On February 8, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

In his first months as the new head of Detroit’s beleaguered Fire Department, Eric Jones is building bridges with union leaders, touting improved response times and a decline in arson fires. But aging infrastructure, worker safety and wages are among the issues that remain on his hefty to-do list. Jones, 47, was appointed to the Detroit Fire Department’s top post in October.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: detroit news

The city of Orlando is looking to change the way it does live fire training after firefighters said their health was put in danger from being exposed to asbestos. A dozen firefighters were exposed to the hazardous substance inside an abandoned apartment complex, but Channel 9 learned more may have been put in harm’s way.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTV-TV ABC 9 Orlando

As the community reacts to the fire at a Raytown apartment that claimed the life of a 5-year-old boy and hospitalized two other people, the details have emerged in the dramatic rescue mission that put firefighters in serious danger. "The hose line burst. I don't know if it was cut or it burned or what, but they had to shelter in another part of the building where there wasn't fire," Raytown deputy fire chief Mike Hunley said.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDAF-TV FOX 4

A levy language error will put one Sandusky County township back on the ballot in November. Washington Township has long used a levy to pay for fire service, set in recent years at 1.5 mills. Township officials sought to raise the levy to 2.5 mills in November, and voters overwhelmingly approved that five-year levy.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: toledo blade

The two Pensacola Fire Department chiefs placed on administrative leave earlier this week are not the focus of an investigation into the fire department, though it remains unclear what that focus is or how long the investigation might last. Local attorney Russell VanSickle of the Beggs & Lane law firm has been hired to perform the investigation, and interim Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Glover will remain on paid administrative leave until the investigation in concluded.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pensacola News Journal

On February 6, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On February 4, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Former Derby Fire Chief James J. Butler, 50, has died, according to an email sent out Sunday by Town/City Clerk Mark Garofalo. The email, which doesn’t mention the cause of Butler’s death, details his accomplishments, including being an inspector with the Derby Fire Marshal’s Office, and a member of the Paugassett Hook and Ladder company for more than 30 years.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

A firefighter was hit by a stray bullet Sunday morning as emergency crews extinguished a fire inside a Gilbert garage containing hundreds of rounds of ammunition. The fire was reported inside the garage of a single-story house at the 1200 block of East Sherri Drive shortly before 10 a.m., said Gary Hildebrandt, a Gilbert fire spokesman.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix

An unauthorized billboard with a "Merry Christmas" message has led to the discipline of nearly one-third of the Lancaster Fire Department and exposed a long-simmering feud. Seventeen firefighters were reprimanded from Lancaster fire's Crew 3, and a retired fire captain was banned from city firehouses, after they posed for a billboard picture on a fire truck on city time during the holiday season.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lancaster Eagle-Gazette

A 38-year-old Cosumnes Fire Department firefighter suffered major injuries early Saturday when he was struck by a car as he was responding to a traffic collision on Interstate 5, the California Highway Patrol reported. The firefighter, Eric Oviedo, was responding to a 1:15 a.m. collision on the northbound side of I-5 about a quarter mile north of Lambert Road.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sacramento bee

A bride-to-be getting her hair done down the block from the Friday morning crane collapse was escorted through the chaos by an FDNY chaplain, who then married the woman and her groom on the spot. The impromptu wedding took place on the steps of the nearby Tweed Courthouse — the Department of Education headquarters — where Nesh Pillay, 25, and Aaron Vanderhoff, 27, had originally planned to take their wedding photos before tying the knot at City Hall at 10 a.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post

On February 4, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

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

Two D.C. emergency medical technician firefighters were reassigned for failing to diagnose a gunshot wound to a patient they had treated and transported to a hospital Saturday night, D.C. Fire and Emergency Services officials said. Timothy Wilson, an agency spokesman, confirmed that two employees were reassigned to duties away from patient care following a preliminary investigation into an incident this weekend.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: washington post

PHOTO - A 38-year-old man was killed and two more seriously injured when a construction crane toppled over and smashed into a busy Tribeca street Friday morning, officials said. The crane crashed into a row of parked cars when it toppled onto Worth St. near Church St. about 8:30 a.m. as heavy snow fell onto the city.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Cal Fire Director Ken Pimlott came to Thursday’s State Personnel Board meeting to report reforms in his department’s slipshod hiring and promotion practices. He left with a stern challenge to transform his leadership. “There needs to be, in my opinion, a real tone at the top change,” board Vice President Lauri Shanahan said.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sacramento bee

A fire chief talked with hundreds of Firehouse World attendees Tuesday afternoon to help prevent future tragedies. “We lost four firefighters, but this was the last alarm for seven firefighters,” Houston Executive Assistant Chief Richard Mann said about the May 31, 2013 fire now known as “Houston’s Darkest Day.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

A fire truck heading to a call on Curry Ford Road crashed during rush hour. Three people are recovering from their injuries, WESH 2 News has learned. "I thought it was the end of my life. I thought my life was over," said Brenda Gauvey, crash victim. The Orlando fire truck ended up in the median. "I'm very upset," Gauvey said.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WESH-TV NBC 2 Orlando