PHOTO - A man was killed and a Lexington firefighter was trapped temporarily in the driver’s seat of a fire engine after a traffic accident Monday afternoon on Man o’ War Boulevard near Nichols Park Drive. Cody A. Emery, 23, was taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center after the crash, where he died of his injuries at at 5:26 p.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: lexington herald-leader

Throughout Metro’s 40-year history, the National Transportation Safety Board has repeatedly raised questions about the agency’s safety culture that have not been adequately addressed, its three-jurisdiction governance model has proven “uniquely dysfunctional” and the federal agency that sought safety oversight of the transit agency has made recommendations that are “non-enforceable.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the washington post - metered site

Da’nay McBride strolled down Seaview Avenue recently, past the site of the September 2014 fire that destroyed a warehouse and threatened surrounding homes like hers. Federal contractors are still busy hauling away the remnants of metal drums of chemicals that tenant Rowayton Trading company had stored there.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: connecticut post

Facing yet another sloppy recall effort, East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton summed up the faded prospects of his city in a brief conversation Friday afternoon: "Voters can throw the bums out if they want and bring in new bums, but that won't change anything. This city currently doesn't have the fiscal means to safely survive," he said.
- PUB DATE: 5/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com

On May 2, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On May 1, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

A Pineville firefighter was killed battling a fire Saturday night at a golf store in a strip mall on Pineville-Matthews Road. Richard Sheltra, 20, worked with the Pineville Volunteer Fire Department for three years. He was named Rookie of the Year in January, though no longer new to the department, and was also recognized for being the member of the department who received the most hours of training last year.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: charlotte observer

Fairfax Fire and Rescue Chief Richard Bowers is calling on the website “Fairfax Underground” to remove its “lewd and horrible” comments about fallen firefighter Nicole Mittendorff. The chief also promised a “very aggressive” internal investigation to determine whether anyone in his department is to blame.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Inside NoVA

A group representing firefighters and municipalities hopes to revive a law that protects first responders from getting sued by people they try to help. The so-called "public duty rule" dates to the 1800s and provides firefighters and paramedics broad immunity from lawsuits stemming from their on-the-job actions.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: chicago tribune

During a five-year period, close to one-quarter of the wildland fires that were reported in the U.S. were deemed arson. The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) announced that the theme for Arson Awareness Week, May 1-7, is "Prevent Wildfire Arson — Spread the Facts Not the Fire." "Not all wildland is comprised of forests.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

VIDEO - A resident in Eagle County caught a peculiar house guest rummaging through his refrigerator early Saturday. According to a Facebook post from the Eagle River Fire Protection District, crews were dispatched on a service call about 4:45 a.m. Saturday for a report of a bear in the living room of a second-floor apartment.
- PUB DATE: 5/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: denver post

On May 1, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On April 30, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

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

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

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

On April 29, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Richard Smith lost his left leg to diabetes a year ago and is starting to feel loss of sensation in his other leg. At age 72, the retired maintenance worker kept ending up on the floor in his apartment. The 6-foot-1-inch, 230-pound man was too big to lift for his wife, who stands at 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds.
- PUB DATE: 4/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: arizona daily star

PHOTO - We call police when we need help. As it turns out, police needed to call the Kansas City Fire Department when they ended up stranded in a tight spot! Gregg Favre from the St. Louis Fire Department tweeted out a picture of the rescue. An elevator malfunctioned inside the police academy near 435 and Pleasant Valley Road.
- PUB DATE: 4/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDAF-TV Fox 4 Kansas City News

He really wanted to be a firefighter, Larry Christmas Jr. said, but he gave up his dream and filed a lawsuit because the fire department insisted he cut off his dreadlocks. In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Christmas accuses the city of racial discrimination. He requests $500,000 in compensation for losing the job and $2 million in damages designed to punish the city.
- PUB DATE: 4/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the sun herald