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Open microphone causes racial concerns in Houston: This doesn’t appear to be as cut and dried as someone using a racial epithet and having it accidentally carried over the two-way radio system. Instead it is a profanity laced tirade from someone voicing opinions on racial issues. That doesn’t mean it is any less controversial. It happened on Sunday. Click here to listen to the recording and read comments from the fire chief and others.
An interesting discussion on YouTube: From Alabama, a series of videos that takes you inside a meeting between fire chiefs and law enforcement looking at safety and just who is in charge at the scene of a motor vehicle collision. Click here.
Animal rescue in Indianapolis: A Golden Retriever stuck in a debris in fast moving current is saved by firefighters. Watch the video.
Chief clashes with commissioner: In Grand Rapids, Michigan, the fire chief is frustrated over the relationship between the firefighters’ union and a commissioner. Check out the story.
Bail out in Buffalo: Six firefighters had to leave suddenly during a house fire in Buffalo. One landed on a gas meter after coming out of a second floor window. Read and watch the story.
