A federal court may decide whether Gwinnett County can discipline firefighters for wearing their uniforms to public meetings.
The county prohibits employees from wearing their uniforms when not on duty, but 16 firefighters wore their work attire to a County Commission meeting where they believed the fire department budget would be discussed. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PHOTO - Two firefighters were ejected from a brand new fire engine early Wednesday morning as they responded to a fire. Emergency crews responded to a house fire in Coyle just after 1 a.m. As a police officer from Langston University arrived to the front of the house it was fully involved. The fire also extended to a nearby vehicle. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE:
The team in Colerain Township was taking a proactive approach they said after a study still ongoing by the National Institute of Safety and Health, or NIOSH as it's known, found when fires burn it's a health hazard to firefighters, in a big way.
People know the danger as fire destroys a burning building. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRC-TV CBS 12 Cincinnati
A top Los Angeles Fire Department official is alleging corruption in the city inspection programs he once administered as part of a $5-million retaliation claim filed Tuesday. Deputy Chief John Vidovich was removed from his post as fire marshal last month after a two-year tenure that was marred by disclosures about delinquent inspections and mounting criticism from the firefighters' labor union. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
Authorities arrested the man who was living inside the Bronx drug house that exploded Tuesday morning, killing an FDNY battalion chief and injuring 20 others, law enforcement sources said.
Julio Salcedo was arrested in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, by the Regional Fugitive Task Force made up of NYPD detectives and US Marshals. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
Firefighters union officials and top brass at the New Orleans Fire Department are at odds over some recent promotions and pay raises.
The latest dust-up between union President Nick Felton and Fire Superintendent Tim McConnell came Monday during a meeting of the Civil Service Commission.
At the meeting, Felton criticized the department over the way it handled the promotion of 40 firefighters to the rank of captain, as well as the distribution of extra pay to NOFD employees who are not emergency responders. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The New Orleans Advocate
Corey Landry, Durham's fire chief, is once again fighting fires after beating back stage 4 lymphoma.
Landry, 47, answered his first call about a month ago, responding to an apartment fire in Berwick, Maine, that displaced up to 20 people. He's also returned to the gridiron as a referee, and this Friday he'll be calling the Dartmouth-Penn football game in Hanover. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Foster's Daily Democrat
A Minneapolis fire captain has filed a lawsuit accusing the city’s fire department of failing to protect her from a commander who allegedly sexually harassed her.
Vicki Jung, who was among the first female firefighters in the city when she joined the department in 1994, charged that she faced retaliation after she reported the harassment, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month in Hennepin County District Court. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune
An FDNY battalion chief was killed and several others — including six police officers and nine other firefighters — were injured when a marijuana-growing operation inside a Bronx house exploded early Tuesday, officials and sources said.
Michael Fahy of Battalion 19, a 17-year member of the FDNY, was struck in the head by part of the roof that blew off the private home at 300 W. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
An FDNY captain was killed and several others were injured when a drug lab inside a Bronx house exploded early Tuesday, officials and sources said.
Firefighters responded to the house at 300 W. 234th Street near the corner of Tibbett Avenue in Kingsbridge after someone in the neighborhood reported what they thought was a gas leak around 6:20 a. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
The West County EMS and Fire Protection District is mourning the loss of one of their own.
Sean McMullin was found unresponsive at Station 2, located at 13790 Manchester Road, around 12:50 p.m. Saturday.
After being found, paramedics attempted lifesaving efforts, but were unsuccessful, officials said. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMOV-TV CBS 4 St. Louis
A judge’s order has reinstated an Enid Fire Department fire captain who was terminated following an October 2015 incident involving a laser allegedly pointed at an airplane.
“The court found that the evidence did not support him doing anything inappropriate, and, therefore, there was no basis to terminate his employment,” Mark Hammons, attorney for Fire Capt. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Enid News & Eagle
Mayor Andrew J. Ginther has approved adding 25 fire recruits to the Columbus Fire Division by December to fill positions as more firefighters retire than had been expected.
The recruits are to keep staffing near its current level of about 1,580 firefighters, although the division will end the year with 10 more firefighters and paramedics than it had when the year began. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch
Monday, Wilmington Fire Chief Anthony Goode recounted the details of the events leading up to the deaths of two firefighters Saturday morning. 41-year-old Lieutenant Christopher Leach and 51-year-old Sr. Firefighter Jerry Fickes were killed responding to a house fire at 1927 Lakeview Road.
Firefighters responded to the house fire in Canby Park Saturday, September 24th, 2016, after receiving a call at 2:54 a. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDEL 1150AM & WDEL.com
When a wildfire is rolling toward a house built with a cedar shake roof, surrounded by decorative juniper up to the windowsills, and the only access road is overgrown and narrow, firefighters will likely skip it.
“People think that we’re going to save their house,” said Paul Tester, Southwest Washington’s fire training coordinator at the state Department of Natural Resources. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian
Nampa Fire Dept. Chief Karl Malott is in serious condition after a crash on Interstate 84 near Sand Hollow Saturday afternoon.
Idaho State Police say the Harley-Davidson motorcycle operated by Malott, 53, rear-ended a red sedan on the eastbound side of I-84. The impact threw Malott off of his motorcycle. - PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVB-TV
Audio transmission captured from the Wilmington 911 dispatch system early Saturday morning tells the tragic details of how Wilmington firefighters rushed into a burning rowhome only to fall through the floor into a flame-filled basement less than a minute later.
The feed, pulled from an online archive system and posted on YouTube, gives voice to more than 28 minutes of emergency response by Wilmington Fire Department members as they worked to free firefighters trapped in the basement of a Canby Park rowhome. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Delaware Online
Breaking her public silence on the harassment endured by a female firefighter at a station near San Francisco’s Chinatown, the city’s fire chief strongly denounced the deplorable behavior of the woman’s male colleagues Friday and left open the possibility of further disciplinary action.
The harassment — which included urination in the female firefighter’s bed — occurred at Powell Street’s Station 2, according to a confidential document obtained by The Chronicle. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com
An inspector with the U.S. Department of Labor came to the Keys to investigate the Key Largo Volunteer Fire Department after receiving several calls from someone falsely claiming to be the chief.
The Labor staffer showed up at the mile marker 99 fire station on Sept. 14 asking to see payroll information, Chief Don Bock said this week. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Keys Reporter
First responders in U.S. communities reeling from waves of heroin overdoses say some people tell them they should just say no to using so many resources on drug abusers.
Authorities say people have expressed frustration about rescuing addicts who often immediately resume using the potentially deadly drug. - PUB DATE: 9/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WAVY-TV NBC 10 Portsmouth
