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
Authorities arrested the man who was living inside the Bronx drug house that exploded Tuesday morning, killing an FDNY battalion chief and injuring 20 others, law enforcement sources said.
Julio Salcedo was arrested in Cliffside Park, New Jersey, by the Regional Fugitive Task Force made up of NYPD detectives and US Marshals. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
Firefighters union officials and top brass at the New Orleans Fire Department are at odds over some recent promotions and pay raises.
The latest dust-up between union President Nick Felton and Fire Superintendent Tim McConnell came Monday during a meeting of the Civil Service Commission.
At the meeting, Felton criticized the department over the way it handled the promotion of 40 firefighters to the rank of captain, as well as the distribution of extra pay to NOFD employees who are not emergency responders. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The New Orleans Advocate
Corey Landry, Durham's fire chief, is once again fighting fires after beating back stage 4 lymphoma.
Landry, 47, answered his first call about a month ago, responding to an apartment fire in Berwick, Maine, that displaced up to 20 people. He's also returned to the gridiron as a referee, and this Friday he'll be calling the Dartmouth-Penn football game in Hanover. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Foster's Daily Democrat
A Minneapolis fire captain has filed a lawsuit accusing the city’s fire department of failing to protect her from a commander who allegedly sexually harassed her.
Vicki Jung, who was among the first female firefighters in the city when she joined the department in 1994, charged that she faced retaliation after she reported the harassment, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month in Hennepin County District Court. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minneapolis Star Tribune
