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
A years-long legal battle between Marshfield and former Fire Chief Kevin Robinson ended earlier this month after U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Groton rejected an age discrimination lawsuit Robinson filed against the town, ruling the complaint did not have enough merit for the case to go to trial.
Robinson resigned as Marshfield’s fire chief in March 2015, shortly after he and his brother, Capt. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wicked Local Marshfield
Spangler Fire Company shot back Monday at recent criticism and accusations of mismanagement circulating in social media.
“It is unfortunate, with today’s technology and the existence of social media, that scurrilous assertions can so easily be made without accountability and/or proof of the statements made,” the fire company said in a statement provided by its attorney, Richard Corcoran of Homady & Corcoran LLC in Ebensburg. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Tribune-Democrat
A liquid oxygen spill Monday prompted closure of the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital and the postponement of surgeries, but no injuries were reported.
Firefighters were sent to the facility at 4650 Lincoln Blvd. about 8:40 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
"The liquid oxygen spill originated from a sheared pipe on a 2,000- gallon tank," said Margaret Stewart of the LAFD. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles
City leaders are accused of failing to stop racial discrimination at the Lansing Fire Department after an African-American firefighter found a banana on the windshield of his assigned truck, according to allegations listed in a federal court case.
The fruit was "pinned between the windshield and wiper blade obviously placed there to harass and intimidate" him and another African-American firefighter, according to the civil complaint filed this month in U. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
The Payson Town Council refused to commit to a merger between the Payson, Hellsgate and Houston-Mesa fire departments Thursday, saying they need more time.
The council asked staff to explore a different model for the merger, conduct further financial analysis and look into how much control Payson would have if the merger went forward. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Payson Roundup
A years-long legal battle between Marshfield and former Fire Chief Kevin Robinson ended earlier this month after U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Groton rejected an age discrimination lawsuit Robinson filed against the town, ruling the complaint did not have enough merit for the case to go to trial.
Robinson resigned as Marshfield’s fire chief in March 2015, shortly after he and his brother, Capt. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wicked Local Marshfield
Spangler Fire Company shot back Monday at recent criticism and accusations of mismanagement circulating in social media.
“It is unfortunate, with today’s technology and the existence of social media, that scurrilous assertions can so easily be made without accountability and/or proof of the statements made,” the fire company said in a statement provided by its attorney, Richard Corcoran of Homady & Corcoran LLC in Ebensburg. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Tribune-Democrat
A liquid oxygen spill Monday prompted closure of the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital and the postponement of surgeries, but no injuries were reported.
Firefighters were sent to the facility at 4650 Lincoln Blvd. about 8:40 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
"The liquid oxygen spill originated from a sheared pipe on a 2,000- gallon tank," said Margaret Stewart of the LAFD. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles
City leaders are accused of failing to stop racial discrimination at the Lansing Fire Department after an African-American firefighter found a banana on the windshield of his assigned truck, according to allegations listed in a federal court case.
The fruit was "pinned between the windshield and wiper blade obviously placed there to harass and intimidate" him and another African-American firefighter, according to the civil complaint filed this month in U. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
The Payson Town Council refused to commit to a merger between the Payson, Hellsgate and Houston-Mesa fire departments Thursday, saying they need more time.
The council asked staff to explore a different model for the merger, conduct further financial analysis and look into how much control Payson would have if the merger went forward. - PUB DATE: 1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Payson Roundup
VIDEO: Garden Grove Fire Chief Tom Schultz died Sunday following a brief battle with cancer, the department said. He was 54.
Shultz's death came just one day after fellow firefighters announced he was battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
He served as chief of the Garden Grove Fire Department since 2015, according to the agency. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA 5
The FDNY’s diversity monitor has billed the city a stunning $23 million in fees and expenses in his seven years — and the charges have only gotten steeper.
Mark S. Cohen’s yearly tab has risen from $1.6 million in 2012 to $4.9 million in 2018, bringing his total so far to $22,923,840.36, records reviewed by The Post show. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
History was made this month by the Quapaw Nation Fire/EMS Department when it officially became the first tribal department to be accepted into the Oklahoma State Firefighters' Association that represents thousands of state and volunteer firefighters.
Formed in 1894, the OSFA is the longest standing national association in the state of Oklahoma, according to Administrative Director Sheri Nickel. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Joplin Globe
Can a landmark Supreme Court case rooted in New Haven translate into compelling theater?
Audiences will be the ultimate judges when Good Faith: Four Chats about Race and the New Haven Fire Department has its world premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven running Feb. 1-23.
Yale Rep commissioned playwright Karen Hartman (The Book of Joseph) to develop a theater piece centering on a controversial labor law court case that began in New Haven in 2004 and went to the Supreme Court in 2009 in Ricci v. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Connecticut Magazine
VIDEO: As ice rescues become more common across the Front Range, emergency departments are turning to a second set of eyes in an effort to save people faster.
North Metro Fire has been using drones for about a year, but this week, they added a new feature: infrared technology.
"What we're looking for is holes in the ice. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver
VIDEO: Garden Grove Fire Chief Tom Schultz died Sunday following a brief battle with cancer, the department said. He was 54.
Shultz's death came just one day after fellow firefighters announced he was battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
He served as chief of the Garden Grove Fire Department since 2015, according to the agency. - PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA 5
