Washington, D.C., joined other area jurisdictions in using a potentially life-saving app that alerts people who know CPR to the location of people suffering heart attacks.
People who have the PulsePoint app on their phones are alerted to 911 calls for cardiac arrest within a quarter mile of their location when they are in a city or county that uses the app. - PUB DATE: 10/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Washington
On Saturday, the people coming up to Jeffersonville's firefighters at the Save the Fieldhouse Craft Bazaar weren't grimly bringing up the opioid crisis or devastating fires. Instead, they were smiling and laughing with the city employees.
The cause of their joy, said fire Sgt. Justin Ames, was a lighthearted prank war between Jeffersonville's fire and police departments that started the Tuesday before and soon became a local sensation. - PUB DATE: 10/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Jeffersonville Evening News & New Albany Tribune
Clark County officials are looking to national authorities for guidance on how safety standards might be improved in light of the mass shooting Oct. 1 at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. And the two leading associations that craft the safety policies adopted by most municipalities across the country are looking right back at Las Vegas. - PUB DATE: 10/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Vegas Sun
The turnout gear that firefighters are encouraged to wear for protection against toxic chemicals at fire scenes could itself be a hazard, according to a lawyer who's demanding a study be done for a group with "unusually high rates of cancer."
Cincinnati lawyer Robert A. Bilott notified U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt last month that he intends to sue the government unless work begins on developing the study. - PUB DATE: 10/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
Two fire trucks sustained "extensive damage" after crashing into each other at the intersection of Passaic and Calhoun streets Saturday morning, city fire Battalion Chief Todd Willever said.
Eight firefighters from two companies sustained minor injurers after a Trenton ladder truck and a Hamilton engine collided around 10:30 a. - PUB DATE: 10/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com
Firefighters were able to resuscitate three children after rescuing them from a house fire Sunday morning.
The Prince George’s County Fire Department reports the fire occurred just after 7 a.m., at a home in the 4700 block of Alcon Dr. in Temple Hills. A woman called 911 and said that her house was on fire and her children were trapped on the second floor. - PUB DATE: 10/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore
A private ambulance company about to begin service in Pend Oreille County says they're being told not to respond to calls local fire volunteers can handle on their own.
One fire chief said it's a matter of saving resources, but the company says it won't be able to survive.
When Pend Oreille paramedics begin service in Pend Oreille county, they will be the only first responders licensed to transport patients requiring advanced life support. - PUB DATE: 10/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY.com
Five people are dead following a large house fire in Seneca County between Bascom and Fostoria on SR 18 Thursday morning.
So far, fire officials identified one of the five victims, 19-year-old Austin Rainey. Rainey was a cadet for the Bascom Fire Volunteer Department.
The identities, ages and genders of the remaining four victims were not identified, though Seneca County Public Information Officer Dean Henry confirmed a family of three adults, including Rainey, and two children lived at the home. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOL CBS Toledo
Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Chief Rick Weigele has been dismissed after only five months with the fire protection district.
That information comes from Weigele himself. Stanislaus Consolidated's board members have not disclosed what action they have taken against the chief or the reasons for the action. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
Tensions between the Kansas City, Kansas mayor and local firefighters hit a boiling point on Thursday afternoon in a battle that’s been brewing for years.
Robert Wing is a fire captain and official with the Local 64 Firefighter's Union. He says, he and other firefighters are ticked off that Mayor Mark Holland has repeatedly made statements about cutting the fire department in public settings. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDAF-TV Fox 4 Kansas City News
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Randy Smith said Wednesday that the FBI has been brought in to help investigate the mysterious death of Nanette Krentel, who was found shot to death and badly burned in July.
Krentel, 49, was married to Steve Krentel, the chief of St. Tammany Fire Protection District No. 12. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baton Rouge Advocate
VIDEO - An 80-year-old movie clip has surfaced on the internet, and an old Minneapolis firefighter is getting well-deserved recognition online.
Mickey the Minneapolis Fire Cat used to live in the city’s Fire Station 10, where he loved to watch his fellow firefighters play dominoes when not rushing out to calls. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCCO-TV CBS 4
Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson is no longer seeking to create public safety positions in which a person would perform both firefighting and police duties.
Freeman-Wilson first proposed the idea in 2015 and along with other city officials, including Samuel Abegg, who was then president of Gary Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 61, traveled to visit Kalamazoo, Michigan, to learn about its public safety department. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Indiana Times (nwitimes.com)
The son of a Honolulu firefighter who died after a training accident in 2016 has filed a lawsuit against the city.
In June of last year, 63-year-old Cliff Rigsbee was riding a rescue sled during an offshore training exercise near Kaimana Beach Park.
After plowing through a series of large waves, he went unconscious. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHNL/KGMB-TV Hawaii News Now
Chief (Ret.) Alan Vincent “Bruno” Brunacini, 80, passed away Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017, in his hometown of Phoenix, Ariz.
He was born on April 18, 1937, in Jamestown, New York. When he was about 5 years old, Bruno’s family relocated to Albuquerque, N.M., where he graduated from Highland High School. He moved to Phoenix as a young man, and in 1958, he joined the Phoenix Fire Department (PFD). - PUB DATE: 10/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fire Engineering
Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Chief Rick Weigele said Tuesday he expected to be terminated by the district’s board this week.
Wednesday, about 45 people attended a special board meeting in Riverbank to support Weigele, who was the subject of closed-door performance reviews Friday and this week, despite starting the job only five months ago. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Modesto Bee
In the days after D.C. rookie firefighter Dane Smothers Jr. was critically injured in an accident at the scene of a house fire, there were fears he would not survive. The 28-year-old had numerous broken bones and there were real concerns he would never walk again.
But after nearly three months in the hospital, Smothers is not only walking, but he said he wants to go back to work. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTTG-TV MyFox 5 DC
A former Old Orchard Beach fire chief pleaded guilty Wednesday to arson for setting a fire last year that burned 42 acres of wetlands.
Ricky Plummer, 61, entered the guilty plea to the Class A felony in York County Superior Court in Alfred. He is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 9, said Deputy District Attorney Justina McGettigan. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Press Herald
A 31-year-old Stanhope firefighter died Monday evening during a drill at the Sussex County Public Safety Academy in Frankford, according to officials.
Edward J. Frenenski, an active member of Stanhope Hose Company No. 1, suffered a medical emergency as he took part in a vehicular extrication drill that involved his entire fire department around 8:20 p. - PUB DATE: 10/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Jersey Herald
Former Naples Fire Chief Steve McInerny has filed a lawsuit over his firing last year, alleging that city and union leaders "concocted a scheme" to bring him down.
He is demanding a jury trial and seeking damages.
His long list of defendants includes former Naples Mayor John Sorey, current and former City Council leaders, Naples firefighters and members of their union Local 2174, along with the city's TV channel and the city. - PUB DATE: 10/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Naples Daily News
