The Hamilton Fire Department has announced major safety improvements following an internal investigation into the line of duty death of one of their own.
Firefighter Patrick Wolterman died in December 2015 after responding to a fire believed to have trapped people inside a home. Wolterman was the first firefighter to enter the home. He ran into the burning home that morning because firefighters thought people could be trapped.
Wolterman fell through the first floor and died of smoke inhalation.
It was later revealed the two men intentionally started the fire, setting the Parker's Pater Avenue home bursting into flames.
A jury found Lester Parker, 67, and his nephew Billy Tucker, 50, guilty of aggravated arson and murder.