Officials confirm a firefighter died while fighting a fire early Sunday morning in Christopher.
Seventeen fire departments and six police departments assisted in battling the two-story structure fire.
The Christopher Police Department said a call came in around 3:30 a.m. reporting a fire at 118 West Market Street. - PUB DATE: 5/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSIL-TV 3
A veteran paramedic who overcame a hardscrabble Bronx childhood to log an incredible 28 years with the FDNY will have stars in her eyes and four more on her collar Tuesday as the history-making new Chief of EMS.
Lillian Bonsignore, a single mom barely out of her teens when she started as an emergency medical technician in 1991, becomes the first woman to hold the rank in the department’s 154-year history. - PUB DATE: 5/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
VIDEO: 19 elected officials and leaders from Wichita and surrounding cities suited up in protective gear to see what it is like to be a firefighter for a day.
In small groups, participants took turns battling a structure fire under the controlled supervision of firefighters.
"We had fire going over the top of our heads," said David Dennis, Sedgwick County Commissioner of District 3. - PUB DATE: 5/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNW 3 Wichita
Since 1885, New Jersey firefighters and their families have benefitted from a special fund designed to support them in times of tragedy and financial hardship.
It helps pay for the burials of fallen firefighters, provides financial assistance for first responders hit with medical bills, and even provides in-home health care for those who are aging and suffering from physical ailments. - PUB DATE: 5/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com
A longtime member of the Tulsa Fire Department received a historic confirmation to the State Fire Marshal Commission.
Gov. Kevin Stitt recently appointed Training Chief Julie Lynn as the first woman to serve on the commission.
She will replace Stan May, who resigned as commissioner after being elected to the state House of Representatives in January. - PUB DATE: 5/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tulsa World
Firefighters in Miami Beach are concerned that nepotism played a role in selecting this year’s recruit class, creating an unfair hiring process and possible safety risks, according to three current firefighters who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
More than 500 people applied for coveted positions with the Miami Beach Fire Department last fall and 124 made it past the written exam and physical agility test to the interview round. - PUB DATE: 5/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Miami Herald
A public service announcement that spotlights the shortage of volunteer firefighters in Connecticut is up for an Emmy award.
Shot by professional cinematographer and Hebron volunteer firefighter Matthew Troy, “See You Out There” features 85 volunteers from 16 departments across the state. The regional Emmy awards are to be presented on June 15 in Boston. - PUB DATE: 5/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hartford Courant
VIDEO: A strong wind gust thrust a bounce house-type inflatable into the air Wednesday, injuring five Washington state high school students, officials said.
The inflatable went airborne at about 2:30 p.m. during an Associated student body event at Zillah High School, outside of Yakima, according to a statement from the school. - PUB DATE: 5/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News
Eight firefighters and a police officer were injured at a solar energy storage facility in the aptly named town of Surprise, Arizona last month when they answered a call to inspect an energy storage system (ESS) fire. The situation quickly took a turn for the worse when an explosion blew the container’s doors off. - PUB DATE: 5/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1.com
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. plans to set up a $105 million fund to help survivors of recent California wildfires likely started by the utility's equipment, according to a court filing Wednesday.
PG&E's "wildfire assistance program" would provide relief for people who lost property during huge blazes in 2017 and 2018, said the filing in U. - PUB DATE: 5/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Bay Area
The San Francisco Giants honored Joanne Hayes-White, the city's first female fire chief, on Wednesday during her last official public appearance before she retires.
She threw out the ceremonial first pitch during a Giants-Dodgers game.
Hayes-White served for 30 years with the department. "It's pretty surreal right now. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU Fox 2
Orange County’s newest fire station, its first in the booming Horizon West community near Disney, means more money in Joan Sullens’ pocket.
The Horizon West resident now qualifies for a premium-reducing, fire-protection discount on her homeowners insurance policy because firefighting crews are much closer. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
A new law designed to make volunteer service more attractive to retired firefighters will help rural fire departments across the state, Byng Fire Department Chief Chris McGill said Tuesday.
“We’ve had a recent decline in volunteers and people wiling to volunteer, and that will assist these little departments that have retired paid personnel in their fire districts that are willing to volunteer,” he said. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Stillwater News Press
Most of the country can expect a normal wildfire season but residents along the West Coast of the United States should be ready for another busy season, the National Interagency Fire Center said Wednesday.
California experienced its deadliest and largest wildfires in the past two years, including a fire in the northern part of the state last year that destroyed the town of Paradise, killing more than 80 people. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox News
Legislation designating nine types of cancer as on-the-job injuries for firefighters cleared a House committee Tuesday despite opposition from a powerful lobbying group.
Statistically, firefighters are at a higher risk than the general public for esophageal, intestinal, rectal, testicular, brain and oral cavity cancers, as well as non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma and mesothelioma. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRAL.com
Six days after Houston City Council approved 220 firefighter layoffs, Fire Chief Sam Peña followed through telling the department's newest hires in an emailed letter, "I am sorry to have to notify you that your position is being eliminated..."
Peña explained the layoffs, telling firefighters, "The City of Houston has experienced a sizeable budget shortfall due to the implementation of Prop B. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC 13 News
Stephen Carr, president of the York Village Fire Department corporation, laid out the typical scenario for a volunteer firefighter at the York Village or York Beach departments.
“The pager goes off. You could be at work, so you’re leaving work and not getting paid while you respond,” he said. “You get in your vehicle, using your own gasoline. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News
After weathering six judges, a long preliminary hearing, a botched plea deal, countless legal motions and no shortage of emotional courtroom drama, the trial of two men held responsible for the deaths of 36 people in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire 2 1/2 years ago finally begins Tuesday.
Prosecutors are scheduled to deliver opening statements laying out their case against Derick Almena, 49, and Max Harris, 29, who are charged with 36 counts each of involuntary manslaughter stemming from the Dec. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times
Negotiators for the city and the executive board of Warwick’s firefighters union have reached agreement on a proposed union contract that would bolster the city’s financial position, Mayor Joseph J. Solomon said Tuesday.
The proposed contract, which remains subject to ratification votes by the union’s membership and by Warwick’s City Council, would incorporate pension language already written into the city’s ordinances, said Solomon. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal
State lawmakers are working to curb and document the use of contaminated firefighting foam with a trio of bills.
Fire chiefs who use firefighting foam that contained per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances would be required to report its usage within 48 hours, including details on the location, quantity used, nearby waterways and cleanup efforts. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News
