A write-in candidate for governor is facing heat from firefighters after posting a video on Facebook ranting about the misuse of emergency vehicles in a fire chief’s funeral procession. Longtime Colo (Iowa) Volunteer Fire Chief Mark Farren, 58, died Sunday after a three-year battle with cancer. About 700 people from across Iowa gathered to celebrate Chief Farren's life, according to Ames Tribune.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

VIDEO: A Milwaukee firefighter hit by a bullet while responding to a medical call told his story first to WISN 12 News on Tuesday. He's not letting this incident keep him from the job he loves. Frederick Coleman has been with the Milwaukee Fire Department for more than a decade and said it's a job he never wants to give up.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

Middletown fire Capt. Greg Justice, a 25-year veteran of the department, is under investigation by police for allegedly defrauding the city of nearly $3,000 in sick leave pay, according to court documents obtained exclusively by the Journal-News. Justice, who has been on paid administrative leave since June 30, is accused of forging his doctor’s signature on medical records to extend his time on sick leave, according to an affidavit for a search warrant for the fire captain’s residence on Greenleaf Village Drive in Springboro.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hamilton Journal-News

Seeking four roommates for free housing. Must have firefighting skills and be willing to live and work in rural setting. Affection for the sound of sirens is a plus. It's no Craigslist ad, but the Forest Grove Rural Fire District's latest call for volunteers may inspire some interest. The fire district is offering free rent in a manufactured home next door to its Gales Creek station in hopes of assembling a more reliably staffed volunteer firefighter pool.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: portland oregonian

The federal government has awarded Paterson $7.5 million to pay for 49 firefighters’ salaries over the next two years, officials announced on Wednesday. The city had expected to face a $2.5 million shortfall in the 2016 budget because a previous federal grant for firefighters’ salaries had expired in April.
- PUB DATE: 7/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bergen County Record & Herald News)