On January 10, 11 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

On January 9, 10 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

The Supreme Court kicks off the new year Monday seemingly poised to deal a major blow to the nation's public employee unions by wiping out, or at least weakening, a legal precedent that dates back nearly four decades. If the justices' recent rulings against organized labor are any guide, a deeply divided court is likely to make it harder for unions representing teachers, police and firefighters, and other government workers to collect fees from non-members.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: usa today

One San Diego firefighter was paid $210,500 in overtime alone in 2014, according to newly released figures about local government payrolls. That‘s more than the annual salary of the FBI director, at $178,700, and the U.S. Attorney General, at $199,000. Kyle Kutzke, 34, who’s listed as a firefighter 2 for San Diego, was paid that amount on top of $26,700 in base pay, according to data the city comptroller submitted to the open government group Transparent California and the State Controller’s Office.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the san diego union-tribune

PHOTO - A firefighter was reprimanded and two superiors reassigned after a depiction of a Jacksonville firefighter as a terrorist was posted on a fire station computer and left there for a week. The image, though described as a joke between two firefighters, was deemed offensive and insensitive and should never have been posted, let alone left for a week in December, said Fire Chief Kurtis Wilson.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the Florida times-union

A Detroit firefighter is in stable but serious condition at Detroit Receiving Hospital after he was overcome by smoke while responding to a commercial building fire on the west side Saturday night. Firefighters were called to the three-alarm fire at the building on Michigan Avenue and Martin Street just before 7:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC Detroit

A municipal court judge ordered a Margate firefighter to surrender his public employment following his conviction last month for shoplifting $7.98 in items, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday. The prosecutor's office handled the conviction of Ashton Funk, 34, and was also pushing for the forfeiture of his job as a firefighter and as a lifeguard, also for the city of Margate.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com

A mother who went back into a burning Philadelphia home to save her young child died in the fire, along with the toddler. The mother was pregnant, family members told NBC10. The fire started about 3:45 a.m. Friday inside a home in the 2800 block of N. 4th Street near Cambria Street. Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Derrick Sawyer said a family member initially tried to fight the fire alone.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2016 8:14:43 AM - SOURCE: WCAU-TV NBC 10 Philadelphia

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

An organization representing African-American firefighters and paramedics on Thursday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to expand its probe of the Chicago Police Department to include the Fire Department, saying hiring and disciplinary practices there are unfair. The African-American Firefighters & Paramedics League of Chicago also demanded that Mayor Rahm Emanuel dismiss Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago, alleging that Santiago has failed to investigate claims that minority firefighters are disciplined and demoted unjustly.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: chicago tribune

The specter of a lawsuit led the city on Wednesday to withdraw conditional offers of employment to three future city firefighters who were expected to start training at the state fire academy next month. Mayor Michael Passero said Risk Manager Paul Gills initially had raised concerns about the way the firefighter candidates were chosen.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

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.