Firefighters battled a 10-alarm fire Saturday in Cambridge that started in the afternoon and raged on into the night.
The fire was reported just before 3 p.m. on Berkshire Street and reached nine alarms about 30 minutes later, and eventually hit 10 alarms. The flames were lessened but still burning as of 11 p. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS Boston
An Oak Lawn firefighter who was dismissed in February after being accused of dialing phone sex providers while on duty has reached a six-figure settlement agreement with the village over his termination, officials said. Robert Lanz, a 15-year veteran of the Oak Lawn Fire Department, will receive a combined $100,000 — $42,040 for his accrued paid time-off benefits and an additional sum of $57,960 — and have all records of being disciplined over the phone sex allegations rescinded and removed from his personnel file, according to the terms of the agreement. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Tribune
Rivada Mercury is protesting its elimination from consideration to become FirstNet’s contractor to build and operate the much-anticipated nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN)—an action that points to AT&T as the selected bidder, although court documents indicate that the award likely will be delayed until at least March. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Urgent Communications
PHOTOS - Seventeen years ago, Crystal Jackson stood outside the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire certain that her brother, Tim, had gone into the building to help find fellow Worcester firefighters trapped inside.
Ms. Jackson and hundreds of others returned to the scene Saturday night, remembering Lt. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette
The City of Mesa has hired a new fire chief, a trailblazer for individuals in her department. Mary Cameli was among the first women firefighters hired by Mesa 33 years ago, and now she is the new chief of the Fire and Medical Department. She was appointed the interim chief on Oct 4 to replace retired Chief Harry Beck, and her permanent position as chief became official on Thursday. - PUB DATE: 12/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNXV-TV Channel 15 ABC
Ardythe Hope, a firefighter injured in Canby Park blaze in September has died, according to the Wilmington Fire Department. She is the third firefighter to die as a result of the Canby Park blaze in September. Hope was injured after entering the rowhome in an attempt to save a trapped Leach when the floor gave way. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilmington News Journal
When he likely retires in 4½ years, Clarence Tucker will remember Dec. 1, 2016, for two reasons:
It was his birthday; he turned 55.
And he got to spend it with his family inside Akron Fire Station No. 7 as Mayor Dan Horrigan swore in the 28-year firefighter as the 19th Fire Chief and only the second African-American to lead the fire department in its 180-year history. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Akron Beacon Journal
The California Supreme Court jumped into a high-stakes dispute over public employee pensions Tuesday, agreeing to decide whether laws aimed at limiting preretirement actions to inflate future benefits can be applied to millions of government workers.
A state appeals court in San Francisco ruled in a Marin County case in August that the new laws could be applied to current employees — a potentially major setback for the workers and their unions, and a victory for local governments facing mounting deficits in their pension plans. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com
A Forest Service firefighter from California’s Eldorado National Forest blew another whistle Thursday on sexual harassment and gender bias inside federal public lands agencies.
Reinforcing claims previously made by many others over many years, Fire Prevention Technician Denice Rice told a House panel of repeated problems facing women, who remain greatly outnumbered by men in the Forest Service. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: McClatchy Washington Bureau
A strong explosion in Eastern Kanawha County this morning blew the helmet off a firefighter. "It sounded almost like a cannon going off," Malden Fire Chief, Squeak Peterson told WSAZ.
The tank burst, sending pieces flying through one neighbors home and another neighbors shed, according to firefighters. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSAZ.com
Residents wanting to head off the hiring of a paid fire chief in Lake Wylie are making a late push, though they may not have much time.
The same day the Lake Wylie Pilot posted a letter online from the Bethel Rural Fire Tax Board explaining its reasoning for hiring a paid chief to lead Bethel Volunteer Fire Department, a change. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Herald Online
A Bloomingdale firefighter and his wife were killed overnight after a tornado hit the mobile home they were staying in in Ocoee, TN.
According to Bloomingdale Fire Chief Ferman Tyler, Mark Faulk, Jr. and his wife Saundra were staying in a mobile home in Ocoee when a tornado passed through between 2:30 a. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVM-TV News 9 Columbus
As the flames roared from ridgetop to ridgetop Monday night, a crew of Oak Ridge and Maryville firefighters battled blocked roads and downed power lines in a late-night rescue of a dozen visitors staying in rental cabins behind Dollywood.
Huddled in three cars with their four dogs for at least two hours on Mitchell Road, one of the victims told firefighters they were trapped by fires roaring on both sides of the road and debris blocking the road. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Knoxville News Sentinel
A Redmond smokejumper is fighting for his life after being critically injured in a fall while fighting a wildfire in Alabama.
Ray Rubio, a smokejumper with the Deschutes National Forest, was one of many from the area who were sent to an assignment in Birmingham, Alabama, as more than 30 wildfires are burning in the South. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVZ.com
This may be a first — an auto mechanic that saves people money.
A city-employed mechanic with the heart of an inventor is being hailed by the FDNY for doing more with less — and saving the city a bundle in the process.
Jomar Pichardo, 31, who’s responsible for keeping the city’s fleet of EMS ambulances running 24 hours a day, has saved the department more than $700,000 by engineering ways to refurbish ambulance batteries and car parts that the city would normally toss away and repurchase. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
When an ambulance driver using her phone’s GPS got distracted and crashed through a guardrail, rolling off an embankment in north-central Ohio in August 2014, the consequences were dire: A 56-year-old patient was ejected and killed, and an EMS worker was injured.
The emergency medical service worker was not strapped in, and the patient was only partially restrained, a situation that is all too common in ambulances across the nation. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Stateline.org
Researchers from the University of Arizona’s Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will create the framework for a project to study cancer in firefighters.
Cancer is the leading cause of death among firefighters who are exposed to toxic chemicals while on the job, according to a news release. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVOA-TV NBC 4 Tucson
One person was transported from the scene after a car rammed into a fire truck near the Coastal Carolina University campus multiple times Tuesday afternoon, according to officials and witnesses at the scene.
Lt. Brian VanAernem with Horry County Fire Rescue said no firefighters were injured in the crash, which happened on Highway 544 and Founders Drive, just outside the university campus. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCSC-TV Charleston Live 5 News
Flames tore through the Great Smoky Mountains, killing at least three people, scorching hundreds of homes and businesses and sending more than 14,000 fleeing from the resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge.
Tourists and residents scrambled Monday night and early Tuesday to outrun the blaze, which was pushed from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park into the towns by wind gusts of almost 90 mph. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today
Georgia firefighters still hoppin’ mad over Gov. Nathan Deal’s veto earlier this year of cancer legislation related to their work have vowed an even stronger comeback for the coming legislative session that begins Jan. 9 — including a push to override the veto.
Jim Daws, president of the Professional Fire Fighters of Georgia, sent a notice Monday calling on colleagues to contact their state lawmakers to back the effort. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
