Another FDNY rookie has come forward to complain he was hazed on his first day in a firehouse — and viciously bullied on many occasions afterward.
Former probationary firefighter Michael Troina, 24, was fired while his alleged tormenters at Tribeca’s Ladder 1/Engine 7 firehouse escaped punishment.
“At first I sloughed it off as ‘I’m the new guy. - PUB DATE: 2/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
At first, Jason Hamilton's death seemed like a tragic accident.
The 12-year veteran Houston firefighter was eastbound on I-10 near Brookshire just after the morning rush hour on Jan.27 when suddenly his truck swerved across the median into oncoming traffic, striking another vehicle. At first, authorities thought it might have been a tire problem that sparked the crash that also killed Shelley McKay, 61. - PUB DATE: 2/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle
The union representing Atlantic City Fire Fighters says the state is resorting to "delay and intimidation" to avoid a date in state court that could block them from unilaterally imposing contract changes.
The International Association of Fire Fighters Local 198 has challenged the state of New Jersey's authority under the recently adopted Atlantic City rescue and takeover law that gives the state vast powers, including the right to ignore or rewrite collective bargaining agreements. - PUB DATE: 2/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Philly.com
Almost three years after a Columbia Fire Department lieutenant was killed while on duty, the University of Missouri Board of Curators and the man’s widow and daughter have agreed to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.
A hearing for approval of a settlement in the case is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday in front of circuit Judge Jodie Asel. - PUB DATE: 2/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Daily Tribune
U.S. Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) and U.S. Congressman Chris Collins (R-NY) announced the introduction of the Firefighter Cancer Registry Act with 76 bipartisan original sponsors. The bill would create a national cancer registry for firefighters diagnosed with this deadly disease. The creation of this registry would enable researchers to study the relationship between firefighters’ exposure to dangerous fumes and harmful toxins and the increased risk for several major cancers. - PUB DATE: 2/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com
VIDEO - The Kansas City Fire Department has a catchy new way to attract potential firefighters to the field. The KCFD recruits every two years – and it’s that time again. They’re targeting two groups of people, and they’re hoping their new video catches on fire.
Miss G doesn’t usually rap about heroes. - PUB DATE: 2/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMBC-TV ABC 9 Kansas City
A 46-year-old Homer man died this morning, apparently from a medical problem that happened as he drove his pickup truck on Illinois 49, hitting three parked cars.
Champaign County sheriff’s Lt. Brian Mennenga said John Mike Cummins was taken to Carle Hospital following the accident, which happened about 12:45 a. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Champaign News-Gazette
Brian Schmitt is still facing questions about his long-term future as the head of the Town of Wilson’s fire department. But elected officials are considering giving him some wiggle room around a firefighting certification requirement he currently doesn’t meet.
The town last year agreed to a set of bylaws for its new municipal fire department that would require its fire officers to have a certain certification. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sheboygan Press
In the two and half years before a deadly warehouse fire killed 36 people, Oakland police made regular visits to the Ghost Ship artists’ collective. They investigated an illegal rave, a pistol-whipping incident, thefts, reports of child abuse, a stabbing, threats with guns, drug sales, illegal housing, storing stolen property, allegations of rape, even reports of people barricaded inside. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times
The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Hon. Tanya S. Chutkan) has issued a ruling that will support federal, state and local governments’ efforts to support public health and safety through the use of voluntary consensus codes and standards. On February 2, the court granted a motion for summary judgment filed by a number of standard development organizations (SDOs), including the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), ASTM International and ASHRAE. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association
Building contractors who do unauthorized or shoddy work would face progressive discipline — ranging from a freeze on permits to license suspension or revocation — under a mayoral crackdown to prevent a repeat of the tragedy that killed a 42-year-old Chicago firefighter.
Daniel Capuano plunged to his death in December 2015 when he stepped into an open elevator shaft while searching through a burning, two-story warehouse at 9213 S. - PUB DATE: 2/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times
Embattled Fire Chief Teresa Deloach Reed, who has been heavily criticized since 36 people died in the Dec. 2 Ghost Ship warehouse blaze, is on leave from the department tending to a sick relative, according to a fire official.
Deputy Chief Mark Hoffmann said he was told Reed was out due to a sick family member, and that he and Deputy Chief Darin White have been rotating as interim fire chief. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times
At around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Mikaela Milano's video enabled, motion activated doorbell caught the unluckiest of visitors; smoke and flames, billowing from a raging fire just behind her apartment in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Firefighters were struggling to contain the blaze as it tore through – at a shockingly fast rate – a still under construction AvalonBay apartment complex. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: PIX11.com
You've probably heard of fire departments hosting bingo nights to raise money, but what about naughty bingo?
One volunteer fire department in Schuylkill County says it's had to get creative with fundraising events.
The Hometown Volunteer Fire Company is preparing to host its second adults-only naughty bingo night. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNEP-TV Newswatch 16
The NFPA 1971/1985 Task Group on Eye and Face Protection released a survey to help develop minimum standards for fire and EMS eye and face protection.
Firefighters currently use partial face-shields, bourkes and goggles. However, many remove all form of face and eye protection from their helmet, and often times protection is damaged or dirtied. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
When a check for nearly $83,000 arrived in the mail last month from the estate of a woman thankful for the help Sebastopol firefighters gave her over many years, Fire Chief Bill Braga was elated by the largest windfall his agency had ever received.
“It’s five, six years’ worth of flipping pancakes,” Braga said. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Rosa Press Democrat
A push to force Lincoln and Omaha to make significant changes to their pension plans for new police and fire employees met firm opposition from union leaders and some city officials during a legislative hearing Tuesday.
But the proposal's backers called it essential to ensuring the state's two largest cities meet their obligations to cops and firefighters going forward. - PUB DATE: 2/8/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lincoln Journal Star
After watching his good friend and fellow firefighter die of colon cancer, Chris Conner vowed to help other firefighters find ways to detect the disease in its early stages.
Conner, who is president of the Bedford Professional Firefighters Association, worked with Fire Chief Sean Fay and the City Council, and now Bedford is the first in the country to contract with an Indiana-based company, MorNuCo, which provides the ONCOblot test. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The U.S. Forest Service can hire firefighters this year after winning an exemption from President Trump’s civilian governmental employee hiring freeze.
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s acting deputy secretary Michael Young announced exemptions to “ensure a safe food supply, fire-safe communities, safe and secure public lands and rapid emergency response to natural and human-caused disasters,” according to a USDA press release. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Missoulian
As a boy, Brandon J. Thibeau was so determined to be helpful, his grandmother had to cut her broom’s handle in half. That way, he could still pitch in sweeping up around the house, his mother said.
It was an early glimpse of the young man her son would become. Never one to draw attention to himself, he was always looking out for others – even until his last days, she said. - PUB DATE: 2/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Press Herald
