Two Stafford County volunteer firefighters that were suspended for rushing a toddler to the hospital in their fire engine, have been reinstated. The County’s fire department called a press conference Monday afternoon, where they announced Capt. James Kelley and Sgt. Virgil Bloom returned to work Monday at 4 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6

A charity stair climb at One World Trade Center to honor first-responders killed on 9/11 has been abruptly canceled — because building landlord, the Durst Organization is afraid it would scare off potential tenants by reminding them about the terror attacks, the event’s organizer alleges. “This is all about profits, greed and getting the building leased,’’ fumed John Hodge, chairman of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post

A volunteer with Lawrence's Slackwood Fire Co. has been charged with threatening other firefighters and brandishing a machete during a dispute with fellow firefighters in January, records show. James "Jay" Macheda Jr., 22, is charged with making terroristic threats, criminal mischief and weapon possession charges in connection with a late-night Jan.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Trenton Times

On March 6, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 5, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 4, 16 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 2, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Two volunteer Stafford County firefighters have been suspended after they transported an 18-month old child to the hospital in a fire engine. The father of the little girl tells FOX 5 he is grateful for the actions of those two first responders, who may have saved his daughter's life. The suspended firefighters, Captain James Kelley and Sgt.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTTG-TV MyFox 5 DC

Firefighters training at the Washington State Fire Training Academy (FTA) in North Bend between 2012 and 2014 may have been exposed to contaminated water, according to court documents filed March 1 by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson. Ferguson named wastewater plant operator George Campbell and the company he owns, Broadband Environmental Service Inc.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Snoqualmie Valley Record

Atlanta fire department officials said six people died in an early morning fire Monday. According to Atlanta fire officials, the fire was in a boarding house located in the 1400 block of Andrews Street NW. At least one of the victims is a woman. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they described the blaze a heavy.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

A South Jacksonville police officer died after the squad car he was driving turned into the path of an ambulance as both vehicles were headed to an emergency medical call on Friday night. Scot Fitzgerald, 32, died in the crash that happened at 8:54 p.m. on Illinois 267 about one mile north of Nortonville Road, near Murrayville in Morgan County.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The State Journal-Register

VIDEO: When the job is saving lives, Kyle Vaughn's job is to make sure firefighters do it right, especially at night. "We’ve done a lot of daytime trainings, but we haven’t done a lot of nighttime trainings and we've done a lot of night time extrications," Vaughn said, "So, we wanted to bring some realism into our training.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSA-TV NBC 9 Denver

On March 3, 13 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

It’s an epic failure by Michigan lawmakers to help our heroes. Politicians passed a law to help firefighters with cancer treatment, but they have never funded it - and firefighters are paying the price. It’s a problem we’ve been exposing all week long, Three million dollars, that’s what is at stake here.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC Detroit

An investigation by the Tacoma Fire Department determined two new recruits cheated on an EMT test and recommended they be terminated, despite acknowledgement from a private company involved that an "administrative error" allowed the pair to get questions ahead of time. A department spokesperson also called the incident "not malicious" and a "coincidence.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Cable News

A panel that is supposed to advise D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on emergency medical services policy says it can’t get any information from the mayor or the fire department in order to make recommendations. “We have got to have the transparency that she says she’s all about,” Anne Renshaw, vice chair of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee (EMSAC), said at a meeting Thursday.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the washington times

Recently, I made a leadership presentation to a group of firefighters in the Yakima Valley, Wash. My first task was to get oriented with the teaching venue and my soon-to-be audience. As part of my standard preparation routine, I closely observed the on-stage speaker. I will admit that my purpose was to watch for the crowd's reaction to the instructor's delivery style.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

VIDEO - A video obtained by the Times Leader and posted to YouTube from a fire in the borough Saturday has gained a lot of attention and questions have risen regarding the actions of people in the video. During a fire at the Exeter Gardens apartment complex at 500 Schooley Avenue, Danny Fernandez filmed a clip with his cell phone of the back of Building J engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: times leader

On March 2, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On March 1, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.