PHOTOS - Thousands of people from across the nation gathered in Emmitsburg this weekend to pay tribute to fallen firefighters.
The 37th annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend was a chance for families, friends and colleagues to grieve and honor their loved ones killed in the line of duty. - PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Frederick News-Post
The mayor has ended a stepped-up fire watch program that has been criticized heavily as a waste of resources by the city’s firefighters union.
In a press release issued Saturday, Mayor Tony George stated: “At this time, after evaluating all of the available data and information collected over the past two months, the decision has been made to restore the prior Community Fire Watch schedule. - PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Leader
After months of trading barbs from a distance, Mayor Sylvester Turner and the head of Houston’s firefighters’ union met in a vigorous but civil debate Saturday, displaying their fundamental differences over just about everything related to the November ballot referendum that would grant firefighters pay “parity” with police officers of corresponding rank and seniority. - PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle
El Dorado Springs Firefighter Russ Hayes, 62, has died after a wreck in a firetruck.
The El Dorado Springs firefighter lost control of a vehicle in Stockton, and was life-flighted to Springfield.
El Dorado Springs City Manager Bruce Rogers tells KOLR10 that Hayes, 62, was on his way to have a pump inspected for annual certification on one of their trucks. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ozarks First
Four central Sonoma County fire agencies aim to join forces within months as one huge fire district — a shift fast-tracked by the October fires and the most visible progress in a years-long effort to streamline the county’s outdated, uneven and financially struggling fire services network.
Windsor, Rincon Valley and Bennett Valley fire districts and the Mountain Volunteer Company are on track to be one agency by this spring. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Rosa Press Democrat
The downsizing of government in the city of Youngstown began Thursday with cuts in the fire department.
There will likely be more to come, one city official told us the police department and clerk of courts may be next. But Thursday the focus is on the fire department.
"We all have to tighten our belt to be more fiscally responsible with the cities money," Youngstown Fire Chief Barry Finley said. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYTV-TV 33 News
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Hampton Township's fire and police departments are to merge into a public safety model, where firefighters and officers are crossed trained to do both jobs.
The township's Board of Trustees on Monday, Oct. 1, approved the partial transition from two agencies into one, said Supervisor Terri Close. Six board members voted in favor of the proposal, while one voted against it. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive
Nashville Mayor David Briley on Wednesday announced he's promoted William Swann to be new director chief of the Nashville Fire Department, becoming the first African-American to hold the leadership post.
Swann, a 22-year veteran of the department who has served as interim fire chief for 11 months, replaces Ricky White, who retired as director chief in 2017 after serving in the job for just one year. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Nashville Tennessean
The town of Clearwater is down several first responders after they turned in their resignation moments after their fire chief and EMS director quit.
Tuesday morning the fire department and emergency services woke up to the news that Scott Cooper, its EMS director and fire chief was suspended.
A city council meeting late Tuesday decided Cooper's fate, and it is not what many of those who serve for him expected. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSN-TV NBC Wichita
The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) is preparing to honor 103 firefighters who have died in the line of duty during the organization's annual ceremony and is providing a wealth of resources to help you be a part of the remembrances.
The official ceremony will be held on Sunday, Oct. 7, and pays tribute to the 80 firefighters who died while on duty in 2017 and 23 others who fell in previous years. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
The Washington State Department of Health is actively investigating nine members of the Bellingham Fire Department for their roles in the July 31 incident at Station 1 in which an intubation procedure was attempted on the body of a recently deceased patient.
Health Department spokesperson Sharon Moysiuk said Wednesday in an email to The Bellingham Herald that the department “has nine active investigations concerning the fire/EMS intubation incident. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald
San Antonio firefighters union President Chris Steele told firefighters that his goal is to secure a labor contract and make Councilman Greg Brockhouse (D6) the next mayor of San Antonio, according to an audio recording shared Wednesday by the campaign to defeat three union-backed ballot propositions. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Rivard Report
Controversy about the Public Safety Officer program spilled into the Cedar Falls City Council meeting Monday.
The discussion came as Jason Campbell — 2018 Firefighter of the Year — resigned, the fifth firefighter to do so in a month.
Rural residents Darren Yoder and Andrea Southall spoke about the recent departures. - PUB DATE: 10/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
A frightening scene erupted in an area of Kenner and it was all caught on camera. John Panzavecchia sent WDSU video of a vehicle fire that was reported on West Loyola Drive. The video starts out with the SUV slowly being engulfed in flames from the passenger side.
At one point, firefighters who were trying to extinguish the fire approached the SUV and then the flames suddenly engulfed them as well. - PUB DATE: 10/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDSU-TV NBC 6 New Orleans
The National Mutual Aid System (NMAS) partnership today announced the launch of the new NMAS, an emergency resource management system where all users can access cutting-edge technology to request, geospatially locate and strategically deploy response resources. The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), Juvare, and Esri have been working since the fall of 2017 to build NMAS to serve state and local governments throughout the U. - PUB DATE: 10/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs
Of the 50 highest-paid city of Sacramento employees, more than half work for the Fire Department. All made more than $200,000 in 2017 and in some cases, $300,000.
City Manager Howard Chan tops the list at $332,000 in salary, retirement and health benefits according to the California State Controller's website. - PUB DATE: 10/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Capital Public Radio
Firefighters in Reno helped free a few furry scavengers that had found themselves trapped in a difficult situation in the middle of the night.
Late Saturday, crew members of the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District, Station 39 said they were awoken by the crashing sound of their garbage dumpster outside being tipped over. - PUB DATE: 10/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV
Westbrook has settled a lawsuit filed by its fire chief and deputy fire chief that alleged the city retaliated against them after they complained about a volunteer firefighter who had been hired as a city fire inspector.
The city agreed to pay Fire Chief Andrew Turcotte and Deputy Chief Stephen Sloan $25,000 for their legal fees and other expenses associated with the suit. - PUB DATE: 10/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Press Herald
Members of City Council are questioning whether a controversial new policy that treats some city fire runs as lower priority is warranted amid concerns over its rocky implementation.
Detroit Fire Commissioner Eric Jones led a presentation Monday on the policy he put in place in August that has emergency dispatchers coding runs as emergent and non-emergent, a classification that now deploys crews to some scenes without lights and sirens. - PUB DATE: 10/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News
