A college student gets very drunk at a party and posts a video to Vine. A young woman tweets a racial joke. A young man makes explicit claims of sexual conquests on Facebook. Should a fire department take these things into account when conducting a hiring process? Employers in all professions increasingly look at applicants' social media and web presence as part of the hiring process.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

Jarring video showing a man stabbing two San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD) firefighters was shown in a courtroom Friday during a preliminary hearing for the accused attacker. The short, 10-second clip – captured on a body camera worn by a security guard for the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) – shows the chaotic moments when suspect Ryan Allen Jones, 34, lunged at firefighters Benjamin Vernon, 37, and his partner, Alex Wallbrett, 32, on June 24 in East Village in downtown San Diego.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC San Diego

Several Columbus firefighters are under investigation for damage to city property, and a supervisor has been reassigned after an unauthorized, alcohol-fueled party at a Downtown fire station. Fire Chief Kevin O’Connor ordered the investigation this week after city workers discovered empty alcohol containers and damage at Station 2, 150 E.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: columbus dispatch

A city paramedic had died after being hospitalized just a few days earlier, according to the Chief of the Bladensburg Volunteer Fire Department. Chief Randy Kuenzli says Firefighter Nick Hemingway was hospitalized after going into cardiac arrest late Tuesday afternoon while on duty as a paramedic with the Baltimore City Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore

A Red Robin Restaurant in Bothell caught fire Sunday during the dinner rush. The two-alarm fire started inside the location on the Bothell-Everett Highway near I-405. Witnesses said flames and smoke were shooting from the roof before firefighters arrived. An employee said itall started in the kitchen.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2015 10:47:10 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13