A high-ranking Cal Fire Academy official fired during a drinking-and-sex scandal that roiled the department has lost his appeal to return to work. Lawyers representing former Assistant Chief Mike Ramirez says he is now prepared seek a rehearing by the State Personnel Board or take the case to civil court.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sacramento bee

Some Kansas City blazes that claimed the lives of firefighters over the past half-decade have led to safety innovations that became commonplace nationally. Two Kansas City firefighters were killed last Monday when the wall of a burning, multi-story brick building collapsed onto them and two others. A rapid intervention team, or RIT team, rushed in and pulled the four men from beneath the rubble.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCTV-TV CBS 5 Kansas City

A Thurston County widow says her husband's tragic and fiery death in his electric wheelchair last year could have been prevented. Last week Kathy Turner filed a lawsuit blaming the wheelchair's manufacturer, its servicer, and the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) for the events leading up to her husband's death in April 2014.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: king 5

A Thurston County widow says her husband's tragic and fiery death in his electric wheelchair last year could have been prevented. Last week Kathy Turner filed a lawsuit blaming the wheelchair's manufacturer, its servicer, and the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) for the events leading up to her husband's death in April 2014.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: king 5

A Thurston County widow says her husband's tragic and fiery death in his electric wheelchair last year could have been prevented. Last week Kathy Turner filed a lawsuit blaming the wheelchair's manufacturer, its servicer, and the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) for the events leading up to her husband's death in April 2014.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: king 5