Barberton may not save money by laying off firefighters and could end up paying more in firefighting costs because of overtime, the head of the city’s fire union says.
“I don’t understand how layoffs are going to help the city because to keep services, that’s going to require a large amount of overtime,” International Association of Fire Fighters Local 329 President Rick Schwenning said Wednesday. - PUB DATE: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ohio.com
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Tuesday directed a team of fire chiefs to push ahead with a plan for a possible countywide sales tax measure this fall to pay for more firefighters, equipment and stations.
The board also authorized spending $1.6 million a year to help fund the county’s newest fire agency, to be formed from the consolidation of four existing departments that cover Santa Rosa’s outskirts and Windsor. - PUB DATE: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Democrat
Emergency-medical-service (EMS) paramedic units for AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, N.J., will be able to leverage the e-Bridge Mobile Telemedicine application from General Device (GD) and Sonim Technologies’ XP8 ultra-rugged smartphones in an effort to save critical treatment time for patients. - PUB DATE: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Urgent Communications
In a move designed to increase safety, communication and oversight, the Philadelphia Fire Department is putting more chiefs in the field through the restorations of Battalions 5 & 6 and Division 3.
In the same way police operate in districts, the Fire Department divides the city into battalions. Each one is led by a Battalion Chief, who responds on emergency calls to supervise firefighters. - PUB DATE: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: City of Philadelphia
Remember those annual reminders to check your smoke alarm batteries when you turn your clocks back?
Those will become a thing of the past when a new state law takes effect April 1.
The law requires that all new or replacement smoke detectors sold in New York state be either powered by a 10-year, sealed, non-removable battery, or hardwired to the home. - PUB DATE: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Elmira Star Gazette
Barberton may not save money by laying off firefighters and could end up paying more in firefighting costs because of overtime, the head of the city’s fire union says.
“I don’t understand how layoffs are going to help the city because to keep services, that’s going to require a large amount of overtime,” International Association of Fire Fighters Local 329 President Rick Schwenning said Wednesday. - PUB DATE: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ohio.com
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors Tuesday directed a team of fire chiefs to push ahead with a plan for a possible countywide sales tax measure this fall to pay for more firefighters, equipment and stations.
The board also authorized spending $1.6 million a year to help fund the county’s newest fire agency, to be formed from the consolidation of four existing departments that cover Santa Rosa’s outskirts and Windsor. - PUB DATE: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Democrat
Emergency-medical-service (EMS) paramedic units for AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, N.J., will be able to leverage the e-Bridge Mobile Telemedicine application from General Device (GD) and Sonim Technologies’ XP8 ultra-rugged smartphones in an effort to save critical treatment time for patients. - PUB DATE: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Urgent Communications
In a move designed to increase safety, communication and oversight, the Philadelphia Fire Department is putting more chiefs in the field through the restorations of Battalions 5 & 6 and Division 3.
In the same way police operate in districts, the Fire Department divides the city into battalions. Each one is led by a Battalion Chief, who responds on emergency calls to supervise firefighters. - PUB DATE: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: City of Philadelphia
Remember those annual reminders to check your smoke alarm batteries when you turn your clocks back?
Those will become a thing of the past when a new state law takes effect April 1.
The law requires that all new or replacement smoke detectors sold in New York state be either powered by a 10-year, sealed, non-removable battery, or hardwired to the home. - PUB DATE: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Elmira Star Gazette
VIDEO: Effingham County welcomed home a fallen firefighter Tuesday afternoon.
Effingham County Battalion Chief Matt Kicklighter died of natural causes over the weekend in Daytona Beach, FL, where officials say he was attending a fire and rescue conference.
The rain felt very fitting during the procession. - PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOC 11
For years lawmakers have tried to pass a bill in the state legislature that would allow presumptive care for firefighters. Each year that bill is denied and for the most part it comes down to funding.
As the law stands now, it's up to the firefighter to prove his illness came while on the job. If this bill passes, it puts the burden of proof on the insurance carrier instead of the individual. - PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC Fox Montana
Pleas for the Unicoi County Commission to redo its advertisement for bids on a four-year ambulance service contract awarded to MedicOne Medical Response in December fell short Monday on a split commission vote that hinged on the possibility of $900,000 lawsuit.
With commissioners Matthew Rice, Jamie Harris, Glenn White, Stephen Hendrix and John Mosley opposed, commissioners Todd Wilcox, Marie Rice and Jason Harris in favor and Commission Chairman Loren Thomas abstaining, a motion to put the contract back out for bids failed by a vote of 5 to 3. - PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Johnson City Press
A young woman who recently gave birth to twins arrived at Fire Station 302 in Hesperia and surrendered her children under the states “Safe-Haven Law”.
It happened at about 8:40 pm, on January 28, 2019. San Bernardino County Fire department officials said, a woman showed up at the station and gave possession of the newborn twins to the crew. - PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: VVNG.com
VIDEO: It was probably the last thing Matt Olechnowicz expected when he asked a valet at a Biscayne Boulevard parking garage to get his car about 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Olechnowicz told reporters that a short time later his custom 2005 Acura TL plunged down an elevator shaft and burst into flames.
“When I called for the car, all the sudden I hear my car alarm going off and I hear a big bang. - PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Sentinel
VIDEO: Effingham County welcomed home a fallen firefighter Tuesday afternoon.
Effingham County Battalion Chief Matt Kicklighter died of natural causes over the weekend in Daytona Beach, FL, where officials say he was attending a fire and rescue conference.
The rain felt very fitting during the procession. - PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOC 11
For years lawmakers have tried to pass a bill in the state legislature that would allow presumptive care for firefighters. Each year that bill is denied and for the most part it comes down to funding.
As the law stands now, it's up to the firefighter to prove his illness came while on the job. If this bill passes, it puts the burden of proof on the insurance carrier instead of the individual. - PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC Fox Montana
Pleas for the Unicoi County Commission to redo its advertisement for bids on a four-year ambulance service contract awarded to MedicOne Medical Response in December fell short Monday on a split commission vote that hinged on the possibility of $900,000 lawsuit.
With commissioners Matthew Rice, Jamie Harris, Glenn White, Stephen Hendrix and John Mosley opposed, commissioners Todd Wilcox, Marie Rice and Jason Harris in favor and Commission Chairman Loren Thomas abstaining, a motion to put the contract back out for bids failed by a vote of 5 to 3. - PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Johnson City Press
A young woman who recently gave birth to twins arrived at Fire Station 302 in Hesperia and surrendered her children under the states “Safe-Haven Law”.
It happened at about 8:40 pm, on January 28, 2019. San Bernardino County Fire department officials said, a woman showed up at the station and gave possession of the newborn twins to the crew. - PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: VVNG.com
VIDEO: It was probably the last thing Matt Olechnowicz expected when he asked a valet at a Biscayne Boulevard parking garage to get his car about 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Olechnowicz told reporters that a short time later his custom 2005 Acura TL plunged down an elevator shaft and burst into flames.
“When I called for the car, all the sudden I hear my car alarm going off and I hear a big bang. - PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Sentinel
