Overwhelmed by spot fires in bone-dry pine needles and leaf litter at their feet, a Cal Fire captain and three firefighters retreated to a patch of bare earth on a Cobb Mountain ridgetop during the first hour of the voracious Valley fire on Sept. 12. But they were not safe for long in the fenced goat pen where they took refuge.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: santa rosa press democrat

A state agency has dismissed the last of several unfair labor practice complaints filed by the union representing Toledo's firefighters. All four such disputes submitted since last year by Toledo Firefighters Local 92 to the State Employment Relations Board were dismissed. The most recent denial of these complaints against the city of Toledo was issued Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: toledo blade

Hours after shaking hands with President Obama, an Arkansas firefighter stopped along a Maryland highway to help save a life. Brody Channell spotted the Montgomery County police officer stopped along I-270 treating child. Channell identified himself to the officer as an out-of-state firefighter, but no one caught his name in the midst of the roadside incident, police said in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

The consolidation of seven municipal fire and rescue departments on the North Shore 20 years ago has saved the communities millions of dollars while providing a superior level of service, the Public Policy Forum says in a new report. Those seven municipalities together would have paid a total of $2.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Amid a drought that has created bone-dry conditions across much of California’s wildland area, a state fire prevention account has ended recent fiscal years with tens of millions of dollars unspent. The money has been generated by a contentious, four-year-old fee pushed through by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative Democrats over the objections of Republicans and rural property owners.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sacramento bee