As of 6:15 pm Wednesday night the video of Jesse Lopez crashing into a Los Angeles County Fire Truck had scored 137,573 views. But, while others were watching his head-on motorcycle wreck in the Angeles National Forest he was watching it on his laptop. The collision happened back in April. Lopez and a friend were on his first mountain ride since he started riding a motorcycle seven months earlier.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV Oakland, San Francisco, Bay Area

While Illinois Firefighter/Paramedic Justin McWilliams knows he’s thrust into "toxic soup" when he does his job, he’s also anxious to learn how to protect himself. That’s why he and 11 other firefighters rolled up their sleeves, gave blood and wore a number of monitors while they participated in a number of scenarios at the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI).
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

The Detroit fire commissioner has fired an EMT who refused to help a baby when she was just minutes away from the home. Commissioner Edsel Jenkins said Ann Marie Thomas's employment with the Detroit Fire Department has been terminated. "Today, we conducted an appeals hearing, which Ms. Thomas requested.
- PUB DATE: 6/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: click on detroit