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SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA)- A man is dead and a 16-year-old boy is under arrest after a shooting outside a home in Boiling Springs early Monday morning. The Spartanburg County Coroner says the victim is 60-year-old George Kevin Rush. Officials with the North Spartanburg Fire Department tell us Rush was a fire commissioner for the department. The shooting happened on Willow Run Terrace just after 6 a.m. Monday. The sheriff says a teenager is in custody. While being arrested, deputies tell us the suspect kicked out the window of a sheriff’s office cruiser. Investigators believe the teen acted alone and they...

The department expressed concerns that the flag may put firefighters at risks for ‘extremists targeting the fire engine’ Riverside County Fire Department firefighters were ordered Monday to remove a pro-police flag from one of their engines. The “thin blue line” flag was originally installed by firefighter Eric Hille to honor police officers killed in Baton Rouge and Dallas. He posted a picture of the flag July 17, hours after a gunman killed three officers in Baton Rouge. “We wanted to show our support for our brothers in blue,” Hille wrote to accompany the original Facebook photos. The following day, the firefighters were...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Buffalo firefighters are being urged by their union and the New York State Professional Fire Fighters Association (NYSPFFA) to be cautious, after the state association found threatening comments against firefighters on social media. The NYSPFFA says the threats come from a subject claiming to be from an extremist group, but the group has not been named. It provides these examples of threats found online (with original capitalization): "As you fight, remember that the FIREMEN and POLICE are on the SAME SIDE! Don't be fooled." "WE ARE CALLING ON ALL GANGS ACROSS THE NATION! ATTACK EVERYTHING IN BLUE...

Fire Department paramedics are urging residents to practice heat safety wherever they are as temperatures continue to soar in the high 90s, with heat indexes in the 100s. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), heat is typically the leading cause of weather-related fatalities each year because of dehydration or overheating. Heat-related illnesses and deaths are preventable, so firefighters are offering tips to help people stay safe during the heat wave. Firefighter/paramedics say the best thing to do is to avoid being outside for prolonged periods of time during extreme heat, but if that isn’t possible, there are...

The aim of the third annual rib eating contest Tuesday preludes Tip-A-Cop, a Corpus Christi Police Department event to raise money for Special Olympics South Texas. Tip-A-Cop will be Tuesday from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Texas Roadhouse. Officers and firefighters will serve tea and water to patrons for tips. The five-man team representing the Corpus Christi Fire Department destroyed the competition from CCPD and members of the local media organizations KIII-TV, KZTV-10, KRIS-6, K-99 and the Caller-Times. "It's all about strategy and bringing in the right people," said Asst. Fire Chief Randy Paige. "We brought the two biggest...