who would have been eligible for callbacks tonight have refused,” according to a statement from Evan England, the spokesman for Mayor Jorge Elorza.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: providence journal

Unacceptable. That’s what a federal agency says of firefighters being positioned near the walls of a burning building that is in danger of collapsing, just to protect an adjacent building. Larry Leggio John Mesh Larry Leggio John Mesh 1 of 2 John Mesh Yet that’s exactly what happened when two Kansas City firefighters were killed more than seven weeks ago, according to interviews and analysis by The Kansas City Star.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the kansas city star

Troopers are looking for the driver who hit a Rockingham County emergency responder and kept on driving. The hit-and-run crash happened Saturday night just before 9:00 on US 29 South. Trooper Danny Burgess says Ruffin Volunteer Fire Department Chief Gary Brown was helping a driver involved in another crash when he was hit by the unknown driver.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMY-TV CBS 2 Greensboro