North Kitsap Fire and Rescue’s insurance carrier settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed in 2010 for an undisclosed amount in July. The plaintiff’s attorney said the amount was “well into six figures.” As part of the settlement, the lawsuit was dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning another lawsuit based on the same grounds cannot be refiled.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2015 1:50:34 AM - SOURCE: Kingston Community News

North Kitsap Fire and Rescue’s insurance carrier settled a sexual harassment lawsuit filed in 2010 for an undisclosed amount in July. The plaintiff’s attorney said the amount was “well into six figures.” As part of the settlement, the lawsuit was dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning another lawsuit based on the same grounds cannot be refiled.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2015 1:50:34 AM - SOURCE: Kingston Community News

A man is in custody Wednesday night following a hostage situation involving two South Amherst firefighters. Firefighters were called to the house in the 100 block of Hornyak Road about 6:30 p.m. for a report of a fire in a wooded area near Quarry Road. A man who lives at the house armed with a rifle came outside and took two firefighters hostage, South Amherst Fire Chief Al Schmitz said at a press conference.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com

Barry Rezac, whose exploits as a Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighter earned him the nickname “Nine Lives Rezac,” has died. Rezac, 57, died Sept. 27 at St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley of end-stage renal disease and cardiopulmonary arrest, said his wife Sandra Rezac. Rezac underwent a double-lung transplant in 2008 after developing pulmonary fibrosis which causes scarring of the lungs.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the press-enterprise

The chief of the New Florence Volunteer Fire Department is accused of threatening to kill a firefighter from a neighboring department. Keith Boring is facing charges of harassment and making terroristic threats in connection with an incident in August between Boring and an assistant chief from the Seward Volunteer Fire Company.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPXI-TV NBC 11 Pittsburgh