At least one person was killed when a car smashed into a power pole overnight and then caught fire when live power lines fell around it. Neighbors said the crash happened about 1 a.m. Friday when the car came speeding down Renton Avenue South near South 116th Place in Seattle’s Rainier Valley. It crashed into a utility pole, flipping several times before catching fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kiro-tv

A Fairfax County firefighter recently made comments encouraging violence against police officers. Friendly and competitive rivalries are known to exist between police and fire departments. But what a Fairfax County firefighter recently posted on social media has the county fire department concerned and investigating.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV 9 DC

After months of public battles, the city reached a deal with the firefighters union Thursday on the partial restoration of disability benefits — while also agreeing on a tentative seven-year employment contract. The pension deal would restore firefighters hired after 2009 to a 75 percent retirement benefit if injured — up from 50 percent of final salary — but would require they contribute an additional 3 percent of their pay to help fund it.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post

Mayor Mitch Landrieu and the New Orleans City Council have until Aug. 21 to begin paying firefighters a judgment worth a potential $142 million, or they will be held in contempt, a Civil District Court judge told officials Thursday (Aug. 6). The council is scheduled to meet the day before the deadline, Judge Kern Reese said.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Orleans Times-Picayune

The Three Rivers Fire Chief Scott Turner has filed an Open Meeting Law complaint against the committee that supervises him. According to the Turner complaint, the board met on June 10 in executive session to discuss problems they had with him – without informing him, nor inviting the chief to attend that closed door meeting.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican