At least 20 of the 111 black firefighters hired by the Chicago Fire Department after a marathon discrimination lawsuit had not been medically cleared by a department physician before starting work and two of them “suffered serious medical events and died while off-duty,” the city’s inspector general disclosed Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times

On January 18, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 17, 14 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 16, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 15, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 14, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

PHOTO - A town of Harrison firetruck suffered significant damage to its front end after it slid down a steep, icy private road and rolled over Sunday afternoon. Town Manager George “Bud” Finch said the driver, veteran volunteer firefighter Maurice Kautz, suffered minor cuts and bruises but was not seriously injured.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: portland press-herald

VIDEO - A camera atop a firefighter's helmet, captured the dramatic rescue of a Fresno family from an apartment fire. Crews helped a total of seven people escape from the fire in central Fresno on Saturday, including a family of three on the second floor whose only way out was through a window. Fire had taken over the stairwell and the smoke was too thick to walk through.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV Oakland, San Francisco, Bay Area

A federal investigator has obtained a warrant to search a laptop computer for evidence that a New Mexico urban search-and-rescue team used falsified training certificates to meet national requirements and retain federal funding. One of the fraudulent training certificates was for an ethics training class, according to the search warrant request filed Wednesday in U.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: santa fe new mexican

A judge has dismissed a wrongful-death lawsuit claiming the city should be held partially responsible for the death of a 19-year-old woman who was killed when the car she was riding in ran a red light and was broadsided by a fire truck. The crash occurred June 20, 2013, when a Honda Accord driven by Robbie Dean Gillespie, 45, ran a red light on Midland Road at Poway Road about 4 a.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: san diego union-tribune

Kenny Bower stood on a steep, grassy hillside overlooking the Waldo Canyon burn scar with his ear cocked toward his radio. His firefighting tool was still by his side while he listened to the transmission - winds were picking up, humidity was dropping and nearby trees were starting to ignite. He called out the warning to his crew and bent back to his work cutting a line into the dirt up the hill.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the gazette

On January 14, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 13, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

Seven FDNY employees — including a deputy chief and three battalion chiefs — have been fined by the Conflicts of Interest Board for accepting free tickets to the 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium, officials said Monday. Firefighter John Curatolo got 52 freebies the night before the big game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos from NFL vice president of community relations and philanthropy Anna Isaacson.
- PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post

Nearly a dozen black firefighters in Jacksonville have been sent home for something they didn't do: shave. State rules require firefighters to have a clean-shaven face when they have to wear an oxygen mask. The rule falls in line with regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on wearing respirators.
- PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJXT-TV CBS 4 Jacksonville

The Harney County fire chief resigned Wednesday because he says he no longer trusts the local government. Chris Briels stood next Ammon Bundy, the leader of an armed group that has taken over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, and announced he had turned in his resignation to county Judge Steve Grasty.
- PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVAL-TV CBS 13

The owners of the Pater Avenue home where a Hamilton firefighter was killed Dec. 28 while battling a fire say they will never be able to return there even if repairs are made. “My wife won’t live there again, and I don’t blame her after the firefighter was killed there,” said Lester Parker, 66, of Hamilton.
- PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal-News

World Trade Center responder John Coughlin of Sayville suffers from a host of conditions: heart disease that led to open-heart surgery and a pacemaker; diminished lung capacity; sleep apnea; and stomach disorders. But the 57-year-old former NYPD emergency services officer, who responded when the towers fell on Sep.
- PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

On January 13, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 12, 7 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.