Mayor Toni Harp said Monday there will be “ramifications” for her chief administrative officer after an outburst last week during a meeting with union representatives, but termination is not being considered. During her weekly radio appearance on WNHH Monday, Harp told radio host Paul Bass that there will be “ramifications” for City Administrative Officer Michael Carter following his verbal exchange last week with Local 3144 Vice President Harold Brooks.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Haven Register

First responders would have to complete a one-week class to carry guns on school property during emergencies under a bill in the South Carolina House of Representatives. The legislation also calls for school responders to foot the $593 bill for the course, which would include shoot/don't shoot training, as well as instruction on school safety protection, diffusing volatile situations and communicating with law enforcement.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Independent Mail

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings says he cannot support a bill intended to rescue the failing Dallas Police and Fire Pension Fund because in its current form it amounts to a massive taxpayer bailout. He announced his opposition one day before the bill was slated to be considered in front of the committee headed by State Rep.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas - Fort Worth

You’re 39 and you’ve got a big-shot job in public service with the clout, good salary, and benefits that go with it. Best of all, you’re next in line for a fat promotion. So what do you do? If you’re Linda Long, you take a hefty pay cut and start a new career at grunt level. And you ignore critics who think you're demented for letting go of a sure thing.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Philadelphia Daily News

The community of Spearfish awoke to tragedy Saturday morning, when an early morning house fire claimed the lives of five children, ages 6-11. The fire was reported at 4:23 a.m. at a multifamily residence at 1135 Ames St., on the corner of Ames and Oliver streets. Neighbors and authorities describe the structure as a two-story house, with an apartment attached at the back, where multiple families lived.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rapid City Journal

A Spokane Valley firefighter trying to get his job back since he was fired in 2012 will argue his case against the Spokane Valley Fire Department before the Washington State Supreme Court later this year. Capt. Jon Sprague said he’s not surprised that the Supreme Court decided to review his case. “I’ve known all along that we’ve had a solid case,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokesman-Review

Embarrassed by a series of shocking hazing complaints — including one in which a rookie claimed he was sexually abused — the FDNY has quietly overhauled its anti-hazing policy, The Post has learned. Without any public announcement, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro on March 21 issued a new five-page policy.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

A firefighter from the Riverview Fire Protection District was shot in Ferguson Thursday evening. Shots rang out in the 1500 block of Norlakes Drive in Ferguson around 7:30 p.m., firefighters said. The fire crews had just put out an electrical fire at the Norlake Apartment Complex when a firefighter said it felt like his head was burning.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMOV-TV CBS 4 St. Louis

After pleading guilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of a volunteer firefighter who was coming to his assistance, a North Little Rock man apologized to the victim's family. Mark Eugene Pruitt, 49, pleaded guilty Thursday morning in Pulaski County Circuit Judge Barry Sims’ courtroom Thursday morning.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette & Arkansas Online

A massive fireball collapsed a portion of Interstate 85 in Atlanta, sending motorists driving through billowing black smoke before the city shut down that section of the highway indefinitely. The fire started underneath part of the highway on Thursday evening. At about 7 p.m., an elevated section of the northbound interstate collapsed, forcing frantic motorists to seek alternative routes.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

The United States on Thursday awarded a contract to AT&T Inc to build a nationwide wireless broadband network to better equip first responders, years after a federal commission recommended setting up such a system following the 9/11 attacks. FirstNet, an independent arm of the Department of Commerce, will provide No.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Reuters

Three members of the Fairview Volunteer Fire Department have been arrested after allegedly covering up a vehicle accident. According to information gathered by Deputy Brian Hawkins with the Marion County Sheriff's Department and filed in a criminal complaint, events began at 1:18 a.m. Saturday at 4405 Crossroads Rd.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Time West Virginia

Residents of Yarnell who lost their homes in the 2013 blaze have no legal right to sue the state for failing to save their homes, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. In an extensive decision, the court rejected the contention of the homeowners' attorney that the state, which was trying to contain the wildfire that started on public lands, had some duty to also protect the structures.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Courier

VIDEO - A firefighter was hospitalized after crews rescued an 82-year-old man from a burning apartment building on Tuesday afternoon. Brockton Fire said the man was removed from a third floor porch of a building at 685 Oak St. using a ground ladder around 4 p.m. "The fire was blowing out on the second floor porch and some of the bystanders said there was somebody up there," recalled Brockton firefighter Ben Denny.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NECN.com

A federal court awarded father and son, Michael Dolan Sr. and Michael Dolan Jr, thousands in damages for their arrest in an alleged theft from the New Hyde Park Fire Department that they volunteered for. Both were arrested and cuffed in 2012 when they were charged with felony grand larceny, accused of stealing smoke detectors from the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FiOS1 Long Island

PHOTOS - A New Braunfels church group returning from a choir retreat Wednesday afternoon was involved in a major collision near Garner State Park resulting in at least 13 confirmed fatalities. The bus and a Dodge dually pickup truck collided head-on at 12:23 p.m. on U.S. 83 North, just south of Ranch Road 1050 when the truck crossed the center line, according to Lt.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MySanAntonio.com

Four former firefighters with the city of York want almost $1.4 million in unpaid overtime, damages and interest, claiming in a lawsuit they were not paid overtime for years. The lawsuits, filed March 22 in York County civil court and obtained exclusively by The Herald, seek not just back overtime pay, but “three times the full amount of the unpaid wages, plus pre-judgment interest.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Herald Online

The Sedgwick County Fire Chief has apologized to his staff after forcing them to remove memorial stickers from some of the department’s trucks. Fire Chief Tavis Leake sent an email to staff members on Monday in reference to the removal of “Bubba” stickers. The stickers were placed on several fire trucks in 2007 after firefighter Bryon Johnson was killed in the line of duty.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSN-TV News 3

Hillsborough County needs 25 new fire stations in the next 25 years to keep up with the thousands of people moving here each year, Fire Rescue Chief Dennis Jones told county commissioners Wednesday.The county is already failing to meet emergency response benchmarks, Jones warned, and it will only get worse as Hillsborough grapples with one of the fastest-growing populations in the country.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tampa Bay Times

The state Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Allentown firefighters, finding that their union can negotiate the minimum number of firefighters on a shift because it has a direct impact on safety. In a unanimous decision Tuesday that affects municipalities with professional fire departments across Pennsylvania, the court rejected Allentown's argument that shift staffing was an issue for managers to decide because of its impact on city finances.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Allentown Morning Call