Governor McAuliffe today signed a letter of intent declaring that the Commonwealth of Virginia will allow the First Responder Network Authority and AT&T to proceed with the deployment of the of the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network in Virginia. Following today’s letter signing, Governor McAuliffe will hold a ceremonial letter signing tomorrow at FirstNet Headquarters, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive Reston, Va. - PUB DATE: 7/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AlexandriaNews.org
An overwhelming percentage of calls to St. Paul firefighters are for medical emergencies, and the fire department needs “a paradigm shift” to best handle the workload, according to an outside study of the fire department.
Fires account for less than 5 percent of the emergency calls in St. Paul, and about half of 1 percent are structure fires. - PUB DATE: 7/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pioneer Press
A US Marine Corps transport plane crashed in rural western Mississippi on Monday afternoon, killing all 16 service members who were on board, officials said.
The KC-130, an aircraft that the Marines can use to refuel planes in the air as well as carry cargo, crashed in Leflore County at about 4 p.m. - PUB DATE: 7/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
A Dayville firefighter appeared in Danielson Superior Court today as two of his cases moved forward, though fire officials are still declining to comment on Todd Wakefield’s status with the department.
During his first appearance on evading and unsafe passage charges, Wakefield’s lawyer, Christian Sarantopoulos, said his client had “made restitution” to the owner of a vehicle which he said sustained damage to its mirror. - PUB DATE: 7/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norwich Bulletin
Firefighters rescued a man from the side of a downtown high-rise building Monday morning after he spent nearly an hour on a scaffolding platform that malfunctioned and tilted sideways.
The 49-year-old employee of BCBE Construction became stuck on the scaffolding stage when one of the motors failed and swung one side of the platform far above the other. - PUB DATE: 7/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Herald Tribune.com
The city’s fire chief will have the final determination on whether the department’s new state-ordered 56-hour workweek compromises public safety, according to a ruling by Superior Court Judge Julio Mendez.
According to the Thursday ruling, the state’s creation of the new work schedule was not done in retaliation against the union. - PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City
State firefighter and police union leaders on Thursday hailed a new state law that provides first responders with workers’ compensation coverage for mental illnesses.
Vermont is the first state to pass such a law, according to the International Association of Firefighters. Bradley Reed, president of Professional Firefighters of Vermont, thanked lawmakers for helping the bill reach the finish line. - PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: VTDigger.com
PHOTOS - Davidson Fire Department Engine 1 rolled over on June Washam Road on the way to a fire alarm call Saturday morning in Davidson, North Carolina according to Davidson officials, injuring two firefighters. The two firefighters were transported to the hospital by Medic with non life threatening injuries. - PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMY-TV CBS 2 Greensboro
A Hartford firefighter, who was shot in April after a drug deal went bad, was terminated on Friday, according to a department spokesman.
After an investigation by the department, Jimmy Ngo, who has no criminal record and was with the Hartford Fire Department for six years, was fired effective immediately, Captain Raul Ortiz said. - PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFSB-TV CBS Channel 3
Clarence Edward Wilburn II, a longtime firefighter and paramedic who traveled to Ground Zero and served as a first responder in the wake of 9/11, died Wednesday in Hospice of Northwest Ohio in South Tole- do. He was 58.
He had pulminary fibrosis, thought to be a result of breathing the dust, smoke, and ash at Ground Zero, his younger brother, Jim, said. - PUB DATE: 7/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Toledo Blade
With California expecting a surge in oil transports by rail, San Diego firefighters will soon receive a new hazardous materials vehicle specially designed for oil tanker derailments, explosions, leaks and potential terrorist acts. San Diego is among 12 areas of California scheduled to receive one of the vehicles this fall from the state, which will also pay to train the city’s 17-member hazardous materials team to use the vehicle. - PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune
Local, state and federal agencies are preparing for the worst this August, as peak fire season coincides with one of the biggest tourism events Oregon has ever seen.
The 2017 total solar eclipse - an event that won't return to Oregon until 2169 - is coming on Aug. 21, typically a dangerous time for wildfires. - PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Oregonian
Jay Redmond said it was the longest minute and a half in his life.
Redmond is a captain in the Concord Fire Department, and those 90 seconds happened while he was on duty in the early morning of Jan. 4.
Redmond used the department's radio system that night to contact three firefighters in the West Concord Fire Station, and when there was no answer, he was concerned. - PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Concord.WickedLocal.com
A volunteer firefighter accused a career firefighter of an assault when they should have been fighting a house fire Sunday afternoon.
Firefighters quickly controlled a smoky blaze on Ruatan Street in Berwyn Heights, Maryland, but afterward, a volunteer complained about being pushed by a Prince George's County Fire and EMS officer during an argument. - PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Washington
PHOTOS - A massive four-alarm fire broke out early Friday at a huge apartment complex under construction in Oakland, engulfing the six-story, mixed-use building and raising concerns about a teetering crane that appears to be on the verge of collapsing.
Crews responded when the fire broke out around 4:30 a. - PUB DATE: 7/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times
A firefighter was lowered down a 200-foot elevator shaft Wednesday — six times the distance of any practice run — to help rescue four men trapped in an elevator at a Brooklyn Con Edison plant.
Firefighter James Dowdell, 32, was lowered to the top of the elevator inside the Hudson Ave. building in Vinegar Hill about 7:40 a. - PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
Fires sparked by illegal fireworks Tuesday night forced Fresno Fire Department crews to suspend responses to medical emergencies, as Fresno, Clovis and Fresno County reported a 65 percent increase in fire responses this year compared to 2016.
In assessing a Fourth of July weekend that strained fire departments, officials said firefighters from the three agencies received 325 calls for service and responded to 98 vegetation fires, two vehicle fires, two apartment fires and three residential fires. - PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fresno Bee
Detroit firefighters and emergency technicians are being fitted for body armor, although union officials say the ballistic vests that were purchased last month aren’t right for the job because they don’t protect against stabbings.
Detroit Fire Commissioner Eric Jones told The Detroit News in May he had secured funding to outfit his employees with the protective gear. - PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News
An Indianapolis firefighter accused of shooting his neighbor during an altercation in Johnson County last month will not be charged.
Dean Keller, 49, was accused of shooting his neighbor, Jeffery Weigle, 59, four times in the chest, sending him to the hospital in critical condition.
In a release sent out Wednesday, the Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office said Keller had acted in self-defense and would not be charged in the shooting. - PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRTV-TV ABC 6 Indianapolis (The Indy Channel)
A volunteer firefighter has been released from a La Porte jail after slamming his pickup truck into a child's bedroom Tuesday night.
Blake Stevens was suspended from duty from the La Porte Fire Department, and said he is going to resign.
Stevens also offered an apology to the family whose home he crashed into, and to any firefighter he said he's embarrassed by the crash. - PUB DATE: 7/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc13.com
