Since city of Dunnellon Police Chief Joanne Black abruptly resigned in late April, the goal has been to find a way to replace her. Achieving that task took multiple twists and turns. One school of thought was to replace the police department with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. Another was not to hire a police chief at all, and instead have the fire chief assume both roles as fire and police chief by becoming the public safety director.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ocala Star-Banner

Seven minutes after a deputy radioed that the wind from a growing wildfire had shifted direction, dispatchers got a second call: A burn victim needed an ambulance. Five minutes later, another caller said several firefighters were trapped. Within the span of 12 minutes, the wildfire in Washington state went from being just one of many lightning-sparked blazes burning across the Pacific Northwest to the scene of the deadliest single wildfire this year in the U.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

A city firefighter has been charged with second-degree breach of peace in connection with an incident at a fire earlier this month. According to Hartford police, Lt. Michael Patterson turned himself in Wednesday afternoon and was released on a promise to appear. He is scheduled to appear in Hartford Superior Court Sept.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: hartford courant

It’s spring break for a family when a scenic ride home from a day at Virginia Beach turns into a horrific tragedy. Along a dangerous stretch of narrow road that winds through the wetlands, a car carrying seven people veers off, overcorrects and is t-boned by a pickup truck. As the car slams into a drainage ditch, a child is ejected into the air, leaving six others trapped inside the flattened wreckage.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

Seven minutes after a deputy radioed that the wind from a growing wildfire had shifted direction, dispatchers got a second call: A burn victim needed an ambulance. Five minutes later, another caller said several firefighters were trapped. Within the span of 12 minutes, the wildfire in Washington state went from being just one of many lightning-sparked blazes burning across the Pacific Northwest to the scene of the deadliest single wildfire this year in the U.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIROtv