As firefighters braved the smoke and flames from the ground and rooftops, a small object soared above their heads Wednesday morning, trying to assist their efforts as a five-alarm fire ripped through a Santa Clara, California, strip mall.
The drone was sent up by the Santa Clara Fire Department volunteers to try to pinpoint how to best fight the blaze, which affected about a dozen small shops and restaurants in the Koreatown mall. - PUB DATE: 5/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbc washington
The former bookkeeper for the Pinckneyville Rural Fire Protection District has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for defrauding the district of over $444,000, the U.S. Attorney's office said.
Tammy L. Kellerman, 53, of Pinckneyville, used district checks to pay her credit card bills and other expenses from 2004-2013, prosecutors said, covering up the theft by making false entries. - PUB DATE: 5/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: st. louis post-dispatch
The National Interagency Fire Center has mobilized over 200 firefighters to help fight a massive wildfire burning in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
Five of the crews flew out of Boise this morning and another five flew out of Missoula, Montana.
NIFC spokesperson Jessica Gardetto says Canadian crews have helped fight U. - PUB DATE: 5/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVB-TV NBC 7
Capt. Paul Phillips has been long gone, but Lt. Jason Brod can still hear his voice whenever he visits the training grounds next to Bonita Springs Fire Station 4.
"Every time I've been out here since he left us — come out here to train, come out here to do stuff — I hear that voice echoing off these walls," said Brod, standing in front of the station's redbrick training tower, surrounded by Phillips' friends, family and former colleagues. - PUB DATE: 5/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: naples daily news
Seven months after two firefighters died fighting a fire on Independence Boulevard, the Kansas City Fire Department produced a report on the deaths and a set of recommendations to improve firefighter safety.
Kansas City firefighters John Mesh and Larry Leggio died when a brick wall collapsed and fell on them during the Oct. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kansas city star
When a big fire occurs in Garner, the Raleigh Fire Department sends three firefighters to help.
That move was part of a verbal agreement created between both fire departments’ former chiefs years ago, that the current Raleigh fire chief says he will put an end to. It’s move that could cost Garner taxpayers either $500,000, or a lower level of service. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the news & observer
Seven months after two firefighters died fighting a fire on Independence Boulevard, the Kansas City Fire Department produced a report on the deaths and a set of recommendations to improve firefighter safety.
Kansas City firefighters John Mesh and Larry Leggio died when a brick wall collapsed and fell on them during the Oct. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: kansas city star
The head of the Apopka Fire Department has left his post after ratifying a separation agreement he previously said the city was pressuring him to sign. Former chief fire administrator Lee Bronson will get 20 weeks of severance pay and compensation for his accumulated leave under the agreement. "This is his second retirement from the city, and we certainly wish him well," Apopka spokesman Robert Sargent said Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: orlando sentinel
When a big fire occurs in Garner, the Raleigh Fire Department sends three firefighters to help.
That move was part of a verbal agreement created between both fire departments’ former chiefs years ago, that the current Raleigh fire chief says he will put an end to. It’s move that could cost Garner taxpayers either $500,000, or a lower level of service. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the news & observer
VIDEO - A young Tempe girl impressed firefighters recently, by remaining calm and aiding in her own rescue.
Malaysia Iwebema, a 4-year-old, found herself locked inside a bathroom with her 3-year-old cousin, RJ.
"It got jammed," she said of the lock.
"I got a hammer and tried to bang it, but it didn't work," she recalled, adding, "I wasn't that calm. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix
PHOTO - Clay County Fire Chief Lorin Mock said Lt. Anthony Myrick was on administrative leave while the Department of Public Safety investigated.
Hours after Action News Jax broke news of the photo and investigation, Myrick resigned.
Mock confirmed the picture was taken in the bathroom inside Station 20 in Green Cove Springs. - PUB DATE: 5/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTEV-TV 47
Eleven firefighters received pension payments exceeding $500,000 last year, and all of them did so by taking part in a little-known loophole in one of San Diego’s most controversial employee benefit programs.
The Deferred Retirement Option Plan, or DROP, allows city employees to collect a paycheck and a pension at the same time, but for a fixed period. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: san diego union-tribune.
Two firefighters who claim they were stripped of their badges by Fire Chief Darren Rosario for publicly criticizing him are suing the chief and the county.
Earlier this month, attorney Ted Hong filed a lawsuit in Hilo Circuit Court on behalf of West Hawaii Battalion Chief Ty Medeiros and a separate amended complaint on behalf of retired West Hawaii Battalion Chief Steve Loyola. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: west hawaii today
VIDEO - The NYPD and FDNY have a long history of working together as one to save lives in New York City. But put them together on a field of play and all hell usually breaks loose.
It happened again on Sunday, when the city's Bravest and Finest squared off in what was supposed to be a charity football game at MCU Park on Coney Island. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york daily news
Chief Billy Goldfeder, co-owner of FirefighterCloseCalls.com, writer of the Secret List since 1988, and a 43 year veteran of the fire service, was sued last year by an Illinois non-profit, Remembrance Rescue Project, over content he published in an email in 2014. The suit was dismissed today by Judge Anna H. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fire law blog
A man was arrested on a public intoxication charge after hitching an unauthorized ride on a Dallas Fire-Rescue truck early Monday.
Firefighters were dispatched about 12:35 a.m. to an apartment complex at 8538 Park Lane to deal with a disturbance involving several people.
When firefighters returned to their station about 12:50 a. - PUB DATE: 5/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: dallas morning news
Houston fire inspectors are refusing to follow orders from a top administrator over building inspections because they fear the rules would endanger the public and put firefighters at risk. The open insurrection started after Houston Fire Marshal Jerry Ford issued new protocols last year that inspectors believe cut corners on safety in an effort to pad the division's performance statistics. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
Well-known Fire Chief Richard Marinucci – who in March was asked by Northville Township officials to resign or be fired – has filed a lawsuit claiming wrongful termination, age discrimination, violation of the Michigan Open Meetings Act and denial of due process, among seven separate counts, following a reported issue with a township financial audit. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hometown Life
An investigation by the Washington state Department of Natural Resources found that tree branches rubbing on a power line started the 2015 blaze near Twisp that killed three U.S. Forest Service firefighters.
The agency's report says ignition likely happened as a light wind moved the branches and a sagging Okanogan County Electric Cooperative distribution line on Aug. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: oregonlive.com
ALL ICC MEMBERS: VOTE NOW TO DEFEND HOME FIRE SPRINKLERS. VOTING DEADLINE – MAY 26, 2016. The requirement for all new homes to have home fire sprinklers has been included in the International Residential Code (IRC) for the past three editions, and because of this requirement, over 100,000 families now live in sprinklered homes. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IRC Fire Sprinkler Coalition
