Savannah: Fire burns at East Coast Terminal Company   
Firefighters were called to the East Coast Terminal Company industrial site off President Street in Savannah shortly after 3:20 Wednesday morning. The dispatcher was told that flames erupted because of a problem with a conveyor belt. "The fire started during regular operations involving the off-loading of wood chips from trucks.
WJCL & WTGS-TV Savannah

Former Macon-Bibb Co. Fire Chief Hartley: Pension Board Has No Plans to Sue Macon   
On Monday night, Macon Mayor Robert Reichert told City Council members that he thought the Fire and Police Pension Board could soon sue the city. But before a full council meeting Tuesday, former Macon-Bibb Fire Chief Jimmy Hartley gave council his side. "I'm not going to get on my soapbox tonight, and I'm not going to rail on anybody. I just wanted to touch up on a few things that were previously said," Chief Hartley said before council.
WMAZ-TV CBS 13 Macon

Fire displaces family of six in Liberty County   
Fire crews from Hinesville, Walthourville and Gumbranch responded to a house fire overnight in Liberty County. The fire has displaced two adults and four children. There are little details at this time. We will give you updates as soon as they are made available.
WTOC-TV CBS 11 Savannah

Cherokee County fire department honored for safety efforts   
Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services was selected “Lead Agency of the Year” for its efforts to prevent accidental childhood injury at the Safe Kids Georgia Gala. Conducted at the W Atlanta-Midtown, the May 4 gala served to award agencies throughout the state for working to prevent unintentional childhood injuries, spokesman Tim Cavender said.
Cherokee Tribune

White County firefighters follow through on promise to injured toddler   
White County firefighters recently followed through on a promise they made to a 3-year-old boy who lost a thumb, index and most of his middle finger in a lawn mower accident last month. Fire department spokeswoman Ana Newberry said as firefighters waited on an air ambulance to take Spencer Oliver to Egleston Children's hospital that day, firefighter Josh Taylor told him that they'd come back to see him when he was feeling better.
AccessNorthGA.com

Barrow County firefighters take on pressurized containers in training  
Barrow County Emergency Services spent several days last week in a pressurized container class, where firefighters practiced the proper way to put out the blazes that come from propane tanks. Instructors from the Georgia Fire Academy were on hand to assist with the training. BCES thanked Vigas and Harrison Propane for donating the propane used for the training, which involved a fire being set on the exterior of the training tank.
Barrow County News

Snellville Fire Destroys Home, Two Cars  
An early morning fire destroyed a two-story Snellville home and two cars parked in the garage, but a husband and wife living there escaped safely. The fire, which happened at the 3400 block of Golfe Links Drive, started in the corner of the garage, according to fire officials. The husband living there initially attempted to put the fire out with buckets of water, but he was unsuccessful.
Snellville Patch