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
Through the implementation of Task Force Response procedures, the Columbus Fire Department has made headway in regard to being more efficient with its overall response time to a variety of emergency situations happening throughout the Columbus community.
On Monday evening, Fire Chief Dan Miller spoke during a Committee of the Whole Meeting held prior to the scheduled Columbus City Council meeting about how some procedural shifts have resulted in more efficiency, which ultimately can mean the difference between life and death. - PUB DATE: 12/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbus Telegram
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $4.5-million plan Tuesday to reduce the strain on the Los Angeles County Fire Department, which responds to devastating incidents such as the Woolsey fire but also provides 24-hour emergency services across 2,300 square miles.
The new effort comes months after the board raised concerns about the department’s aging stations and equipment, and weeks after the Woolsey fire burned more than 90,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
While public communication becomes increasingly digital and existing technologies become obsolete or unserviceable, public safety leaders in 911 and telecommunication agree that upgrading to NG911 systems across the country will ensure that every request from every individual is received, located and responded to in the way that best meets the needs of the public and first responders. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
The plaintive wail of bagpipes fills in where 19 years ago sirens sounded.
A prayer goes up from the same spot where firefighters called out over crackling radios hoping to hear something that would lead them to Lt. Thomas Spencer, Lt. James Lyons or firefighters Paul Brotherton, Timothy Jackson, Jeremiah Lucey of Joseph McGuirk who were lost inside the maze-like interior of the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse on Dec. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Patriot Ledger
At the heart of the battle is Chief of Department James Leonard, 59, a tough-talking officer who started as a firefighter in Brooklyn’s Engine 310 in 1979 and is now the highest-ranked uniformed officer in the agency — second only to Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro.
But for all his success, what some in the FDNY call Leonard’s abrasive and aggressive manner — and allegations he sometimes uses misogynistic slurs — have put him out of step in a department striving mightily to get into the 21st century, sources told The News. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Daily News
A federal judge has ordered Delaware State Police to turn over the full accident report on the death of a Lewes firefighter who fell from a helicopter during a training exercise in 2016.
Tuesday's order comes after a lawyer for the family of Timothy McClanahan issued a subpoena for an unredacted copy of the report and related materials. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Delaware News Journal
