A female inmate firefighter was critically injured after being struck in the head by a boulder while battling a 7-acre brush fire in Malibu Thursday morning, authorities said. Crews were seen performing life-saving measures until a Los Angeles County Fire helicopter arrived and airlifted the injured firefighter to a local hospital.
- PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc7.com

First responders are rethinking the role of lights and sirens in their emergency responses. A nationwide trend has some traveling with the flow of traffic to avoid dangerous collisions.Greenfield firefighters answer some 14 emergency calls a day. Usually, they will head to the scene with lights and sirens blaring, regardless of the seriousness of the emergency.
- PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wisn.com

When firefighters attacked a house fire on Nancy Drive in 10 inches of snow and only 10 degrees outside, they say it seemed like a straight-forward house fire. But Jan. 5, 2014 nearly turned deadly. “We thought we had the fire put out,” remembers Firefighter Matt Mackley. But as crews were putting out some remaining spot fires, “everything changed in an instant,” says Tim Kirchoff.
- PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ksdk

It was all hands on deck for a two-alarm fire that injured seven in late January. "We got very lucky," said Mike Terrell, one of the firefighters that was hurt that day. "We could have had five firefighters and a civilian dead like that." he said as he snapped his fingers. He's referring to a massive fire at the Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak & Cutler Funeral Home in Omaha.
- PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 1011now.com

Talk about giving back. When Clinton Township firefighters responded to a medical call a couple of weeks ago, they encountered a family in dire need of help. The family, struggling to pay their bills, included two disabled children, and the house had no electricity because the parents had fallen behind on their payment installments.
- PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Macomb Daily

On February 23, 12 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 22, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

City of Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and Phoenix Police Chief Joseph Yahna praised the work of emergency personnel who responded to a tragic and volatile situation on Tuesday morning. First responders showed up to a neighborhood south of Cactus Road and 47th Avenue to find a house on fire with an active shooter and four related victims inside.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 12 News

A firefighter who admitted setting dozens of fires in an attempt to earn overtime pay and impress his peers was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for arson, the U.S. attorney said. Benjamin Cunha, 33, of Placerville (El Dorado County), pleaded guilty in October in U.S District Court in Sacramento to one count of arson for lighting the 80-acre Mine Fire in 2007 while he was a volunteer firefighter in Diamond Springs, near his home.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SF Gate

A fiery car crash ended Saturday with the driver of this car in the hospital---and the contents inside strewn all over the ground. Now, four first responders are without a job, two on unpaid leave, after investigators say five of them stole some of those items and another lied about it. Lieutenant David Heaton with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office says there are protocols in place to protect you and your stuff when a crash happens.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wrdw.com

The Canton woman who died Monday running into rush hour traffic on Ohio 8 after arguing with her husband was identified as an off-duty Canton firefighter. Tonya Johnson, 43, of Canton, died about 4 p.m. Monday after being hit by a pickup on the busy highway. The Summit County Medical Examiner is performing an autopsy Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland.com

Bramwell Volunteer Fire Department added the phrase “In God We Trust” to their fire trucks Saturday afternoon during a fundraising event. Bramwell Volunteer Fire Department 3rd Lt. Steve Mitchell attended the fundraiser and ATV washing event. “We decided we were going to put it on our trucks and hope to be the first one in the area to (put it on the fire trucks),” Mitchell said.
- PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph

On February 22, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 20, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 19, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 18, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 16, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Families of five firefighters who died or were critically injured in the infamous 2005 Black Sunday blaze in The Bronx were awarded a whopping $183 million in damages Monday. The jury found the city of New York and the landlord were responsible for the injuries — and assigned 80% of the blame to the city.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

The website for East County Fire & Rescue was hacked over the weekend, Interim Chief Al Gillespie said. An employee logged onto the website on Saturday morning and noticed that users clicking on a portion of the page were redirected to content he described as “inappropriate,” Gillespie said. The fire chief was in the office for a seminar at the time and was informed of the incident right away.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbian

Despite trying for a year to increase the number of volunteer firefighters on its roster, the Elkin Fire Department is seeing little reward to its recruiting efforts. If the department falls below 20 members on its roster, it could mean an increase in property owners’ fire insurance rates, and as of just more than a week ago, the roster had 21 members.
- PUB DATE: 2/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Elkin Tribune