There were three standing ovations in the unusually crowded chambers at Greensburg City Hall during Monday night's council meeting.
The first came as Thomas Bell took the oath of office to become the city's first new fire chief since 1953.
“Every kid, growing up, wants to be a firefighter,” Bell said. - PUB DATE: 11/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Researchers at N.C. State are working to find better ways to protect firefighters fighting wildfires.
They received a grant from FEMA after a group of firefighters was killed three years ago.
In 2013, 19 wildland firefighters died after becoming trapped by flames in Arizona. Some of those who died had deployed fire shelters. - PUB DATE: 11/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wncn.com
Talk about narrow escapes.
Rescuers managed to squeeze a fall victim out of an O'Hara Township water tower through what amounts to a large wire and tubing conduit.
The man, who was part of a cleaning crew preparing the tower for painting, tumbled 35 to 40 feet into the tank when his scaffolding failed, according to officials. - PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
To better understand what impacts the fire service may see from a Trump administration and Republican controlled Congress, we reached out to several key fire service leaders for their perspectives. We asked them to identify what they saw as the biggest opportunities and threats the coming year will bring. - PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireChief.com
Finally, they put a helmet on that marker.
St. Louis firefighters, about a battalion's worth, assembled Monday morning at Bellefontaine Cemetery to literally cap off a firefighters' monument that has gone topless since the 1910s.
"The fire department is all about tradition," St. Louis Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson said. - PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
When it comes to fire forensics, 33-year Vallejo resident John DeHaan, literally wrote the book — the textbook that is most used nationwide by those going into the field of arson investigations.
Basically, DeHaan is a real Sherlock Holmes, surrounded by books, pamphlets and plaques, in his unassuming offices on Georgia Street downtown Vallejo. - PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vallejo Times-Herald
First responders who worked on the dusty, smoldering pile of debris in the aftermath of the Twin Towers’ collapse 15 years ago have begun showing signs of debilitating nerve damage, a team of Long Island doctors has found for the first time.
The research, led by Dr. Marc Wilkenfeld at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, is the third of his investigations to link World Trade Center dust to nerve damage, but it is the first beyond his statistical studies to confirm it in a small group of patients. - PUB DATE: 11/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newsday
The Ocean City–Wright Fire Control District Board of Fire Commissioners recently rescinded the suspensions of longtime Fire Chief Billy Lord and Deputy Fire Chief Scott Funchess. The board had agreed in September to suspend both men without pay after an investigator claimed they had used inappropriate language in the workplace. - PUB DATE: 11/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Florida Daily News
Aug. 22, 2016, is the day Andrea Shipp and Jennifer Goerlitz thought their little girl would not live another day.
"Nobody knew what the outcome was going to be," Goerlitz said. "I think Andrea and I have lived in this denial stage for a while."
If it hadn't been for the rapid response of Longmont firefighters and paramedics, Clara's mothers don't think their daughter — who has been diagnosed with congenital myopathy, chronic respiratory insufficiency and gastroparesis, or stomach paralysis — would have survived a cardiac arrest. - PUB DATE: 11/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Camera
A firefighter was injured Friday while battling flames at an automotive shop in Pompano Beach, authorities said.
The fire was reported at Lowther Automotive Inc. on SW 14th Avenue.
WPLG-TV's helicopter was above the scene shortly before noon and saw significant damage to the roof. The fire had already been extinguished. - PUB DATE: 11/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJXT-TV CBS 4 Jacksonville
Once Lackawanna Fire Chief Ralph Galanti saw the blaze that was consuming the former Bethlehem Steel plant Wednesday morning, he quickly turned over the battle to the Buffalo Fire Department. That was just 30 minutes into the fire.
The fire was too big for Lackawanna’s 50-member fire department. Buffalo has 700. - PUB DATE: 11/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Buffalo News
The fire service is and always has been built on pride, tradition, brotherhood and service. There are many examples throughout the history of the fire service of all of these characteristics. There are also examples recently of a decline in these characteristics, specifically pride. What happened to always honoring what those who came before us built? What happened to always leaving the job better than you found it? When did the fire service stop being a calling and become just a job? Being a firefighter is a privilege and it seems many in the fire service have forgotten what the fire service stands for. - PUB DATE: 11/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
Yonkers firefighters are suing the city to force it to build a new firehouse pledged when the Ridge Hill shopping center got its approvals.
The union wants the state Supreme Court to forbid city officials from issuing any certificate of occupancy for the new Lowe's home improvement store under construction at Ridge Hill until the new firehouse is built or there is a firm timetable for building a firehouse under court supervision to ensure compliance. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News (Lohud.com)
Wiscasset residents voted by nearly a 2-to-1 margin on Tuesday to allow volunteer firefighters to wash their personal vehicles at the fire station.
Voters approved the practice 1,502-707, according to unofficial results.
The referendum question was the only local ballot question for Wiscasset voters. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News
This fourth Fire Service Needs Assessment Survey was conducted by NFPA in 2015-2016 and follows three earlier surveys, which were completed in 2001, 2005 and 2010.
This report shows that while some fire service needs have been declining, many have remained constant or increased. Fire service needs are extensive for departments of all sizes and in every area, including staffing, training, facilities, apparatus, personal protective equipment (PPE); and health and wellness. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association
The state attorney general's office has determined that selectmen did not violate the Open Meeting Law in their selection of a fire chief last spring.
However, the attorney general's office said that minutes from an open session May 16, when the board interviewed candidates for fire chief, lacked sufficient detail and that the minutes show the board wrongly kept secret how they determined the top candidate. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette
With more questions than answers surrounding a Trump presidency, these seven items are likely to be front of mind for fire and EMS providers. I have closely followed the presidential campaign over the past 18 months. Today as I review the results, read the analysis and scroll through the cries of despair and boasts of triumph on Facebook, I am reminded of the EMS adage, "Don't treat the monitor, treat the patient. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
Brookston Fire Chief Michael Payne raced to the scene of a vehicle fire early Tuesday, helped extinguish the fire then collapsed from an apparent heart attack.
"We were out on a fire run. A semi was on fire on an exit ramp," Brookston Assistant Fire Chief Karl Stokes said, noting that the department was dispatched to the scene at 11:58 p. - PUB DATE: 11/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lafayette Journal and Courier
One of the city's two deputy fire chiefs has chosen to retire instead of heed what he believes are improper and unethical orders from Fire Director Qareeb Bashir, a fire union president said Tuesday.
Deputy Chief Robert Tharp was promoted earlier this year at a City Hall ceremony and in just over six months as a department leader has made measurable improvements to the department, firefighters' union president Wayne Wolk said. - PUB DATE: 11/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com
A Sedona fire captain badly burned in a fire station fire continues to make progress and has been moved to an acute care unit at burn center.
According to a news release from the Sedona Fire Department, Fire Capt. Matt Fleece suffered burns when a bbq grill he had been using near the rear of the station apparently caught fire and exploded. - PUB DATE: 11/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
