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Harassment movement hasn't impeded Cincinnati firefighters' performance on Florida beach

National Fire News -

Starting their 31st year performing at Fort Myers Beach, the Greater Cincinnati Firefighters finds themselves shaking and shimmying in a different atmosphere where the "#metoo" movement and a focus on sexual harassment bumps and grinds up against a playful, sexually-themed revue of mostly burly and buff men.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News-Press

Generous donation allows Stoddard-Bergen firefighters to get new equipment

Wisconsin Fire News -

VIDEO: Firefighters in Stoddard will be a little bit safer the next time they head out on a call thanks to a generous donation. While touring the station, community member Paula Johnson heard about the dangers that firefighters face. To help the department, she bought a navigation system for each of the 25 firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 10:28:38 PM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

Update: No link to terrorism in Beaver Dam apartment explosion

Wisconsin Fire News -

VIDEO: While details still are not quite clear surrounding a fatal explosion March 5 at Village Glen Apartments, authorities are extremely clear on one point. "No known link to terrorism at this time — but we are still investigating," Beaver Dam Police Chief John Kreuziger said Monday during a news conference.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 10:23:40 PM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press

Milwaukee firefighters rescue man from house fire near 70th & Dickenson

Wisconsin Fire News -

VIDEO: Milwaukee firefighters rescued a man from a house that caught fire on Monday morning, March 12 in the neighborhood near 70th and Dickenson. Officials tell FOX6 News when the Milwaukee Fire Department arrived on the scene around 9:30 a.m., they found heavy fire on the first floor. They pulled the man from the building -- and took him to Columbia St.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 8:45:28 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

FDNY: All 5 Passengers Dead After Helicopter Crashes Into East River; Pilot Only Survivor

National Fire News -

Five people died after a tour helicopter carrying six people crashed into the East River Sunday evening, FDNY and NYPD officials said. Though helicopter crashes in the East and Hudson Rivers are not necessarily uncommon, this becomes one of the deadliest in the city's history, and one of the worst civilian aviation fatalities of any kind in the United States over the last few years.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC New York

Los Angeles mayor still struggling to expand the number of female firefighters

National Fire News -

Four years ago, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti vowed to revamp the way the city hires firefighters by introducing more women into a department that has been overwhelmingly male. Yet despite increasingly aggressive recruitment efforts, the Fire Department has seen only modest gains. Last month, 3.1% of its firefighters were women, according to employment data prepared by the Fire DepartmentThe sluggish rate of progress threatens Fire Chief Ralph M.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times

3 kids left home alone killed in Detroit-area house fire

National Fire News -

Three children were found dead inside a home in Michigan after a house fire early Saturday morning, police said. A 4-year-old girl, an 8-year-old boy and a 9-year-old boy were home without any adults at the time of the fire in Eastpointe in suburban Detroit, said Eric Keiser, Eastpointe’s acting director of public safety.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

Fight for benefits continues for New York fire chief

National Fire News -

Attorneys are set to appear in court Thursday to argue whether a court should reargue a lawsuit filed by Utica fire Chief Russell Brooks against the city. It will mark the latest chapter in the saga between the city and Brooks, who says he has sought acknowledgment from Utica officials that he is eligible for workers compensation benefits based on his chronic lymphocytic leukemia diagnosis.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Observer-Dispatch

1 dead, 2 hurt as DC fire truck collides with car

National Fire News -

PHOTOS - A driver was killed and two others, including a pregnant woman, were taken to a hospital after a D.C. Fire and EMS truck collided with a car in Northeast on Friday afternoon. The fire department said that the truck was responding to an emergency call at about 12:15 p.m. when it struck a car at 12th Street and Rhode Island Avenue Northeast.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP-AM 1500 Washington

MFD: 15 people displaced by fire on Milwaukee’s south side; arson not ruled out

Wisconsin Fire News -

VIDEO: Fifteen people were displaced by a fire that broke out at a home near 17th and Greenfield on Milwaukee's south side late Saturday night, March 10 -- and officials haven't ruled out arson in this case. Video submitted to FOX6 News by Pete's Fruit Market officials shows the fire at its worst. The video shows an orange glow lighting up the sky as fire swallowed the home.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2018 7:07:21 PM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6

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