The Modesto City Council on Tuesday turned down a $1.08 million grant that would have paid for a dozen firefighters to become paramedics after an emotional roller coaster of a discussion that lasted more than 2-1/2 hours.
Council members Kristi Ah You and Tony Madrigal cast the only “yes” votes to accept the Federal Emergency Management Agency grant, while the five other council members voted “no. - PUB DATE: 10/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Modest Bee
City officials scrapped plans to raise the roof of the downtown Lebanon fire station to make room for its new $870,000 ladder truck.
Lebanon bought the truck, but it doesn’t fit in either of its fire stations.
The lone bid to raise the roof and renovate the downtown station came in at $680,000, more than double the projected $250,000. - PUB DATE: 10/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dayton Daily News
VIDEO - We’re learning more about what happened when a firefighter fell from a helicopter rescue basket, and that his injuries were far more serious than initially revealed.
The incident was caught on video, and first responders say it’s the latest case that shows a need for more safety measures.
The video may be hard to watch. - PUB DATE: 10/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHON-TV FOX 2
Today, six former Oswego firefighters suited up for duty for the first time with the Syracuse Fire Department.
It was a fortunate turn of events for six men whose positions were axed in Oswego, and for the SFD, which lost an unusually high number of recruits in its most recent class.
Bill Ryan, chief of staff for Mayor Stephanie Miner, called the deal a win-win for Syracuse today. - PUB DATE: 10/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Syracuse Post-Standard
In what feels like a very divisive world, you hear sometimes hear about great deeds. Some tug at the heart strings. A local Phoenix fire captain shows us all that a small deed can lead to big things.
Capt. Gary Hernandez is a fire investigator with the Phoenix Fire Department. He traveled to New York City for a vacation with his family. - PUB DATE: 10/6/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS 5 AZ KPHO
Bethel Volunteer Fire Department leaders ask York County Council either to keep local fire service control with volunteers, or let them know otherwise so they can start making plans.
Volunteers say if Council doesn’t respond by Oct. 18 to their request to suspend the hiring process for a new paid chief, the department will assume the county is discontinuing its longstanding agreement with them for fire protection in Lake Wylie beginning next year. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Herald Online
In a case of “he said” versus “he said” former Wilkes-Barre Township fire chief John Yuknavich and the new chief Richard Hart have court dates next month on separate harassment complaints against each other arising from an alleged shouting match during the cleanup of the Giant’s Despair Hill Climb last summer. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Leader
It's 8:30 a.m. and the sun is already heating up the artificial turf at Banning High School's football field. Some 70 ninth- and 10th-graders line up on their stomachs for push-ups.
For some of these kids, the "push-up ready" pose looks like a cross between an aborted yoga position and a nap.
"Come on! Butts down, hips off the ground, shoulders over your hand!" barks Los Angeles Fire Capt. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NPR.org
The Orlando Fire Department told News 6 that it is in the in the process of applying for a grant that would allow the department to purchase more ballistic vests.
"When you look at what the nation has gone through and what we went through here in Orlando. I guess we are more astute. We are more aware, more cognizant of what's happening in the world because it affects us here in Orlando," said fire Chief Roderick Williams. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ClickonOrlando.com
PHOTO - Eric Hurst remembers his first time sitting in a particular red firetruck. He was 5 or 6 years old and he was infatuated.
Today, that very same truck is parked in his garage.
“It's amazing,” Hurst, now 32, said. “I can't believe I found it.”
Hurst, public information officer for South Metro Fire Rescue and operations manager of the 9-1-1 dispatch call center, was born and raised in south metro Denver. - PUB DATE: 10/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Centennial Citizen
John Centanni has spent the better part of his life as a Newark firefighter.
The 51-year-old fire chief rose through the ranks after joining the department in 1986, and has dedicated his life to ensuring the safety of Newark's residents. On Monday, Centanni worked his last shift before retirement.
"You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger cheerleader of the Newark Fire Department," Raul Malave, the city's assistant public safety director, told dozens of friends, family and colleagues who'd gathered on Clifton Street Monday for Centanni's ceremonial sendoff. - PUB DATE: 10/4/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com
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
