VIDEO: The Appleton Fire Department says the firefighter who was shot Wednesday night has died. The firefighter's name has not been released, but the statement says the firefighter had been with the department for 14 years.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
Fire Chief Jeremy Hansen and Mayor Hanna will make a statement to the media on Thursday at the Appleton Police Department. - PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAY-TV ABC 2
VIDEO: A quick CPR lesson and an app could be all it takes to save a nearby person's life.
Wake County EMS District Chief M. Wells demonstrated chest compressions a person would use on someone whose heart has stopped. He reminded people that even if they think they're not strong enough or are afraid of hurting the person, it's still worth it to perform CPR. - PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV CBS 17
Gary Fire Chief Paul Bradley was just 18 years old and a recent graduate of Lew Wallace High School when he applied for a job with the city’s Fire Department, his lifelong employer.
But if Bradley were coming along today, he wouldn’t be able to apply. He’d be regarded as too young, even though he doesn’t think the extra years would make much of a difference in his on-the-job abilities. - PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune - Metered Site
Fire Departments and EMS in Santa Rosa County will observe the Fifth Annual “We Remember” Night, sponsored by the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance, Friday, May 17, 2019, at 9 p.m.
The event will be demonstrated by pulling fire apparatus and ambulances onto the apron in front of their stations while activating emergency lights for one minute to remember brothers and sisters in the fire and EMS service who have taken their own lives. - PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRG-TV CBS 5
Dramatic new body camera video shows police engaging in a gun battle with a man inside a San Diego condo complex, resulting in two officers being struck by bullets and the suspect taking his own life.
The suspect, 28-year-old Joe Darwish, was wearing a bulletproof vest and was armed with a homemade assault weapon and a homemade 9 mm semi-automatic pistol, according to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office. - PUB DATE: 5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7
Sometimes fighting a fire takes more than water.
Firefighters across New Jersey — particularly those working on military bases and at airports — use a special type of foam which smothers fires that water would be otherwise ineffective against. The foam is called aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF).
Not all AFFF products are the same, but for decades many of them were made with toxic chemicals known as PFOS and PFOA (perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid) that today are being found in drinking water systems across the Garden State. - PUB DATE: 5/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com
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
