A mishap Wednesday morning at an accident scene that sent St. Mary’s Sheriff Tim Cameron to a hospital with a leg injury prompted a review by a prosecutor, one that the sheriff’s office reports led to citations issued against a Leonardtown firefighter. Cameron was treated at MedStar St. Mary’s Hospital in Leonardtown and released after the 7:36 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Southern Maryland Newspapers

State fire officials presented the city with $20,000 Wednesday to cover the fire department's costs in extinguishing a 2013 fire in a hi-rise building that had unresolved fire code violations, which hampered firefighting efforts. Trenton Fire Department Director Qareeb Bashir accepted the check from Louis Kilmer, chief of the Bureau of Fire Code Enforcement in the state's Division of Fire Safety, at Trenton fire headquarters.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Trenton Times

School districts in Omaha will have to pay for ambulances at high school football games next year because of a policy change by the Omaha Fire Department. On Jan. 1, the department will end its free standby ambulance service at varsity games and other events, Fire Chief Bernie Kanger said Tuesday. The chief said he’s looking for ways to make his department more efficient and has to put 911 calls ahead of the standby service.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: omaha world-herald

Two people were killed and dozens were injured when a "Ride the Ducks" vehicle plowed into the side of a BellAir tour bus Wednesday on the Aurora Bridge, officials said. Nine of the injured were reported to be in critical condition. All lanes of the bridge were closed by the crash and are expected to remain closed for hours.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: komo news