Firefighters said two South Pierce firefighters risked their lives to save a young girl with special needs from a burning home in Graham on Friday.
The girl later passed away at the hospital.
Even for firefighters, the call needed them to go above and beyond; an 11-year-old girl was trapped inside her Graham home, engulfed in flames. - PUB DATE: 7/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4
The man who sparked a fierce gun battle and a long standoff with police at a Trader Joe’s in Silver Lake surrendered early Saturday evening after his rampage left one woman dead and at least two wounded.
Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the death during a televised news conference, saying the woman was pulled out of the store by authorities and declared dead at the scene. - PUB DATE: 7/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
Jim Schanel has feared for his life during his four-decade career as a wildland firefighter.
He fought Hayman, Waldo Canyon, Black Forest, the 117.
But the day that haunts him — the day he can’t recall without tears — is June 30, 2013. That’s the day he thought a wildfire had killed his son.
Schanel was battling Colorado’s West Fork fire with a Type I incident management team, protecting structures near the headwaters of the Rio Grande River, when he got a call: “Your son is missing. - PUB DATE: 7/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette
A tourist duck boat capsized in a lake near Branson, Missouri, killing at least 17 people, including children, as severe thunderstorms struck the area Thursday night, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.
Seven others were injured when the boat plunged into Table Rock Lake, officials said.
"Our thoughts and prayers right now are with these family members," Missouri Gov. - PUB DATE: 7/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
Just when you thought the legal battle between the city and the San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association was over, another is beginning. The union has filed a lawsuit, challenging the city's enforcement of "free speech zones."
The particular location is the free speech zone at the Semmes Branch Library on Judson Road. - PUB DATE: 7/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
Former Davenport Fire Chief Lynn Washburn is a finalist to lead the Ames (Iowa) Fire Department. The announcement came less than two hours after the latest court hearing over her employment dispute with Davenport ended.
Washburn, who was fired in 2017, is one of two finalists for the fire chief position. - PUB DATE: 7/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Quad-City Times
Murray County assistant fire chief Chris Butler, a 21-year veteran of the department, has resigned after being arrested for two counts each of simple
battery and willful obstruction or hindrance of a firefighter, both misdemeanors, after a dispute at the scene of a fire earlier this month.
According to a Murray County Sheriff’s Office incident report, on July 4 around 10:40 p. - PUB DATE: 7/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Union Recorder
VIDEO - Most of Omaha's fire stations are now equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to alert them to emergencies.
It's been five months since KETV Newswatch 7 first reported on firefighters at two stations using a "pop can" alarm as a backup to the broken system. Firefighters placed pop cans on top of a printer and listened for the sound of the cans falling to the floor to alert them to an emergency. - PUB DATE: 7/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KETV-TV ABC 7 Omaha
As as assistant fire chief in Columbus, Ohio, Jim Davis battled the opioid crisis and trained firefighters to recognize public health issues when they answered calls.
When Davis starts as Fort Worth’s new fire chief in September, he plans to bring that same collaborative approach.
Davis’ unique background — he has a 20-year history as a critical care nurse and flight nurse — helped him become Fort Worth’s 13th fire chief. - PUB DATE: 7/19/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Kyleigh Lough, 12, held a large fire hose and opened the nozzle, shooting a powerful jet of water 20 feet into a green traffic cone and knocking it over.
“It looks really fun, I think,” Kyleigh said when asked if she might like to be a firefighter one day. “They don’t just fight fires — they help people. - PUB DATE: 7/19/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Winter Haven News Chief
A fast-moving wildfire has grown to more than 50,000 acres in Wasco and Sherman counties, burning through structures and forcing people to evacuate their homes.
Deputies said they found a person dead Wednesday afternoon near a tractor that had been burned by the flames.
The Substation Fire broke out on Tuesday near The Dalles. - PUB DATE: 7/19/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland
Firefighter fatalities are occurring at the same rate today that they were 20 years ago. Although the number of fatalities has dropped, it is simply because there are fewer fires. The following graph shows fireground fatalities per 100,000 fires over the last 20 years. Despite all the efforts that have been made to reduce firefighter fatalities and injuries over the last two decades—such as changes in command and control procedures, improvements in personal protective equipment, and deployment of rapid intervention teams—these measures have made little impact, as shown by the black trend line in the graph. - PUB DATE: 7/19/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
The woman charged with arson, murder, assault and causing a catastrophe in a blaze that killed two Kansas City firefighters admitted her guilt to a fellow detainee soon after being arrested, according to testimony given Wednesday.
Thu Hong Nguyen told Misty Levron that she set a fire that killed people by using liquid in her nail salon, Levron testified Wednesday at Nguyen’s trial. - PUB DATE: 7/19/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kansas City Star
Many residents of Sullivan County are in mourning following the unexpected death of a long-time community leader.
Clay Shidler, chief of the Hymera-Jackson Township Fire Department, died Monday at Terre Haute Regional Hospital after crashing his vehicle in northeastern Sullivan County.
Shidler, 60, of Hymera, was a 31-year member of the fire department and volunteered for many community organizations. - PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Terre Haute Tribune-Star
Selectmen said a 49 percent raise for Fire Chief Fred Mitchell Jr. is justified because the town "got a great deal" and "a bargain" when it hired him three years ago.
Mitchell, 51, a Rhode Island native, was hired in October 2015 at $63,359 with a contract that boosted his pay annually at 3 percent per year. - PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newburyport Daily News
The County Commission approved a proposed settlement agreement Tuesday in a two-year discrimination, then retaliation, lawsuit filed by a Marion County Fire Rescue employee against the county.
Marion County Fire Rescue Division Chief Shari Hall filed suit against the county in May 2016, claiming the county discriminated against her based on her gender when she was passed over in 2015 for the fire chief position, which was given to now-retired Paul Nevels. - PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ocala Star-Banner
Two Austin firefighters received four-hour suspensions after damaging department equipment during incidents in May and June.
The first happened on May 16 when fire specialist Chad Benestante closed a bay door on a fire engine while leaving a station to respond to a call, suspension paperwork said.
The second happened on June 10 when firefighter Dustin Mills was working with an aerial ladder. - PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Austin American-Statesman
Braden Varney was coming home, but not in the way anyone expected.
His body was going to be carried through his hometown in the back of a white SUV. Its destination: the Stanislaus County Coroner’s Office.
The Varney family has lived in Mariposa for decades, longer than anyone could remember, although no one could say exactly how long. - PUB DATE: 7/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com
Emotional testimony capped the first day Monday in the arson and murder trial of a woman accused of setting the fire that killed Kansas City firefighters John Mesh and Larry Leggio.
Capt. Steve Davis remembers instructing firefighter Leggio to pull a fan out of a window facing the alley so they could throw more water at the fire within. - PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kansas City Star
Crews on Monday extracted the body of a firefighter from a steep ravine that his bulldozer had rolled into days ago as he fought a wildfire west of Yosemite.
The body of 36-year-old Braden Varney, a 10-year-veteran with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, remained in a mesh of mangled metal for three days in a site near El Portal that was too remote for bulldozers and too precarious to allow an immediate extraction. - PUB DATE: 7/17/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com
