Former Bastrop Fire Chief Timothy Williams said among his priorities in Monroe are modernizing operations and strengthening training.

Brian Orndorff, 56, is no longer with the Langston Fire Department.

Paramedic Brad Cox was fired by Dallas Fire-Rescue but later was demoted and reinstated.

The injured Nashville firefighter and another have been reassigned to non-emergency duties while a probe is underway.

The burn operation would occupy about 2.5 to 3 of the 7 acres, leaving a buffer intended to keep smoke from crossing the property line, Eagle Fire Chief Tyler Lewis said.

During the two-alarm fire in the nation's capital early Thursday, the firefighter fell through a roof and landed in the attic.

Firefighters from Anchorage and Girdwood shuttled water to the scene from a hydrant in Whittier.

At her first house fire, Sierra Madre Firefighter Jessica Johnson found the unconscious Shetland Shepherd under a table.