Super Bowl 50 at Levi's Stadium is one month away. And a number of Bay Area police officers and firefighters are commemorating the event with special badges on their uniforms. But first responders in one local department are not being allowed to wear, or even buy, them. The Santa Clara Police Department has a major role ensuring the game goes off without a hitch.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV Oakland, San Francisco, Bay Area

Memphis mayor Jim Strickland is paying some of his top aides big six figure salaries. While city council members debated giving these raises, one retired firefighter is looking at his check. After paying for insurance, his mortgage and other deductions, his take home check every two weeks is exactly $7.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Myeyewitnessnews

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

VIDEO - A sprawling Victorian home overlooking the Kennebec River was destroyed Wednesday by a fast-moving fire that took crews several hours to douse. Nobody was hurt in the fire at 37 Riverview Drive, though a firefighter walking near the ridgepole on the roof narrowly escaped when the roofing beneath him gave way, causing a ball of flames to erupt around him.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Central Maine

The Buffalo Fire Department has lost it second deputy commissioner in two months with the resignation of Kevin D. Peterson, who is dropping back into the union ranks as he prepares to retire from the department. Peterson, 49, confirmed on Wednesday he is no longer a deputy and that he voluntarily reverted to his civil service rank of battalion chief.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: buffalo news

Mayor Toni N. Harp has named retired Assistant Fire Chief Ralph Black to serve as acting fire chief as Fire Chief Allyn Wright retired Monday, according to a release. Black will take the role effective Jan. 11. Assistant Chief of Operations Matt Marcarelli is in command until then. Harp has said the city will conduct a national search for a new fire chief.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new haven register

I was riding my bicycle to town the other day past a familiar church signboard, and another message caught my attention. It said: "Those who shine from within do not need a spotlight." I started thinking about those who always seek attention for themselves — why they do it, what effect this behavior has on the larger group, and how this applies to the fire service.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

The warehouse where firefighter Daniel Capuano suffered a fatal fall Dec. 14 will be demolished, attorneys for the building owner and the city told a judge Wednesday at a court hearing. And now the city wants the adjacent building torn down after inspectors said they uncovered safety problems next door.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: chicago tribune

On January 5, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 4, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 2, 15 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 1, 13 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On December 30, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Three Saugus firefighters overcome by smoke and heat while fighting a futile battle to save a home on Essex Street issued a mayday call from inside the inferno and were safely rescued, Fire Chief Michael Newbury said. The fierce flames were reported at 5 a.m., Newbury said, and are still raging in full view of the morning commute on Route 1, where the sun rose to reveal traffic at a standstill and plumes of smoke billowing over the highway.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: boston herald

A man suffering a heart attack died Sunday hours after District firefighters stopped at the wrong location and returned to their station in Northeast Washington, delaying treatment of the man by at least 20 minutes, according to relatives and a fire department spokesman. Albert Jackson, 67, was pronounced dead at a Prince George’s County hospital shortly after he arrived by a D.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the washington post

A Texas fire chief said training and relationships helped emergency crews respond to a tornado that damaged over 1,000 structures in his community the day after Christmas. The deadly EF4 tornado ripped through Garland before moving northwest to Rowlett. It was on the ground for more than three miles with about half-mile wide path through the southwest quadrant of Rowlett, damaging over 1,100 homes and 30 businesses.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

Disciplinary action will be taken against a firefighter who was behind the wheel of a paramedic truck that collided with a fire truck last August, injuring 12 people near Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami Department of Fire-Rescue officials said Tuesday. Firefighter Gustavo Alzate, who has worked for the city for 2 years and 4 months, will be suspended in the next couple of days, Assistant Fire Chief Adrian Plasencia said.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC Local10.com - Miami & Fort Lauderdale

VIDEO - Bessemer city leaders are denying allegations of racism within the city’s fire department. Over the weekend someone spray painted graffiti on the Bessemer Fire Department Administration Building. A police investigation is underway to see who committed a criminal act spraypainting a public building.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSFA-TV NBC 12 Montgomery

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

On January 3, 12 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.