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

Tom Kolenda said his family struggled for two decades to move forward since the tragedy that became known as the “Bricelyn Street Fire.” His nephew was one of three Pittsburgh firefighters who died in the East Hills house, set ablaze by the homeowner's son so they could collect the insurance money, a jury decided.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Morehead City (NC) Fire Department, tanker-pumper. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 350-hp engine; Darley LSP 1,000-gpm PTO pump.