After nearly six months in the hospital, Pete Dern is home. The Fresno fire captain received severe burns when he fell through the roof while trying to put out a house fire. A huge crowd turned out to cheer him on as he left Community Regional Medical Center Wednesday afternoon. This day for Pete Dern started like the past 163 others, with a round of treatment and physical therapy.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFSN-TV ABC 30 Frenso/Visalia

Recently, some fire departments have found themselves under scrutiny by the media and elected officials over the issue of response times. NFPA 1710, Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Career Fire Departments, requires specific times for the response of fire and emergency services.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association

Although he was acquitted of criminal charges in the alleged assault on homeless people last year, a former Seattle firefighter will not get his job back after an arbitrator determined he instigated the attack and then lied to police about it. The ruling by labor-management arbitrator and mediator Howell L.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: seattle times

A 20-year-old Florida man has been arrested on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack using explosives at a Kansas City 9/11 memorial event this weekend. The FBI raided Joshua Ryne Goldberg’s home near Jacksonville and took him into custody. He’s accused of sending instructions on how to make a pressure cooker bomb.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV ABC 9 Kansas City

Metro-area fire departments have ordered changes to uniforms in light of recent threats against law enforcement and as a way to keep personnel safe on the job. The West Metro Fire Department is having firefighters wearing a more casual look. The blue T-shirt has the words "Fire-Rescue" in large letters on the back and is the department's class "C" uniforms.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver