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  • Ga. Firefighter Accused of Responding Drunk

    STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- CBS Atlanta has uncovered records showing a DeKalb County firefighter accused of being drunk on the job responded to at least two emergency calls on the morning in question. The firefighter, Bill Corbett, is now on paid...

    News • January 20th, 2011

  • Feds Confirm Discrimination at Houston FD

    HOUSTON -- The nation's enforcement agency over job-site discrimination has issued a report confirming a "hostile work environment" within the Houston Fire Department, Local 2 Investigates reported Monday. The report by the Equal...

    News • January 18th, 2011

  • Ga. Firefighters Accused of Being Drunk at Station

    ATLANTA -- Four DeKalb County firefighters are under investigation for showing up to a fire station drunk during this week's ice storm, Channel 2 Action News confirmed. Interim Chief Eddie O'Brien confirmed that two of those firefighters are...

    News • January 14th, 2011

  • Pa. Firefighter Threatens Cops with Sword

    PITTSBURGH -- Police were called to the 3500 block of Elmhurst Avenue Saturday for a report of a domestic dispute. When they arrived, they found a woman in need of medical attention. She was taken to Allegheny General Hospital. Police...

    News • January 8th, 2011

  • Deal Gets Florida Firefighter $500K to Not Work

    DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona Beach just cut a deal with a firefighter that would give her more than a half-million dollars, and she never has to show up for work again, WFTV learned Thursday. City leaders also gave her a raise and a...

    News • January 7th, 2011

  • Calif. Fire Captain Gets Separation Letter

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection captain and another firefighter have been placed on administrative leave and served separation letters in connection with an investigation that both of...

    News • January 6th, 2011

  • Mich. Firefighter's Wallet Stolen During Blaze

    WAYNE, Mich. -- Two men have been caught on surveillance using a debit card that was stolen from a firefighter as he worked at the scene of a furniture store explosion in Wayne last week. During an interview with Local...

    News • January 4th, 2011

  • Tennessee Fire Dept. May Cut Response Area

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. -- Usually when there's a serious fire or medical emergency in Cheatham County, Ashland City firefighters show up. But soon, they may stop responding to all calls outside city limits if the county doesn't help them...

    News • January 4th, 2011

  • Boston Night Club Cited for Overcrowding

    BOSTON -- Overcrowding shut down a Stuart Street nightclub on New Year's Eve. Officers responded to Rise Club about 11:40 p.m. for reports of a dangerously large crowd and line extending all the way to Arlington and Columbus streets...

    News • January 3rd, 2011

  • Florida Officials Want Fire/EMS Depts. Overhauled

    LAKE COUNTY, Fla. -- Some Lake County officials want to overhaul the local fire departments. Their aim is to cut response times, but also save millions of taxpayer dollars by pooling resources to buy equipment. But those plans...

    News • December 24th, 2010

  • Stop Airing Mall Fire Audio, Calif. TV Station Told

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The City of Roseville is demanding that KCRA 3 stop revealing Roseville Fire Department radio transmissions from the day of the Westfield Galleria at Roseville mall inferno. "KCRA knows ... that neither the City of...

    News • December 24th, 2010

  • Six Ga. Firefighters Punished for Accident Video

    SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. -- Spalding County firefighter Joshua Tomlinson is one of six firefighters the county punished Tuesday. "How do you feel about the punishment the county handed down to you and the other firefighters? I think it was fair...

    News • December 23rd, 2010

  • Lieberman to Co-Chair Congressional Fire Caucus

    WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-CT,  has agreed to co-chair the Congressional Fire Service Caucus.In a prepared statement, Lieberman said: "I am honored and delighted to be nominated to co-chair the Congressional Fire Services Caucus."

    News • December 17th, 2010

  • Feds Say Baltimore 'Block' Fire Was Incendiary

    BALTIMORE -- Investigators announced on Wednesday that the massive Dec. 6 fire in "The Block" area of downtown Baltimore was intentionally set. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives classified the fire as incendiary, meaning...

    News • December 16th, 2010

  • Fort Bliss Firefighter Sues Army to Get Job Back

    EL PASO, Texas -- A Fort Bliss firefighter is taken off the front lines of duty because of his diabetes is now taking the U.S. Army to court over it. Raul Gonzalez said he lost more than a year's worth of lead firefighter wages, which became...

    News • December 16th, 2010

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