The Seattle Fire Department is investigating after crews responded to the third suspicious fire in 24 hours in West Seattle. Firefighters responded to the most recent fire, at 35th Avenue SW and SW Holly Street, at about 3:15 a.m. Monday after receiving a report of flames coming from the first floor of a building there.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2015 9:47:15 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A collapse during a fire at a west Austin condominium complex sent three firefighters to the hospital with burns Sunday morning. While fighting the fire, the second floor gave way and burning debris trapped Lt. Jeremy Burke, Firefighter Wille Cook, and Firefighter Jimmy Casares, according to the Austin Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAN-TV NBC 36 Austin

City officials ordered flags flown at half staff to honor former fire Chief John B. Stewart Jr., a 40-year veteran of the Hartford fire department, who died Sunday morning. Stewart was the first African American fire chief in New England when he took over the department in 1980. He remained chief for 12 years before getting into politics, and eventually became majority leader of the city council.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: hartford courant

The International Association of Fire Fighters is a small union of just under 300,000 members with political influence far beyond its size. The obvious reason for this is the respect many Americans have for firefighters, who consistently rank as some of the country’s most admired professionals. The less obvious reason is Harold A.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the new york times

The state association that handles workers’ compensation claims for cities is appealing a decision last month to award benefits to a cancer-stricken Bedford firefighter. Lt. Keith Long, who has stage 4 colon cancer, has fought the city and the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool for lost wages for two years, saying his illness was caused by on-the-job exposure to carcinogens.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: star-telegram