The Volunteer Chief Officers Section of the International Association Of Fire Chiefs announced the

The Volunteer Chief Officers Section of the International Association Of Fire Chiefs announced the 1997-1998 Board of Directors: Chairman, Chief FRED WINDISCH, Ponderosa (TX) Volunteer Fire Department; International Director, Chief JOHN M. BUCKMAN, German Township (IN) Fire Department; Vice Chairman, Director PETER A. McMAHON, Grand Island (NY) Fire Company; and Secretary-Treasurer, Chief ROBERT BETTENHAUSEN, Tinley Park (IL) Volunteer Fire Department. At-Large board members include Chief MICHAEL D. CHIARAMONTE, Lynbrook (NY) Fire Department; Commissioner ALAN CORNER, Bainbridge Island (WA) Fire Department; Chief LARRY W. CURL, Wayne Township (IN) Fire Department; Chief BYRON STAHLA, Green River (WY) Fire Department; Chief GARY SCOTT, Campbell County (WY) Fire Department; and Chief TIMOTHY S. WALL, North Farm (CT) Volunteer Fire Department.

Bus Full of Kids Slides into Ditch in MI

A school bus packed with 37 children careened off a dirt road and into a ditch Thursday in Washtenaw County.

NH Firefighters Extinguish Car Fire Started by Incendiary Device

Police and fire officials are investigating after a car was intentionally set on fire Wednesday evening, possibly with a Molotov cocktail.