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Firefighter arrested in Burtle farmer death investigation
THE Mercury can today reveal a firefighter is facing a manslaughter probe over the death of a Sedgemoor farmer.
Harold Lee, of Robins Farm in Burtle, was crushed when his own herd of cows stampeded last August - his family claimed the animals were spooked by the wailing sirens and flashing lights of a fire engine heading to an emergency. |
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Firefighters using gondolas for high angle rescue practice
SPOKANE -- There’s always a remote chance one of Spokane’s gondolas will get stuck heading over the falls so the Spokane Fire Department had crews out Monday practicing high angle rescue training. |
PSL woman dies, 2 injured after crash involving ambulance in Fort Pierce
FORT PIERCE — A Port St. Lucie woman is dead and two others are injured following a Tuesday evening crash at a Fort Pierce intersection.
The crash happened shortly after 6 p.m. at Virginia Avenue and 25th Street, according to Fort Pierce police spokeswoman Audria Moore. |
Report: Apparatus cab design had role in Colo. ejection LODD
 EATON, Colo. — Apparatus cab design and lack of seat belt use were key factors in the death of a Colorado firefighter who was ejected from a fire truck, according to investigators.
Volunteer Captain Shane Stewart, of the Eaton Fire Protection District, was killed February 23 last year when he drove off the edge of a road, overcorrected and rolled his tanker-pumper rig. |
Wilmington fire inspector killed by train
 WILMINGTON -- A veteran inspector with the Wilmington Fire Department has been identified as the pedestrian who was struck and killed Monday night by a train near Newport, state police said.
Brian P. Waynant Sr., 45, a city police officer before joining the fire department six years ago, was pronounced dead at the scene after being hit by a southbound Amtrak train at 9:30 p.m. in the area behind Meco Circle. |
Firefighter alleges retaliation in truck accident discipline
JOPLIN -- Questions about whether the city of Joplin follows its own policies in meting out disciplinary action arose Wednesday in a personnel hearing for a firefighter.
Tom Robertson contends that he was unfairly punished for a minor firetruck incident because of his work to force the city to prop up the ailing Police and Firefighters Pension Fund. |
Dangerous Gas Buildup Preceded Ct. Blast
 (AP) An industrial practice that involved the widespread release of natural gas at a Connecticut power plant shortly before it exploded is "inherently unsafe," and should be curbed to prevent similar incidents, a federal safety investigator said Thursday. |
Fresno sheriff's detective dead, 2 others shot
UPDATE: The suspect in this morning's fatal shooting of a Fresno County sheriff's detective is dead, Sheriff's Margaret Mims said tonight.
Mims said law-enforcement officers went inside the mobile home about 5 p.m. and discovered the man's body. |
FCC chairman: Congress should pay for public safety network
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will ask Congress for $12 billion to $16 billion to pay for building and maintaining a nationwide mobile broadband network for emergency response agencies, including police and fire departments. |
NH hotel fire fanned by strong wind destroys block
HAMPTON, N.H.—A fire that started in an unoccupied oceanfront hotel was fanned by hurricane-force winds and spread to several nearby buildings, engulfing and destroying an entire block of businesses on a stretch of Hampton Beach popular with summer tourists. No injuries were reported. |
Fire levels massive building
 It took only three minutes for fire crews to arrive Thursday night after the 911 call came in, but Libby firefighters found the former Stimson Lumber Co. plywood plant fully engulfed in flames. |
Suburban fire departments have mixed reactions to Syracuse's 'rent-a-firefighter' proposal
 SYRACUSE -- Syracuse Fire Chief Mark McLees took office last month with the challenge of offering his department’s services in the suburbs without jeopardizing the city’s ranking as New York’s top-rated fire service. |
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