On June 26, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Since the 2008 financial crisis, private equity firms have increasingly taken over public services like emergency care and firefighting, often with dire effects. A Tennessee woman slipped into a coma and died after an ambulance company took so long to assemble a crew that one worker had time for a cigarette break.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york times

Wildfires continued to burn in California Sunday, scorching nearly 60,000 acres and claiming two lives as 4,500 firefighters battled the six blazes, which stretched from the Klammath National Forest in Northern California to the Mexican border in San Diego County, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, The Los Angeles Times reported.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fox news

It’s a rumor that started within a week of Congress passing the legislation that created FirstNet, and it’s one that just won’t die, particularly during in the heated political environment that exists during the months leading up to a presidential election. There are multiple versions with different wrinkles offered, but the basic premise is fairly straightforward: Republicans will want to kill FirstNet quickly, if the party gains control of the presidency and Congress in November.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: urgent communications

PHOTO - An FDNY truck responding to a fire collided with a MTA bus in Queens Sunday afternoon, leaving 14 people hurt, including 2 firefighters and bus passengers. The accident happened at the intersection of Ditmars Blvd and 21st Street in Astoria. The MTA bus ended up on the sidewalk, just feet from going into a storefront, and narrowly missing people eating at an outdoor café on the corner.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com

The debate about how much overtime city firefighters receive will continue, even though the City Council voted to approve a new contract for the fire union. City Councilor Brad Lown, who cast the lone vote against the new contract, said this week he did so because of what he believes is excessive overtime paid to city firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 6/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: seacoast online

On June 25, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On June 24, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On June 22, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Firefighters in central California are still struggling to contain a fire that officials have called a "firefight of epic proportions." The Erskin fire, which began Thursday afternoon, continues to spread across the Lake Isabella area of Kern County and has covered over 19,000 acres. As of this morning about 100 structures were lost and 1,500 more were threatened.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc news

Firefighters in central California are still struggling to contain a fire that officials have called a "firefight of epic proportions." The fire, which began Thursday just before 4 p.m. local time, continues to spread across Kern County and has destroyed 80 homes, Tyler Townsend of Erskine Creek Fire said this morning.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc news

Just a week before a deployment plan goes into effect, the eight soon-to-be demoted captains have been told what their roles will be with the city’s fire department. Daniel Daugherty, president of the Watertown Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 191, confirmed that the captains will be renamed as “unit leaders” but will basically handle the same responsibilities they do now while on calls.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: watertown daily times

Another former Providence fire chief is returning to his old department. Michael J. Dillon, who served in the fire department for 39 years before retiring as acting chief in 2013, is being hired to oversee day-to-day operations following the retirement of asst. Chief Scott Mello. Dillon’s official title will be operations chief and he’ll be paid on a per diem basis, according to Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12

When Brian Cresto and his fellow firefighters fly toward a wildfire at just a few hundred feet off the ground, he's scouting for the best spot for them to land when they parachute down. Lately, he's also been keeping an eye out for hobby drones that could take out their twin-engine propeller craft before it climbs to 1,500 feet, where the eight smokejumpers exit.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc news

After months of waiting, a Ralston firefighter passed a major hurdle this week. He's one step closer to getting a double lung transplant. Ralston Firefighter Mike Bramhall was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 4 months old; the reality that one day his lungs wouldn't be able to keep up with the disease is something he's always known would happen.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbc nebraska

On June 22, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On June 22, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On June 19, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

When Lt. Davis Odell Jr. walked out of Fire Station No. 5 to observe the scene of an emergency call at the Pulse nightclub just two doors down, he knew this emergency was different than the countless others he'd seen in his 35-year career. "I could see people just running like crazy and screaming across the street," Odell said.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: orlando sentinel

A Salt Lake City Fire captain has filed a notice of claim at City Hall alleging fraud, state fire code violations, cover-ups and retaliation by top brass in the department. Martha Ellis, a 21-year veteran and former battalion chief and fire marshal, says in her June 6 notice she was demoted recently after raising concerns, including allegations aimed at members of the department's executive team engaging in personal activities on city time, payroll fraud, a lack of smoke detectors at Fire Station 2 that caught fire and installation of bicycle lanes on 300 South that yielded a roadway narrower than required by the state and city fire code.
- PUB DATE: 6/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: salt lake tribune