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Didn’t do anything wrong’: Oregon Fire Marshal explains resignation Sep 12, 2020 / 10:48 AM PDT / Updated: Sep 13, 2020 / 04:41 AM PDT PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon Fire Marshal Jim Walker was placed on paid administrative leave Saturday. Then just hours later, he resigned, according to the Oregon State Police. OSP did not immediately provide a reason for Walker’s departure. However, Walker spoke with KOIN 6 News Saturday evening during which he said he was placed on leave by OSP Superintendent Travis Hampton after trying to help a co-worker whose family was missing in a fire zone....

[Full Title] Illegal Alien Kills FBI Agent and Fire Marshal, Only Gets $280 Fine, Doesn’t Have To Show Up For Court Most everyone knows the famous case of Kate Steinle, killed by an illegal alien who should have been deported and should never have been here but for San Francisco is a sanctuary city. And on top of the horror of her death, the outrageous lack of justice in the decision that let the killer off with just a gun charge. But unfortunately that’s not the only case, there are so many more, as the Angel families have demonstrated. And...

Trump blasts ANOTHER fire marshal for 'political' interference after thousands are left outside his rally despite massive empty spaces inside Fire marshal in Columbus, Ohio cut off Donald Trump's crowd at 1,000 Cavernous exhibit hall was only half-used, and massive empty spaces remained insideTrump claimed he was being discriminated against 'purely for political reasons ' and asked if the mayor is a Democrat 'We could've had four, five, six thousand people. They’ve all been turned away. It's a disgrace,' he added Trump also slammed a fire marshal in Colorado last week for shutting the door on him and forcing people...

DES MOINES, Iowa - The cartoonish plastic frog with bulging eyes could be a children's toy — but for the torch-like flame that bursts from the novelty lighter's head. "They look like something you would get in a McDonald's Happy Meal," said John Dean, president of the National Association of State Fire Marshals, who often shows off the device. "They're cute, they're little" — but they can be deadly. Dean's group is backing an effort to ban novelty lighters across the country, and a handful of states are considering it. In California, Washington and Arkansas, local ordinances have been passed...