The fire recruit stepped onto the stage, dressed in his formal uniform.
For six months, Jordan Hudgins and his classmates had hauled 40-pound hoses up three flights of stairs and rescued dummies from obstacle courses.
It had all led to this: graduation from the city’s fire academy.
For Jordan, the moment held extra meaning. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Virginian-Pilot
After being turned down by the city twice, the fire union is asking the state labor board to approve its request to place city Deputy Director of Emergency Management Rick Fontana on interim relief from any fire-related duties until a decision is made on the union’s complaint against Fontana.
The complaint, which was filed with the State Board of Labor Relations in August, claimed Fontana did the work of the fire employees several times by allegedly dispatching himself and responding to fire calls, working to put out fires, using fire radio channels, wearing a similar uniform as fire command staff, and acting as the public information officer on fire scenes. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Haven Register
Questions often arise as to how easy clothing becomes contaminated on the fireground and if there are differences in the level of contamination for the same items of a protective ensemble. The issue frequently comes up in distinguishing between rubber and leather footwear, but it is a reasonable inquiry for the overall clothing system. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
Police arrested a man accused of attacking a firefighter with a flashlight while trying to enter a burning home where drugs were reportedly found Monday night.
Officers received a call to assist the Tulsa Fire Department with a house fire in the 2500 block of North Kingston Avenue around 11:25 p.m. after a firefighter had been assaulted. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tulsa World
The city has launched a controversial program to use firefighters and EMTs to help rescue critically injured victims in “active shooter” incidents, The Post has learned.
New York’s Bravest and FDNY paramedics are being trained to accompany special NYPD officers into buildings or other places where a gunman or terrorist is killing people and help bring the wounded to safety. - PUB DATE: 10/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
An ongoing rift between the city’s paid fire department and the five volunteer departments flared again recently in a dispute over how to handle an appeal of the insurance rating of the city's fire protection services that could affect insurance rates of properties.
Norwich Fire Chief Kenneth Scandariato launched an appeal to improve the city’s rating issued in a 2013 assessment report. - PUB DATE: 10/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Day
It was a badge of honor, dirty gear. Smoke-scarred protective suits carried a message, St. Paul Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard said: “You fought fires.”
St. Paul Fire Department staff scrubbed gear and protective clothing after a house fire Tuesday, part of an effort to reduce their risk of cancer.
“It exudes confidence and experience and competence,” he said. - PUB DATE: 10/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune
It's been a very bad week with the suicide of at least two Firefighters, the Line of Duty deaths of Wilmington Firefighters Lt. Christopher Leach, Firefighter Jerry Fickes and FDNY Deputy Fire Chief Michael Fahy. Our continued condolences to all those suffering due to these horrible losses.
Among so many factors at any working fire are the folks who know about the incidents coming in well before we do-the dispatchers. - PUB DATE: 10/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firefighter Close Calls
An explosion that destroyed a New York City home and killed a firefighter has drawn attention to marijuana-making methods that are legal in many states — but can also be lethal.
A New York fire battalion chief died responding to the blast Tuesday in a Bronx home that authorities say had been converted into an indoor marijuana farm. - PUB DATE: 10/3/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yahoo.com
The fire that killed two Wilmington Fire Department firefighters was intentionally set by one of the home’s residents, authorities said.
Beatriz Fana-Ruiz, 27, was arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree arson, four counts of assault of a first responder and seven counts of reckless endangerment. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Post
Radio communication and incident reports obtained by the Channel 4 I-Team show the closest fire department to a stretch of interstate frequently used by Nashvillians traveling to Chattanooga is refusing to respond to car fires on 1-24 in Marion County on Monteagle Mountain. The I-Team started investigating when a bus filled with Marines traveling to Nashville on Sept. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSMV-TV News 4
Bombarded by phone calls from people applauding him for telling his story, former city firefighter Jesse Diaz got more good news Thursday.
After awarding Diaz a half million dollars the day before, the jury in his civil case tacked on another quarter-million simoleons for punitive damages – meant as a deterrent message to the city department not to retaliate against employees. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Trentonian
The City of Seattle and the Seattle Fire Department have completed a major purchase using the NPPGov / FireRescue GPO MES contract. This expensive and mission critical life safety equipment procurement was due to a department-wide upgrade to the type of breathing apparatus their firefighters use to meet the current NFPA 1981 Standards. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Right Now KNDU
There’s a revolution taking place in emergency medical services, and for many, it could be life changing.
From the increasingly sophisticated equipment they carry and the new lifesaving techniques they use, to the changing roles they play in some communities—providing preventive care and monitoring patients at home—ambulance crews today are hardly recognizable from their origins as “horizontal taxicabs. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wall Street Journal - Metered Site
PHOTOS - A commuter train plowed into the bustling Hoboken rail station during the morning rush hour Thursday, injuring more than 100 people, some of them critically, in a tangle of broken concrete, twisted metal and dangling cables, authorities said. Democratic Assemblyman Raj Mukherji, who represents Hoboken, said a transit official told him at least one person had died and two were injured critically. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News
A volunteer firefighter, who one of the first emergency responders to arrive at Townville Elementary School after shots rang out Wednesday afternoon, was able to stop the teen suspect and hold him until deputies arrived, Anderson County Emergency Management Director Taylor Jones said.
Deputies said a 14-year-old opened fire on the school’s playground just before 2 p. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHNS-TV FOX 21
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
