Weekend stories
Friday in Camden, NJ: A Steve Skipton photo from PhillyFireNews.com on a two-alarm house fire. Click here to see more pictures and read Steve’s details about the fire. Scroll down to learn about another fire smouldering in Camden.
A quick recap of stories we have been following this weekend.
DC fire boat gets gash in hull from a neighbor: Pictures and maps showing what happened to the John H. Glenn Jr. Saturday afternoon in the Washington Channel. City’s main fire boat is down until further notice. Click here.
Cinton VFD responds to STATter911.com story on BB gun battle injury: After not getting our first message, STATter911.com and the leadership of Clinton VFD have connected. We have a written response and details of a phone conversation with the VFD’s president. Scott Kaiser says it was Clinton that first told Prince George’s County officials there were problems with the initial injury report filed by one of its members. Click here for the response. Click here for Friday’s story.
New York EMT shot and killed: Links, pictures and details of the murder of Cape Vincent, NY EMT Mark Davis. Davis was shot and killed during a medical call Friday night. Click here.
Pickup driver in fatal collision with Trenton fire engine was driving on a suspended license: Read and watch the update on Friday evening’s crash that killed a 3-year-old girl on her way to see Disney on Ice. Click here for our initial coverage. More from FirefighterCloseCalls.com.
More fires in Coatesville, PA area: Serial arson problem is apparently continuing. Click here.
NJ cheating probe underway: The lead to a Sunday article in Philly.com–
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is investigating allegations that questions on a fire-captain exam circulated in a Camden firehouse around the time the test was given, fire officials said.
Since questions that the Camden firefighters answered were also used to test other New Jersey firefighters, the probe may extend beyond Camden, according to firefighters interviewed by investigators.
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Steve Redick’s video of a double fatal fire in Chicago on Saturday. A 7-year-old girl and a 23-year-old woman were killed in what is being called a suspicious blaze. Read more about the fire.
