Ann Arbor firefighters are getting retroactive raises going back more than two years.
The City Council voted 9-1 to OK a three-year contract with the firefighters union Tuesday night, Jan. 22.
The last negotiated collective bargaining agreement expired at the end of 2016. The new one runs Jan. 1, 2017 to Dec. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive.com
Despite pushback from the firefighters’ union, the Orlando Fire Department on Friday inducted 23 civilian paramedics, a response to the city’s growing population and demand for emergency medical services, the department said.
Among the 23 hires are 14 women, a record number for an OFD graduating class, according to the release. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
VIDEO: When two firefighters clocked into work Monday, they didn't realize they'd be making history. In a first for Spokane County Fire District 8, an all-female firefighting team ran the paramedic unit.
But Meg Williams and Jennifer Raudebaugh say despite Monday's milestone, it felt like any other day on the job. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY.com
VIDEO: Flagging, communication and detours were the main sticking points discussed at a meeting on how to better handle accidents on Interstate 78.
Firefighters, fire police, PSP troopers, EMS members, PEMA officials, PennDOT officials and others gathered at the PEMA Eastern Area Office on Tuesday night to improve handling traffic and managing the scene when an accident forces I-78 to be shut down. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 News
Firefighters, EMS personnel, or any member of the Virginia National Guard Armed Forces Reserves may soon be able to carry a concealed weapon without a permit thanks to legislation passed by Virginia’s Senate Tuesday.
SB 1012, introduced by Sen. Amanda Chase (R – Amelia County, Colonial Heights), would allow specific firefighters and EMS providers to carry concealed weapons without a permit “provided that such firefighter or person employed as emergency medical services personnel has been approved to carry a concealed handgun by his fire chief or emergency medical services chief. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6
Ann Arbor firefighters are getting retroactive raises going back more than two years.
The City Council voted 9-1 to OK a three-year contract with the firefighters union Tuesday night, Jan. 22.
The last negotiated collective bargaining agreement expired at the end of 2016. The new one runs Jan. 1, 2017 to Dec. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive.com
Despite pushback from the firefighters’ union, the Orlando Fire Department on Friday inducted 23 civilian paramedics, a response to the city’s growing population and demand for emergency medical services, the department said.
Among the 23 hires are 14 women, a record number for an OFD graduating class, according to the release. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
VIDEO: When two firefighters clocked into work Monday, they didn't realize they'd be making history. In a first for Spokane County Fire District 8, an all-female firefighting team ran the paramedic unit.
But Meg Williams and Jennifer Raudebaugh say despite Monday's milestone, it felt like any other day on the job. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY.com
VIDEO: Flagging, communication and detours were the main sticking points discussed at a meeting on how to better handle accidents on Interstate 78.
Firefighters, fire police, PSP troopers, EMS members, PEMA officials, PennDOT officials and others gathered at the PEMA Eastern Area Office on Tuesday night to improve handling traffic and managing the scene when an accident forces I-78 to be shut down. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 News
Firefighters, EMS personnel, or any member of the Virginia National Guard Armed Forces Reserves may soon be able to carry a concealed weapon without a permit thanks to legislation passed by Virginia’s Senate Tuesday.
SB 1012, introduced by Sen. Amanda Chase (R – Amelia County, Colonial Heights), would allow specific firefighters and EMS providers to carry concealed weapons without a permit “provided that such firefighter or person employed as emergency medical services personnel has been approved to carry a concealed handgun by his fire chief or emergency medical services chief. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6
VIDEO: It’s been a tough couple of weeks for firefighters in Walton County and Social Circle.
There have been two fire truck wrecks at nearly the same spot.
A Social Circle firefighter remained at Grady Memorial Hospital’s ICU, while three other firefighters are at home recovering.
The Georgia State Patrol is examining both wrecks to see if it was a terrible coincidence or if roadway improvements might be needed. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 5 Atlanta
The Central Valley Fire District asked a Gallatin County judge Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit that claims the fire district doesn’t have the authority to enforce state fire codes on a wedding venue in the Belgrade area.
Foster Creek Farm filed the lawsuit against the fire district in Gallatin County District Court in May. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bozeman Daily Chronicle
VIDEO: For the past nine weeks, teens from the Sacramento area have been learning what it takes to become a firefighter.
The Sacramento Regional Firefighter Youth Academy offers a program that provides life guidance and career exploration for at-risk high schoolers.
“We characterize ‘at risk’ as being youth who might have academic, social or economic challenges in their life, and we just want to make sure that we can be a resource and that we can provide opportunities for youth to be successful in life,” said Byron Berhel, a retired fire captain who is now the CEO for Solutions for At Risk Youth. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA 3
VIDEO: he wind chill was -30 degrees Monday morning when a rental box truck crashed into the back of a tractor trailer on the Thruway in Henrietta.
The driver's life was saved, in part, because the firefighters who got there kept him warm.
They used an industrial heater to pump hot air into the cab of the truck when they were trying to pull him out. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC News 10
Deaths of first responders to suicide, increased depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other symptoms of mental health trauma have led some fire department leaders to change the way they want to see their peers cope with the often stressful and heartbreaking job.
“Tradition is you just suck it up and go about your day, and just let it go,” Lakeland Fire Department Lt. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Ledger
VIDEO: It’s been a tough couple of weeks for firefighters in Walton County and Social Circle.
There have been two fire truck wrecks at nearly the same spot.
A Social Circle firefighter remained at Grady Memorial Hospital’s ICU, while three other firefighters are at home recovering.
The Georgia State Patrol is examining both wrecks to see if it was a terrible coincidence or if roadway improvements might be needed. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 5 Atlanta
The Central Valley Fire District asked a Gallatin County judge Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit that claims the fire district doesn’t have the authority to enforce state fire codes on a wedding venue in the Belgrade area.
Foster Creek Farm filed the lawsuit against the fire district in Gallatin County District Court in May. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bozeman Daily Chronicle
VIDEO: For the past nine weeks, teens from the Sacramento area have been learning what it takes to become a firefighter.
The Sacramento Regional Firefighter Youth Academy offers a program that provides life guidance and career exploration for at-risk high schoolers.
“We characterize ‘at risk’ as being youth who might have academic, social or economic challenges in their life, and we just want to make sure that we can be a resource and that we can provide opportunities for youth to be successful in life,” said Byron Berhel, a retired fire captain who is now the CEO for Solutions for At Risk Youth. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA 3
VIDEO: he wind chill was -30 degrees Monday morning when a rental box truck crashed into the back of a tractor trailer on the Thruway in Henrietta.
The driver's life was saved, in part, because the firefighters who got there kept him warm.
They used an industrial heater to pump hot air into the cab of the truck when they were trying to pull him out. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC News 10
Deaths of first responders to suicide, increased depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other symptoms of mental health trauma have led some fire department leaders to change the way they want to see their peers cope with the often stressful and heartbreaking job.
“Tradition is you just suck it up and go about your day, and just let it go,” Lakeland Fire Department Lt. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Ledger
