As Hurricane Florence approaches the U.S. continental east coast, the IAFC reminds fire and emergency service leaders to discourage the practice of self-dispatching to emergency response and recovery locations.
In major disasters, the fire service needs to be disciplined in its response. First responders must be ready and available to the local communities and—when requested—be ready and available to respond should a call for assistance be received from affected jurisdictions. - PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs
A young woman who was sexually abused in a mentor program at Cascade Township Fire Department has filed a federal lawsuit against the township and Boy Scouts of America.
Two now-former Cascade Township firefighters - Clem Bell, 53, and Steven Drake, 34 - had relationships with the then-16-year-old girl and exchanged sexually explicit photographs and videos with her. - PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mlive.com
The International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI) has released a white paper that covers best practices related to health and safety, particularly as it concerns cancer prevention.
The white paper was put together by the IAAI Health and Safety Committee after it was re-established in 2016 when it was deemed that health and safety practices and protocols for investigators had not been keeping pace with those of firefighters. - PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
Aurora Fire Capt. Brandon Matson said firefighters and paramedics go on hundreds of emergency calls a year, but rarely do they hear back from the people they’ve taken to the hospital. So firefighters at Aurora Station 8 were surprised when they received a request from Aurora residents Lisa and Ted Yee, who wanted to bring them dinner Monday to celebrate Lisa’s recovery from a crash a decade ago that left her with traumatic brain injury. - PUB DATE: 9/13/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Aurora Beacon-News
VIDEO - A Midtown firehouse that lost more members in the September 11th terror attacks than any other in New York City held a somber memorial Tuesday to honor all 15 firefighters who died.
"All the new fellows who have joined since September 11th, who, you know, probies and new firefighters, treat us with respect, with love, with great affection," said Maureen Santora, the mother of firefighter Christopher Santora. - PUB DATE: 9/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY1-TV
VIDEO - A remarkable sight was recorded by a Twin Cities fire department on Tuesday as the nation marked the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In a viral video posted by the Andover Fire Department, a bald eagle landed at the top of an aerial fire truck’s extended ladder and basket as firefighters observed the anniversary at the Main Street overpass at U. - PUB DATE: 9/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TwinCities.com
Two city councilmen raised concerns Tuesday about the effects mandated fire patrols are having on equipment and firefighters and urged Mayor Tony George to reconsider the idea.
The fire watches involve firefighters driving the engines and aerial ladder truck throughout the city and parking them in highly visible locations as a way to prevent fires, according to the mayor. - PUB DATE: 9/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Leader
Since the early days of the fire service, bells have been used as a way to summon firefighters to a station, communicate the type of emergency, or announce the end of a shift. When a firefighter died in the line of duty, a special sequence of five bells was tapped. The tolling of bells is still a tradition to honor the fallen during funerals and memorial services for firefighters. - PUB DATE: 9/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
The type of incident is common enough — someone with Alzheimer’s has gone missing. A 911 call is made. The fire department responds.
It happened recently to Central Pierce Fire & Rescue.
“A gentleman was lost. He wandered off from the building he was at,” EMS Capt. Tim Lookabaugh said. “(Crews) spent an hour and a half trying to get a hold of his family, finding the right place for him to go. - PUB DATE: 9/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Tribune
The death toll for FDNY members who worked at Ground Zero continues to climb, 17 years after 9/11.
The FDNY Battalion Chief and Uniformed Fire Officers Association said Monday that 182 members have died due to work at the World Trade Center. Over 1,000 firefighters and members of the FDNY have been diagnosed with forms of cancer, respiratory problems or other 9/11-related illnesses. - PUB DATE: 9/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
Fire Chief Henry E. Kydd Jr. says he considers New London to be the best fire department in southeastern Connecticut, if not all of eastern Connecticut.
Kydd, in his fifth year as fire chief, would like to think he had some small part to play in that.
Kydd, 66, will work his last day Tuesday. He is retiring after 40 years of service to the city and plans to spend more time with family – which includes six grandchildren. - PUB DATE: 9/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New London Day
San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood offered his interpretation of a federal report to be released this week that examines the circumstances surrounding the death of firefighter Scott Deem.
He has seen a preliminary copy of the review that was conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, an institute within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. - PUB DATE: 9/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News
The first draft of the 2020 ed. of NFPA 950 – Standard for Data Development and Exchange in the Fire Service is now open for public comment. If you develop and sell software for fire departments, if you help fire departments specify and procure software, or are a firefighter who uses software (yes, that means just about everyone) it is essential that you check out the proposed changes and additions for the 2020 edition. - PUB DATE: 9/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association
The Julian Cuyamaca Fire Protection District, the last volunteer fire department in the county whose members respond to medical emergencies and structure fires in the area, on Monday got a step closer to being dissolved.
The members of the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) unanimously agreed to move forward with plans to eliminate the volunteer department and absorb it into the San Diego Fire Authority. - PUB DATE: 9/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune
A deep gouge in a gravel driveway and a smashed well house speak to the force of a propane tank explosion that took the life of a Sturgis firefighter, who perished along with another man in a raging residential fire in this quiet bedroom community Friday evening.
At a somber Saturday morning news conference in Sturgis, authorities identified the firefighter as David Fischer, 43, of Sturgis. - PUB DATE: 9/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rapid City Journal
A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit of a high-ranking Cincinnati fire district chief who claimed he was wrongfully passed over for a promotion after he brought issues of wrongdoing to the former city manager's attention.
Last month, U.S. District Judge Timothy Black dismissed the lawsuit filed by Raffel Prophett, the District One chief in the Cincinnati Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 9/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCPO-TV ABC 9 Cincinnati
PHOTO - The Woodlands Fire Department recently unveiled an experimental uniform dryer, which was theorized, designed and constructed by one of its own.
One of the challenges all fire departments across the United States faces is drying of the heavy duty firefighting gear, often referred to in the profession as bunker gear or turnout gear. - PUB DATE: 9/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle
The chief of the Healing Springs Volunteer Fire Department says the agency ended its initial mutual aid agreement with a nearby department in Rowan County to improve insurance ratings in the district.
Healing Springs Fire Chief Chris Bean sent an email to Terry Bailey, manager of the Davidson County 911 Center, on June 5, 2017, requesting that all Rowan County mutual aid be removed from calls within the Healing Springs Fire Department district. - PUB DATE: 9/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lexington Dispatch
A Scott County judge has sided with the city of Davenport in a lawsuit challenging the reinstatement of a former fire chief who has accused the city of firing her over a workplace harassment complaint.
Former Fire Chief Lynn Washburn spent nearly six years at the helm of the department until she was abruptly fired last year by City Administrator Corri Spiegel. - PUB DATE: 9/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Quad City Times
The FDNY added 18 names to its FDNY World Trade Center Memorial Wall on Thursday, honoring firefighters who died from September 11th-related illnesses.
The wall now includes the names of 177 individuals. The FDNY expects the number of deaths from 9/11-related illnesses to surpass the number of deaths from the attack itself. - PUB DATE: 9/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV PIX 11
