Baltimore’s revived speed camera system is generating millions more in revenue than what was planned — and city officials now intend to use that money to balance the Fire Department’s budget.
The Board of Estimates, which is controlled by Mayor Catherine Pugh, is slated to vote Wednesday to use an extra $4 million generated by speed camera fines — on top of the $8 million in budgeted revenue from them — to help pay unfunded overtime expenses in the Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun
An Eyewitness News exclusive provides a behind the scenes look at how first responders get themselves prepared for a catastrophe.
Police and firefighters took part in a joint counterterrorism hazmat drill Tuesday night on Randalls Island.
In the drill, something awful has happened on the subway. Screams reverberate throughout a stopped 7 train that's thick with chemical smoke. - PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com
Gov. Chris Sununu is expected to nominate Salem's fire Chief Paul Parisi to the role of state fire marshal on Tuesday.
“Chief Parisi has had a long and distinguished career protecting the people of Salem, and I am excited to have him lead the team over at the Division of Fire Safety,” Sununu in a statement on June 5. - PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lawrence Eagle Tribune
VIDEO - Competition between a firefighter and five-year-old boy can get heated, but the two certainly didn't fight fire with fire. While the challenges are spirited, the role models, who a little Georgia boy got to meet, are what makes the spirit of competition special.
Noah Hensley is the reigning champion when it comes to suiting up in firefighter gear the fastest. - PUB DATE: 6/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJHG-TV News Channel 7
A local fire department is grieving after their chief passed away Sunday night after he went into cardiac arrest following a training. Hyde County Emergency Services says Engelhard Fire & Rescue Chief Tony Spencer III died shortly after the fire department held a prayer service for him.
Spencer went into cardiac arrest a few hours following a Firefighter I & II hose certification class Thursday evening, May 31. - PUB DATE: 6/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITN-TV NBC 7 Greenville
When Beverly fire Chief Paul Cotter turns 65 next spring, he wants to still be serving alongside his fellow firefighters, not forced to retire as state law mandates.
The city has petitioned the state Legislature to allow Cotter to continue to work, and retire on his own terms. The matter is currently under consideration. - PUB DATE: 6/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Salem News
A firefighters organization recently filed complaints with federal and state agencies about a training exercise, claiming that fire officials endangered its members and the public when they burned an empty Pungo house that contained asbestos.
The city and the firefighters group agree the house contained the material, but how much was there and when fire officials learned of its existence is in dispute. - PUB DATE: 6/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com
A man has died from his injuries after he was struck by a Phoenix Fire Department vehicle as it was leaving a station, according to officials.
The incident occurred Monday near 12th Avenue and Pierce Street around 11:37 a.m., police said.
The man was taken to the hospital, but was later pronounced dead, according to police. - PUB DATE: 6/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix
Chicago Fire Department diver Juan Bucio, who died last week while trying to rescue a missing boater, was laid to rest on Monday.
Hundreds attended the funeral at St. Rita High School Chapel on the Southwest Side, where Bucio's casket - draped in a Chicago flag - arrived via a CFD fire engine to the sounds of bagpipes. - PUB DATE: 6/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago
A suspicious fire in Queens injured nine firefighters and two civilians early Monday morning.
The fire broke out inside the home on 41st Avenue in Flushing just before 2:15 a.m.
The two people who escaped before firefighters arrived had no business being in there.
"It's supposed to be a vacant building," said Deputy Chief Brendan McSweeney, FDNY. - PUB DATE: 6/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com
A lot of dads miss the birth of a child because of work. Steve Hein was there because of work.
His wife called him and told him she needed him home immediately. He drove home and found her giving birth to their son. He called for paramedics, who included some of the people he had just been working with, and delivered his son alongside his teammates. - PUB DATE: 6/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch
A veteran firefighter who nearly died fighting a triple-decker fire two years ago was promoted to the rank of battalion chief, ending a year-long legal battle.
Joseph Fontaine was promoted in a ceremony Thursday, pinned by his wife in front of his friends and family.
"I almost died to get to where I am," Fontaine said. - PUB DATE: 6/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12
Fire service advice to "stay put" in the Grenfell Tower fire had "effectively failed" within around half an hour of the fire starting, a report for the blaze inquiry has found.
A safety expert said there was "an early need for total evacuation", but it was not an "easy decision to make".
Dr Barbara Lane also suggested cladding was the primary cause of the spread of June's fire, which caused 72 deaths. - PUB DATE: 6/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: BBC
Authorities say a 39-year-old off-duty firefighter was killed when his motorcycle struck a large bear on a Central Oregon highway and he was hit by another vehicle. Oregon State Police says Rhett Larsen, of Bend, died at the scene of Saturday night's crash on Highway 26 near Warm Springs.
The Bend Fire Department on social media Sunday called the fire engineer a "respected leader" and that he is deeply missed. - PUB DATE: 6/4/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
A Dorchester mother and her 5-year-old son almost lost their lives as a two-alarm fire raged inside their home.
The dramatic moment firefighter Patrick Callahan was able to rescue the boy is one the child’s mother and Callahan will never forget.
"When I saw him, we just did our best as a team to get them out safely," Callahan said. - PUB DATE: 6/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Boston
During the chaos of the Parkland school shooting, paramedics from Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department were desperate to go inside the building where students were wounded and dying.
Michael McNally, deputy chief for Coral Springs fire-rescue, asked six times for permission to send in specialized teams of police officers and paramedics, according to an incident report he filed after the Feb. - PUB DATE: 6/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald
The family of a retired Kennewick firefighter and transit driver is blaming prescription opioids for his mental collapse.
This week, they sued five opioid manufacturers and his Kennewick physician for malpractice and product liability.
The lawsuit filed on behalf of William "Jean" Comstock, 76, claims medication prescribed for his chronic pain reduced the once engaging public servant to a psych ward patient "left to battle the horrors of a tormented mind for the remainder of his days. - PUB DATE: 6/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri-City Herald
Lost in a jungle, surrounded by lava and guided to safety by a drone flying overhead.
It’s not a futuristic high-tech movie, but the scene in Leilani Estates Sunday after a resident got “trapped at their residence” on Luana Street. he Department of Interior’s Kilauea response team was on a mission to map the Lower East Rift Zone when scientists using an unmanned aircraft system, or drone, spotted a resident as lava from Kilauea Volcano continued to devour the rural subdivision in lower Puna. - PUB DATE: 6/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Honolulu Star Advertiser
The Kneeland Volunteer Fire Department's water tender was totaled Monday after the road beneath it collapsed, causing the vehicle to crash down an embankment.
The incident occurred while the agency was responding to a structure fire on Abbey Road in Bayside. The water tender moved aside and parked halfway on the narrow road and its shoulder to make way for an oncoming fire truck. - PUB DATE: 6/1/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: krcrtv.com
It was the single biggest loss of life in the history of the Houston Fire Department.
Five years ago, the Southwest Inn fire ultimately claimed the lives of five firefighters. The four firefighters who died on the scene were Robert Bebee, Robert Garner, Mathew Renaud, and Anne Sullivan. In March 2017, Captain Bill Dowling, who lost both of his legs in the fire, died of complications from the injuries sustained in the line of duty. - PUB DATE: 5/31/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston
