VIDEO: A Kansas City firefighter is anxious for an arrest, after someone broke into his home and stole his belongings while he was on duty. The break-in happened Tuesday night around 9 o’clock in a South Kansas City neighborhood near Little Blue Road and Breckenridge Avenue. The victim, Sammy Belgiere, is an 18-year veteran and captain with the Kansas City, Mo. - PUB DATE: 3/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDAF-TV Fox 4 Kansas City News
Talk about big shoes to fill.
Standing at 6’9", City of Miami Fire Chief Maurice L. Kemp is not only literally a towering figure at the department, but the 32-year vet is a respected leader within the city of Miami.
After more than decades of service with the City of Miami Department of Fire Rescue, Chief Kemp is retiring. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFOR-TV and WBFS CBS 4 Miami
Memories come in all shapes and sizes. Chris Fields has a trunkfull, packed away from a 31-year career as an Oklahoma City firefighter. From fighting infernos to rescuing pets, Fields has done it all.
"You roll up and prepare yourself for what you're going to see," Fields says.
But nothing could have prepared Chris for April 19, 1995. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 6 Now
Lawyers for the city and the firefighters’ union will present their arguments before the state Appellate Court on May 24 on whether an issue over eight demoted fire captains goes to arbitration.
Union President Daniel Daugherty said the Watertown Professional Fire Fighters Association Local 191 has been waiting for the case to move forward in the state Appellate Division, Fourth Department, in Rochester since last fall. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times
At least 10 homes in Nassau County, Florida, were destroyed in a wildfire caused by a man who was burning books Wednesday.
Only a few minor injuries to emergency personnel have been reported in what's being called the Garfield Road Fire, according to the Florida Forest Service. But it has burned an estimated 350 to 400 acres near Bryceville, about 20 miles west of Jacksonville. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
Selectman Raquel Welch told the board Monday evening that she wanted to speak with the fire chief about firefighters washing their personal vehicles at the Fire Station. Welch said when she drives past the station on nice days, she sees people washing their private vehicles.
“It’s not a car wash,” she said. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Journal
The lawsuit filed by a fired firefighter against the city and its fire department is still ongoing, despite both agencies denying his request for permission to present a late claim.
Former American Canyon firefighter/paramedic Carlos Teruel, 34, says he was let go shortly before his probationary period expired and since officials declined to tell him why, assumes it can only be because he took time off to care for his sick wife and small children. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vallejo Times-Herald
A Town Meeting Day vote caused an entire volunteer fire department to resign. At Unity, New Hampshire's Town Meeting Day on Saturday, a 65 to 38 vote ruled in favor of an article giving selectmen the authority to appoint the fire chief and firefighters.
Selectboard members said the article was petitioned by many residents, which is why it appeared in the town warrant. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC5: Burlington, VT and Plattsburgh, NY
Friends, family and colleagues are mourning the unexpected death of a wildland fire expert who died while attending the IAFC Wildland-Urban Interface conference Sunday.
Christina Randall, who gave an insightful interview for the latest Fire Chief Digital edition, was an expert in mitigating wildland and WUI fires and a member of IAFC’s Wildland Fire Policy Committee, IAFC stated in a press release. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
The fire chief who has been on paid administrative leave for more than two months has been reinstated.
In a 3-0 vote Tuesday, the Board of Selectmen reinstated Fire Chief Peter Martell and took him off paid administrative leave, which he has been on since Jan. 10. On Jan. 10, Chief Martell was chastised by Stephen J. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram
Dressed in full gear and carrying an American flag, Ventura County firefighter Rudy Marin completed the Los Angeles Marathon Sunday as he raised money for a memorial honoring his fallen colleagues. Marin was one of thousands who made the 26.2-mile trek from Dodger Stadium near downtown L.A. to the Santa Monica shoreline. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV WB 5 Los Angeles
A former Branford firefighter convicted of federal embezzlement charges has filed a state complaint alleging the city illegally rescinded a conditional employment offer after learning about his past criminal charges.
A Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities complaint dated March 2 and filed by Andrew Konspore said the City of New Haven violated state statute when it withdrew its conditional offer of employment in September. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Haven Register
VIDEO/PHOTOS - An eight-alarm fire that began at an unoccupied apartment complex in Kansas on Monday injured three firefighters and destroyed multiple homes, according to emergency officials.
The fire broke out at an apartment complex under construction in Overland Park, Kansas at around 3:30 p.m. Monday before quickly spreading to several homes nearby, Fire Department Chief Bryan Dehner said Monday evening. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
Wanted: Self-starters who can take high stress with low pay, handle a daily grind coupled with bouts of life-and-death intensity and deal compassionately with all types of personalities — plus complete state-required training.
An average day for a city EMT or paramedic includes all of the above — and never have the dangers of the job been as visible as they were in the death last week of Yadira Arroyo. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
Emmaus Borough Council has decided to take its three-and-a-half-year legal battle with organized firefighters to the state's court of last resort. Borough Council voted unanimously Monday to authorize its solicitor to appeal to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania a lower court ruling that Emmaus firefighters have an unusual employment relationship with the borough allowing them to form a union and negotiate contracts. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Allentown Morning Call
It was nearly 100 degrees outside when the emergency call reached Engine Company 39. A triple-decker in Savin Hill had erupted in flames, and a haze of thick black smoke was all but blanketing the sky. Firefighter Glenn Preston, a burly father of four who had only recently returned to action after breaking his neck on the job, was among the first to arrive. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Magazine
New video shows Highland Park firefighters battling intense flames inside their own fire truck.
It happened last week near Woodward and 6 Mile in Detroit.
Highland Park Fire Chief Kevin Coney said fire officials were responding to numerous calls due to last week's wild wind storm.
Coney said their engine caught fire as they were returning from a scene assisting with downed power lines. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC Detroit
An 18-year-old from Harrisburg is facing charges for causing the crash that killed Lt. Dennis DeVoe of the Harrisburg Harrisburg Bureau of Fire.
Khanyae S. Kendall, of the 1900 block of Bellevue Road, faces more than a dozen charges, including six felonies and one count each of homicide by vehicle and homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence, according to charging documents. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: York Dispatch
A veteran of the Watertown fire department died today during a two-alarm blaze while helping rescue an elderly man, the man's niece and their dogs as flames shot out an upstairs window, city officials and a neighbor said. Joseph A. Toscano, 54, a firefighter with the department since Sept. 26, 1996 and a married father of five children, succumbed to injuries after rushing into the single-family home on Merrifield Avenue, the city's deputy fire chief said. - PUB DATE: 3/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald
Two Snohomish County fire commissioners apologized Friday night for making racially insensitive comments when they joked about hiring “cheaper” Mexican laborers for a paramedic position. But an attempt to impose disciplinary action failed on a 2-2 tie vote by the commissioners for Fire District 1. Commissioner Jim Kenny asked that the two board members, David Chan and Bob Meador, receive a written reprimand. - PUB DATE: 3/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times
