VIDEO: Effingham County welcomed home a fallen firefighter Tuesday afternoon. Effingham County Battalion Chief Matt Kicklighter died of natural causes over the weekend in Daytona Beach, FL, where officials say he was attending a fire and rescue conference. The rain felt very fitting during the procession.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOC 11

For years lawmakers have tried to pass a bill in the state legislature that would allow presumptive care for firefighters. Each year that bill is denied and for the most part it comes down to funding. As the law stands now, it's up to the firefighter to prove his illness came while on the job. If this bill passes, it puts the burden of proof on the insurance carrier instead of the individual.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC Fox Montana

Pleas for the Unicoi County Commission to redo its advertisement for bids on a four-year ambulance service contract awarded to MedicOne Medical Response in December fell short Monday on a split commission vote that hinged on the possibility of $900,000 lawsuit. With commissioners Matthew Rice, Jamie Harris, Glenn White, Stephen Hendrix and John Mosley opposed, commissioners Todd Wilcox, Marie Rice and Jason Harris in favor and Commission Chairman Loren Thomas abstaining, a motion to put the contract back out for bids failed by a vote of 5 to 3.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Johnson City Press

A young woman who recently gave birth to twins arrived at Fire Station 302 in Hesperia and surrendered her children under the states “Safe-Haven Law”. It happened at about 8:40 pm, on January 28, 2019. San Bernardino County Fire department officials said, a woman showed up at the station and gave possession of the newborn twins to the crew.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: VVNG.com

VIDEO: It was probably the last thing Matt Olechnowicz expected when he asked a valet at a Biscayne Boulevard parking garage to get his car about 6 p.m. Tuesday. Olechnowicz told reporters that a short time later his custom 2005 Acura TL plunged down an elevator shaft and burst into flames. “When I called for the car, all the sudden I hear my car alarm going off and I hear a big bang.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Sentinel

Fire crews say the historic Crivitz Lumber Company building is a total loss after the fire. Luckily, no one was hurt. 11 crews were out at the scene taking shifts as they battled and fire and the bitter cold. Officials say they were impressed with the community response. The doors to the elementary school were opened and offered a warm place for firefighters as well as food and hot coffee.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 7:00:21 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

Fire crews say the historic Crivitz Lumber Company building is a total loss after the fire. Luckily, no one was hurt. 11 crews were out at the scene taking shifts as they battled and fire and the bitter cold. Officials say they were impressed with the community response. The doors to the elementary school were opened and offered a warm place for firefighters as well as food and hot coffee.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 7:00:21 PM - SOURCE: WFRV-TV and WJMN-TV Green Bay

A winter snowstorm made it difficult for fire crews battling a house fire in Sullivan Monday morning. The fire department was called to the home at county roads CI and E just before 2:30 a.m. No one was home at the time, but crews had to use an excavator to extinguish the flames. The home had to be torn down and is a total loss.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 10:25:30 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

A winter snowstorm made it difficult for fire crews battling a house fire in Sullivan Monday morning. The fire department was called to the home at county roads CI and E just before 2:30 a.m. No one was home at the time, but crews had to use an excavator to extinguish the flames. The home had to be torn down and is a total loss.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 10:25:30 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee

A years-long legal battle between Marshfield and former Fire Chief Kevin Robinson ended earlier this month after U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Groton rejected an age discrimination lawsuit Robinson filed against the town, ruling the complaint did not have enough merit for the case to go to trial. Robinson resigned as Marshfield’s fire chief in March 2015, shortly after he and his brother, Capt.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wicked Local Marshfield

Spangler Fire Company shot back Monday at recent criticism and accusations of mismanagement circulating in social media. “It is unfortunate, with today’s technology and the existence of social media, that scurrilous assertions can so easily be made without accountability and/or proof of the statements made,” the fire company said in a statement provided by its attorney, Richard Corcoran of Homady & Corcoran LLC in Ebensburg.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Tribune-Democrat

A liquid oxygen spill Monday prompted closure of the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital and the postponement of surgeries, but no injuries were reported. Firefighters were sent to the facility at 4650 Lincoln Blvd. about 8:40 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. "The liquid oxygen spill originated from a sheared pipe on a 2,000- gallon tank," said Margaret Stewart of the LAFD.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

City leaders are accused of failing to stop racial discrimination at the Lansing Fire Department after an African-American firefighter found a banana on the windshield of his assigned truck, according to allegations listed in a federal court case. The fruit was "pinned between the windshield and wiper blade obviously placed there to harass and intimidate" him and another African-American firefighter, according to the civil complaint filed this month in U.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit Free Press

The Payson Town Council refused to commit to a merger between the Payson, Hellsgate and Houston-Mesa fire departments Thursday, saying they need more time. The council asked staff to explore a different model for the merger, conduct further financial analysis and look into how much control Payson would have if the merger went forward.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Payson Roundup

A years-long legal battle between Marshfield and former Fire Chief Kevin Robinson ended earlier this month after U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Groton rejected an age discrimination lawsuit Robinson filed against the town, ruling the complaint did not have enough merit for the case to go to trial. Robinson resigned as Marshfield’s fire chief in March 2015, shortly after he and his brother, Capt.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wicked Local Marshfield

Spangler Fire Company shot back Monday at recent criticism and accusations of mismanagement circulating in social media. “It is unfortunate, with today’s technology and the existence of social media, that scurrilous assertions can so easily be made without accountability and/or proof of the statements made,” the fire company said in a statement provided by its attorney, Richard Corcoran of Homady & Corcoran LLC in Ebensburg.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Tribune-Democrat

A liquid oxygen spill Monday prompted closure of the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital and the postponement of surgeries, but no injuries were reported. Firefighters were sent to the facility at 4650 Lincoln Blvd. about 8:40 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. "The liquid oxygen spill originated from a sheared pipe on a 2,000- gallon tank," said Margaret Stewart of the LAFD.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles

City leaders are accused of failing to stop racial discrimination at the Lansing Fire Department after an African-American firefighter found a banana on the windshield of his assigned truck, according to allegations listed in a federal court case. The fruit was "pinned between the windshield and wiper blade obviously placed there to harass and intimidate" him and another African-American firefighter, according to the civil complaint filed this month in U.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit Free Press

The Payson Town Council refused to commit to a merger between the Payson, Hellsgate and Houston-Mesa fire departments Thursday, saying they need more time. The council asked staff to explore a different model for the merger, conduct further financial analysis and look into how much control Payson would have if the merger went forward.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Payson Roundup

A fire Sunday night destroyed a barn in the Eau Claire County town of Lincoln. The fire, at S6951 Morning Crest Drive just west of Fall Creek, was reported around 9:30 p.m. by property owner Jim Sadler. “Around 9:30 or so I looked out and saw an orange glow out there,” said Sadler, who immediately called 911 to report the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 11:28:28 PM - SOURCE: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram