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Radio traffic: MD fire chief threatens to have sheriff remove firefighters not obeying evacuation order Charles County fire occurred Friday at the home of local firefighters 12 hours ago There was an unusual series of radio transmissions (above) over about four-minutes during a house fire in Charles County, Maryland on Friday. There apparently was such resistance to an order to evacuate the burning home that the incident commander threatened to have the sheriff remove firefighters from the fireground who refused to follow orders. Adding to the tension, the fire was at the home of a couple who...

UPDATE: Los Angeles County firefighter killed in fire station shooting & captain wounded Gunman was off-duty firefighter whose home was set on fire 4 hours ago UPDATE: Los Angeles County Fire Department chiefs  confirm a firefighter was shot and killed at Fire Station 81 this morning and that an off-duty firefighter was the gunman. That firefighter also is dead. A fire captain at Fire Station 81 was wounded and is in critical but stable condition. The gunman’s home was the one that burned. A shooting at a fire station in Agua Dulce on Tuesday morning left one firefighter dead and another w...

News reports: House fire appears to be connected to shooting

Survey says 40% of Detroit firefighters have witnessed drinking on the job Audit was ordered after two recent crashes involving firefighters accused of drinking on duty 1 hour ago According to a new environmental audit at the Detroit Fire Department, 40% of firefighters have witnessed drinking on the job. The audit comes after a party was held at a fire station house party, where the department said on-duty firefighters were drinking. An emergency call came in and the first to arrive was crashed a heavy rescue truck into a parked car. The department said he was drunk. About a week later, an ...

Court filing shows 2 Los Angeles County firefighters face firing over Kobe Bryant crash photos Filing shows suspension possible for PIO 4 hours ago The fallout from images taking of the January 2020 helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others continues. It has impacted both the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department and Los Angeles County Fire Department. Filings in the lawsuit by Bryant’s wife Vanessa show that a captain pushed back against Sheriff Alex Villanueva‘s order to delete all images. The captain was concerned this could be considered destroying evidence. Also, the ...