When Marion Fire Station No. 2 went into service in 1991, firefighter Deb Krebill spent the first night there.
Back then, Marion was a town of roughly 20,000, served by two fire stations. Today, the city has doubled in population — and Krebill is now the fire chief — but it still is served by those same two locations. - PUB DATE: 5/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette
VIDEO: On Tuesday, a well-known R&B singer thanked the people who saved his life. Peabo Bryson had a heart attack April 27.
He had no pulse and was not breathing. Only 13% of victims found in this condition survive the ordeal. Bryson did and made it his priority to visit the local fire station to hug and thank those who helped save him. - PUB DATE: 5/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta
The Washington County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to put Smithsburg EMS on probation after the ambulance company notified the county last week it needed immediate financial help.
Smithsburg EMS previously warned the county of its dire financial situation, anticipating it could close its doors by September without assistance. - PUB DATE: 5/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Herald-Mail Media
After years of mechanical problems plaguing the District’s emergency response vehicles, the D.C. Council is moving to fund $65 million in fixes.
The Council’s Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety wants the District to replace old and broken down ambulances, fire engines, and ladder trucks with the funds, as well as build a new repair shop. - PUB DATE: 5/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: DCist
So much of Lower Manhattan has transformed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: 1 World Trade Center has risen again to help fill a glaring gap in New York City’s skyline. Closer to earth, thousands each day pass through the Oculus, the photogenic transit hub and shopping mall that is adjacent to a site of the attacks. - PUB DATE: 5/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The New York Times - Metered Site
Firefighters from all over southeast Iowa came out to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Mt. Pleasant Fire Department and 50th anniversary of the Henry County Fire Department on Saturday, May 11, with an open house and training session.
The department brought in a simulation and training trailer from the Fire Service Training Bureau to train firefighters and inform the public about the kinds of training the firefighters have to do. - PUB DATE: 5/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mt. Pleasant News
Kristi Walters said her husband David endured many “close calls” in his two decades as a Dallas firefighter.
But David Walters, 49, last year didn't die at a blaze or a car-wreck scene or at the fire station; he collapsed suddenly after playing a little football with his family the day after Thanksgiving. - PUB DATE: 5/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas News
The Payson Town Council last week voted against merging the Payson, Hellsgate and Houston Mesa fire departments.
Officials negotiated the merger for two years, which won overwhelming support from firefighters. The departments spent thousands on a consultant, which concluded a merger would save money, not require a tax increase and improve services. - PUB DATE: 5/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Payson Roundup
It was a very early Saturday morning in November 1986, when Dan Sullivan said he arrived on the scene of his first fire as a new Quincy firefighter. And it was a bad one.
The blaze was a two-alarm fire at a single family home in North Quincy at 28 Milton Road. When firefighters arrived, a mother and her newborn daughter were trapped inside the house. - PUB DATE: 5/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Patriot Ledger
An Atlanta firefighter was severely injured when he was struck by a vehicle along Interstate 85 northbound near Cleveland Avenue Sunday morning.
The firefighter was part of a crew from Fire Station #2 responding to a rollover wreck on the interstate and was stepping off of a fire engine when he was struck by another vehicle, according to Atlanta Fire Chief Randall Slaughter. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 11 Alive
Ultra-rugged LTE device maker Sonim Technologies today began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market, a step that reflects the burgeoning open-standards environment that is developing with the establishment of public-safety and critical-infrastructure broadband initiatives, according to Sonim CEO Bob Plaschke. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Urgent Communications
As more and more colonists came to the early counties, forests were naturally cleared and wooden homes as well as other structures were built. In those homes, owners had wooden floors, wooden walls, wooden ceilings and, of course, furniture made of wood.
Additionally, in time, houses and farms became closer to each other as the population increased. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Bulletin
VIDEO: Sometimes the best way of thanking your heroes is becoming one of them.
A young man is now firefighter after he credits them for saving his life. The new recruit says he is ready to give others second chances. Zack Jones always had one dream job and that was to be a firefighter.
“I grew up around just hearing the stories and it always sounded really cool to be a part of the department that saved my life,” said Jones. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News Channel 5 Nashville
After struggling for six years, legislators, labor advocates and municipal leaders will announce a long-awaited compromise Monday on post-traumatic stress disorder benefits for police and firefighters.
Though they declined to provide details of the agreement, Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague — who’s spearheaded the push to expand coverage for first responders — and Connecticut Conference of Municipalities Executive Director Joe DeLong, both predicted Friday it would draw bipartisan support. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CT Post
VIDEO: The Kern County Administrative office and the Kern County Firefighter's Association have not been able to settle on a two-year contract after the two sides failed to agree on how to cut overtime spending.
The Firefighters Association voted against the county's offer last night, an offer that would have cut overtime spending by the department by $3. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KERO-TV ABC 23 Bakersfield
Keith Johnson could tell story after story about the vitriol he’s faced as EMS chief of Malvern Fire Company.
“I had a gentleman literally in one breath thank me for my crew saving his daughter’s life," he said, “and in the second breath say: 'But your bill’s ridiculous, I’m not paying.’”
In Berwyn, Fire Chief Eamon Brazunas has gotten scathing notes from folks upset about their ambulance bills because they wrongly assume that the service is free for taxpayers. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer
VIDEO: A massive fire early Thursday consumed 613 Automotive, a used car dealership at the south end of the village that was being used as the staging area and a set for the filming of an HBO miniseries. Ellenville Police Chief Phil Mattracion said the cause of the 1 a.m. fire at 188 S. Main St. (U.S. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Freeman
Rhode Island’s public employee unions have again scored a victory in the state’s Democrat-dominated General Assembly.
In a series of final votes on Thursday, state lawmakers approved bills to mandate time-and-a-half pay to firefighters who average more than 42 hours a week and to lock in the wages and benefits in expired teacher and municipal public employee contracts until a new contract is in place. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal - Metered Site
Around the U.S., many police departments, fire departments, emergency medical services, and other first responders are experiencing a shortage in staff.
Fire Marshal Ricky Shores said Columbus Fire and EMS is currently about 25 people short and they only hire once a year. Shores said when Columbus Fire and EMS are at full staff, they have roughly 100 people on board. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVM-TV ABC 9
The city’s firefighters union voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night against the ratification of a contract proposal that Mayor Joseph J. Solomon had heralded as a major advancement for Warwick’s finances.
As proposed, the two-year deal provided no raises and it also resolved other issues, including a pension overhaul program that was reversed in a recent arbitration proceeding, according to Solomon. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal
