STATter 911

Last part of series looking at young firefighter's death: In Part 5 the editorial board of The Oregonian is asking for the U.S. Justice Department to look at the death five-years-ago of Shannon Halvorson. Read the latest installment. See the previous parts.

Apparently no one can fill naked assistant chief's boots: Johnson City, NY lost its chief to a bit of a scandal last June and the assistant chief last November after he turned the firehouse into Camp Sunshine. Now there is a move to save money by not filling the AC slot. Read more.

Where they are filling the boots: Click here for a run down of efforts by IAFF locals in three DC jurisdictions to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Blast video: CSB's latest video looking at the November 22, 2006 explosion that rocked Danvers, MA. Click here.

Oil rig fire: A look at Wednesday's oil rig fire that killed one in Oklahoma. Read the story.

Number of woman making claims against Boston deputy chief doubles: Peter Pearson's problems are multiplying quickly. Read the latest.

When good news and no flames are the lead story: A sprinkler system save in Springfield, MO was the top news of the day on KOLR-TV on Wednesday. Watch the story.

Dollar beer: FireGeezer gives us a nice chuckle with his illustration for the story about Dollar General adding beer to the inventory. Look at it here.

Not sure I understand what's going on here, but it does look interesting: A lcoal paper has the blow-by-blow account of some serious personnel problems at Montana's Frenchtown Rural Fire District. The Clark Fork Chronicle reports that Chief Scott Waldron may be on his way out. But not before a very public battle with one employee. That former worker tells the paper, "Life after Waldron is a lot less stressful". Read it for yourself.

# posted by Dave Statter @ 1:15 AM