California's increasingly deadly and destructive wildfires have become so unpredictable that government officials should consider banning home construction in vulnerable areas, the state's top firefighter says.
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Director Ken Pimlott will leave his job Friday after 30 years with the agency. - PUB DATE: 12/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Firefighters across Minnesota are increasingly responding to 911 calls to lift elderly people off the floor, even at some senior care facilities with their own staff.
More than 7,100 times last year, fire departments across the state were dispatched to assist frail but uninjured people, a nearly threefold increase from a decade prior. - PUB DATE: 12/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Four Manchester firefighters injured while battling a fire Sunday afternoon went back into the Seventh Avenue home to continue the firefight. They were also back on the job on Monday.
“You're right next to each other but you can't see each other,” Capt. Pete Franggos, of the Manchester Fire Department, said. - PUB DATE: 12/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester
VIDEO - The Pitcairn Council voted Monday night to disband the #2 Volunteer Fire Department during a heated meeting.
The borough currently has two separate volunteer fire departments, but the #2 Department will be disbanded at the end of the year. After the decision was announced, there was an altercation between several people that ended with one firefighter being shocked with a Taser and arrested by police. - PUB DATE: 12/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPXI-TV NBC 11 Pittsburgh
The song lyrics say, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” So maybe it’s an appropriate time to talk about grant seekers that confuse Uncle Sam, the personification of the American government, with Santa Claus. He gives presents and fulfils requests for those who deserve them.
How many times have we heard someone say, “Oh don’t worry about how much it costs it’s a grant application. - PUB DATE: 12/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue 1
Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the road-rage death of an off-duty firefighter on a Brooklyn highway, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Joseph Desmond, 29, was tracked down by the NYPD and US marshals at the Circle Motor Lodge in South Amboy, NJ, where he was arrested for a parole violation, the sources said. - PUB DATE: 12/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
A Worcester firefighter died Sunday shortly after he was pulled from a burning apartment building on Lowell Street.
Fire Chief Michael Lavoie identified the victim as Firefighter Christopher Roy, 36, a 2½-year member of the department. He lived in Shrewsbury and leaves a 9-year-old daughter.
The fire was reported at 3:58 a. - PUB DATE: 12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Firefighters weren’t paying attention and hadn’t been properly trained when a brand new $1.1 million fire truck was seriously damaged and put out of service during a training exercise in October, according to a report released Friday.
Fire Chief James Wilson has been directed to immediately establish new standard operating guidelines that also were found lacking after the truck’s 107-foot aerial ladder hit an overhead power line, sending an electrical current that destroyed the truck’s complex wiring systems and sparked a fire on the right front tire. - PUB DATE: 12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Press Herald
The union representing city firefighters will challenge an order dismissing an unfair labor practice complaint filed over the demotion of former assistant chief Thomas Makar.
The complaint alleged Makar, an assistant chief for 12 years, did not retain his appointed position because of his criticism of the city on social media. - PUB DATE: 12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilkes Barre Times Leader
A minor traffic dispute turned deadly for an off-duty firefighter Sunday when he and another driver pulled off the road to sort it out and the raging motorist killed him, law-enforcement sources said. The fatal dust-up occurred as 33-year-old Bravest Faizal Coto was headed eastbound on the Belt Parkway near Bay 8th Street in Bath Beach around 4:45 a. - PUB DATE: 12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
The Blissfield Township Fire Department caught on fire around 6:30 this morning.
According to the Blissfield Fire Chief Dale Fruchui, there was heavy smoke and fire in the attic and in the truck bay.
Riga, Palmyra, Deerfield and Madison Township Fire Departments were called to assist.
Three firefighters were transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation, but we're told they're okay. - PUB DATE: 12/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVG-TV 13abc Toledo
When Charlotte firefighter Seth Tinsley died at 34 of brain cancer in 2016, his name went on the International Association of Fire Fighter’s memorial in Colorado Springs, Colo., for those lost in the line of duty.
Tinsley’s own state, however, made no connection between his 11 years of fire service and his early death. - PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charlotte Observer
An unauthorized practice has overpaid retiring Warwick firefighters for accumulations of vacation time since 2015, a Providence Journal investigation shows.
Asked about documents and information developed by The Journal, Mayor Joseph J. Solomon said Friday he was ordering a halt to the practice.
Solomon accused his predecessor, Mayor Scott Avedisian, of signing a contract document that enhanced the vacation perk even though the change was never approved by the City Council, as required. - PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal
Chief of Department James Leonard, the top uniformed officer in the FDNY, has been relieved of his duties and put on modified assignment pending a review of possible “inappropriate behavior,” a spokesman said Thursday.
The move came two days after the Daily News reported on allegations that Leonard was butting heads with many in the FDNY, including First Deputy Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, the lone woman at the top of the roster. - PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
When I spoke last year with Chief Jan Rader of the Huntington, West Virginia, Fire Department, she was realistic about the circumstances her department faced with the growing opioid crisis. At that time, data showed that West Virginia had the highest per capita rate of opioid addiction in the United States, and more than 41 overdose deaths per 100,000 population. - PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
A brewing feud between Detroit's police chief and the president of the city's firefighters union has now erupted into a criminal investigation.
DPD Chief James Craig says his department is looking into whether a Facebook post by Union President Mike Nevin criticizing police response times has violated law. - PUB DATE: 12/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC Detroit
As Anne Arundel’s Safe Stations continues to grow, county public safety officials are looking at issues regarding transporting people to addiction treatment centers.
Fire Department and mental health officials stress the program’s protocol — which has firefighters and police helping those looking for treatment who walk into a county firehouse or police department — has not affected emergency response time. - PUB DATE: 12/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Capital Gazette
The city of Cedar Falls is under threat of having its ISO rating, which impacts insurance rates for property owners, lowered from a 3 to a 4.
But the city has been working throughout 2018 to keep the rating as is.
The Insurance Service Office informed Cedar Falls it is prepared to drop the rating, but has given the city until February to make improvements to retain its level 3 classification. - PUB DATE: 12/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Courier
A special Christmas gift for the son of a fallen Philadelphia firefighter.
Evan’s father, Michael, died suddenly in January of 2016. He was a marine corps veteran and a proud Philadelphia firefighter.
For the holidays this year, Evans wish is simple, to fill up his board of fire company patches, to collect them just like his dad did. - PUB DATE: 12/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS Philadelphia
The township’s former fire chief and director of emergency services will receive a $500,000 payment to end a civil lawsuit alleging his job was eliminated because of his political activities.
The Township Committee narrowly approved a resolution authorizing the payment as part of a settlement with former fire chief Jason Carty, whose position was eliminated in April 2016 after less than two years on the job. - PUB DATE: 12/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Burlington County Times
