On May 25, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

In what labor union lawyers said was an unprecedented move, the Central Fire board Thursday voted to cut firefighters’ base pay 7 percent starting in July and require firefighters to pay back 7 percent of their base salary for the past 12 months. The decision came with a caveat: If Central Fire and its labor union negotiate a new contract by mid-July, there will be no pay cut or retroactive pay cut.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: santa cruz sentinel

An American flag on the back of a fire truck and decals on the truck windows is leading to a new dispute at the Central Coventry Fire District. The firefighters union said they're being asked to take them off. "The members are very upset," Firefighters Union President David Gorman told NBC 10 News. "I have a couple members, armed service retired, retired from the guard.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAR-TV NBC 10 Providence

A former fire investigator who worked for the Fairfax County Fire Department for 20 years has filed a lawsuit against 17 of her ex-colleagues, accusing them of bullying, sexual harassment and conspiring to get her to quit. Patricia Tomasello said the harassment and discrimination started when she joined the department in 1996.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbc washington

Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a bill expanding the definition of a hate crime in order to increase protections for first responders. Louisiana is the first state with so-called "Blue Lives Matter" legislation on the books. "Coming from a family of law enforcement officers, I have great respect for the work that they do and the risks they take to ensure our safety," said Gov.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVUE-TV Fox 8

VIDEO - An American flag is flying once again in the yard of a 91-year-old World War II veteran in Nashua. Richard Chasse's flag and flag pole were stolen weeks ago, but members of the Nashua Fire Department thought he should have a new one, especially with Memorial Day coming. The World War II veteran said his flag and flag pole were stolen about six weeks ago.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester

She's in charge of five fire stations in the north end of Miami and also oversees the Miami Fire-Rescue's dive team and technical rescue team. But Melissa Llera is even more than that at Miami Fire-Rescue, she's the department's first female chief fire officer. "I spent time as a fire fighter and as a lieutenant and as a captain before getting to the rank of chief," Chief Fire Officer Llera said.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbc miami

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

On May 19, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

VIDEO - It’s a warm afternoon in late May. The skies are partly cloudy over Portland Fire & Rescue’s Northeast Portland training center, but closer to the ground new recruits are feeling 100 percent humidity. “Grab hold of it!” Yells one firefighter-in-training as he pounces atop a flailing fire hose.
- PUB DATE: 5/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV Northwest News Channel 8

As firefighters braved the smoke and flames from the ground and rooftops, a small object soared above their heads Wednesday morning, trying to assist their efforts as a five-alarm fire ripped through a Santa Clara, California, strip mall. The drone was sent up by the Santa Clara Fire Department volunteers to try to pinpoint how to best fight the blaze, which affected about a dozen small shops and restaurants in the Koreatown mall.
- PUB DATE: 5/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbc washington

The former bookkeeper for the Pinckneyville Rural Fire Protection District has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for defrauding the district of over $444,000, the U.S. Attorney's office said. Tammy L. Kellerman, 53, of Pinckneyville, used district checks to pay her credit card bills and other expenses from 2004-2013, prosecutors said, covering up the theft by making false entries.
- PUB DATE: 5/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: st. louis post-dispatch

The National Interagency Fire Center has mobilized over 200 firefighters to help fight a massive wildfire burning in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Five of the crews flew out of Boise this morning and another five flew out of Missoula, Montana. NIFC spokesperson Jessica Gardetto says Canadian crews have helped fight U.
- PUB DATE: 5/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVB-TV NBC 7

Capt. Paul Phillips has been long gone, but Lt. Jason Brod can still hear his voice whenever he visits the training grounds next to Bonita Springs Fire Station 4. "Every time I've been out here since he left us — come out here to train, come out here to do stuff — I hear that voice echoing off these walls," said Brod, standing in front of the station's redbrick training tower, surrounded by Phillips' friends, family and former colleagues.
- PUB DATE: 5/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: naples daily news

On May 25, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On May 20, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On May 22, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On May 20, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Seven months after two firefighters died fighting a fire on Independence Boulevard, the Kansas City Fire Department produced a report on the deaths and a set of recommendations to improve firefighter safety. Kansas City firefighters John Mesh and Larry Leggio died when a brick wall collapsed and fell on them during the Oct.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kansas city star

When a big fire occurs in Garner, the Raleigh Fire Department sends three firefighters to help. That move was part of a verbal agreement created between both fire departments’ former chiefs years ago, that the current Raleigh fire chief says he will put an end to. It’s move that could cost Garner taxpayers either $500,000, or a lower level of service.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the news & observer