Fire Director James Stewart has rankled some in his ranks by naming a recently hired payroll clerk — who also happens to be his future daughter-in-law — to serve in his stead while he takes a vacation this week. Tawan Baxter, who was hired as a chief clerk Aug. 24, was named acting fire director as of 8 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com

Two days after visiting a San Bernardino County fire station, a 5-year-old boy used what he learned to save himself and his grandmother from their burning home. On Monday, he was honored for his heroism. Nathaniel Stocks, 5, is credited with saving the life of his grandmother and their Chihuahua Saturday morning using skills he learned at a fire department field trip.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: redlands daily facts

A widow from Sudan who had lived in the United States for about eight years fell to her death Saturday after a fire broke out in a high-rise apartment building. The fire was caused by “careless discarding of smoking materials,” Grand Island Fire Division Chief Tim Hiemer said. The woman was seen hanging out a window on the ninth floor.
- PUB DATE: 11/10/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: omaha world-herald

On November 8, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

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

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

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

On November 3, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.

With flames swirling all around them, four firefighters trapped on a narrow Lake County ridge during the first hour of what would become the state’s third-most-catastrophic wildfire made the last-ditch decision most avoid at all costs: Seek refuge in emergency fire-resistant shelters. “The ground was on fire,” Cal Fire firefighter Niko Matteoli said.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the press democrat

Joey Tanner’s ascension through the firefighting ranks seems inevitable. His grandfather was chief of the Johnsonville Fire District. When he retired, Tanner’s father took the job, which he still holds. Joey Tanner’s brother is a deputy chief in Florence. “We’re kind of working in the fire service our whole career,” the 52-year-old Tanner said Friday, hours after being announced as Horry County Fire Rescue’s newest chief.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: myrtle beach online

Chronic problems at the Detroit Fire Department are catching up to homeowners in the form of higher insurance rates. Detroit already has the highest rates in the state. Now, they’re rising again for many, after a group that analyzes communities’ fire protection for insurance companies downgraded the city.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: detroit news

Unfortunately, too many firefighters and officers are not getting it. And "it" is that firefighters face an increased cancer risk compared with the general public. In its 2013 whitepaper "Taking Action Against Cancer in the Fire Service," the Firefighter Cancer Support Network reported that in 2006 researchers at the University of Cincinnati published their meta-analysis of 32 studies of cancer among firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

Many residents are keeping an eye on East Contra Costa Fire District's financial struggles, but one of them recently took the scrutiny to a new level by chiding its chief for purchasing $23.96 worth of chocolate chip cookies. "She just didn't think we should be buying treats for the firefighters," said Chief Hugh Henderson of the woman who took him to task after spotting four $5 boxes of cookies among the groceries he was loading into his truck from the Safeway store in Discovery Bay.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: contra cost times

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

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

Jesse Daniel Clingenpeel always wanted to be a soldier. He dressed in camouflage every Halloween and imitated his father’s buzz cut as a child. But a year after a combat injury led to his honorable discharge from the Army in 2012, the Roanoke County native eagerly joined up as a Roanoke firefighter-EMT, Chief David Hoback said.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the roanoke times

The FDNY will graduate one of the most diverse classes in its 150-year history Friday — and bring the number of women on the force to a record high. Four women will cross the stage at Queens College on Friday to become probationary members of the Bravest. When they do, the FDNY will have 49 female firefighters — more than it has ever had since the agency was formed in 1865.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york daily news

Tempers flared Thursday night at a Foster Falls community meeting as representatives for the new Jasper Highlands development tried to convince the local fire department to respond to emergency calls while the developers construct their own fire department. By the end of the meeting, which was filled with shouting and accusations, nothing changed.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chattanooga Times Free Press

It may have been 20 years since the Oklahoma City bombing, but those first responders who came together on April 19, 1995 are still making an impact today. A memorial badge was created in their honor to benefit the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum. The Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation received more than $75,000 Thursday morning after a limited time badge and coin were created.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFOR-TV News Channel 4

VIDEO - Over 500 French firefighters set off fireworks and burned tires before storming and occupying a railway station in Lille in the latest in a series of escalating protests against the local council’s budget cuts. Staff in full uniform gathered outside the fire station of the northern city at 10:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: rt.com