In February 2014 we wrote that protective hoods are the most vulnerable area of the firefighter's ensemble. That's because hoods lack any type of barrier characteristics to keep out the superfine particles that absorb a variety of hazardous chemicals including carcinogens.
This shortcoming was coupled with NIOSH studies and other research showing carcinogen buildup on firefighters' skin, particularly on the neck and face areas unprotected by the SCBA face piece. - PUB DATE: 5/17/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
Some firefighters in the county would have to pull out of their stations within four minutes of being dispatched — instead of the current eight minutes — under new tighter targets for fire crew response times being considered by the County Council.
For stations in the city of Frederick and other towns, the new goal for response times — how long it takes from the moment a call is dispatched until a truck rolls out of the station house — would be cut in half under changes to county law proposed by the Frederick County Division of Fire & Rescue Services and the Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. - PUB DATE: 5/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: frederick news post
A D.C. fire lieutenant who last year was accused of botching a response to a choking toddler who died has been found guilty of neglect, fined $5,000 and demoted in rank, according to two officials familiar with the case.
The attorney for the father of the 18-month-old said his client would have preferred that the firefighter, 28-year veteran Guy Valentine, been fired, but understands that he got the most severe punishment possible for a charge of neglect of duty. - PUB DATE: 5/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: washington post - metered site
A groundbreaking study in Illinois could change the way firefighters attack the hottest and most dangerous fires. The Milwaukee Fire Department is taking part in the study, but a retired New York City battalion chief says the researchers are all wet.
It may sound elementary, but scientists in suburban Chicago are studying whether applying water on a fire from the outside should come before search and rescue on the inside. - PUB DATE: 5/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
Fire chiefs captured in racy photos on what was supposed to be a business trip are still in the hot seat. The county manager wants their boss to resign, but chief Steven Gonzales refuses to turn in a letter of resignation. "There's been a lot of public outcry," county manager Danny Monette said.
Target 7 first told you about Gonzales and two of his fire chiefs. - PUB DATE: 5/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAT-TV ABC 7 Albuquerque
Firefighters and emergency service providers working for Reedy Creek Improvement District, protested a stalled contract negotiations Sunday by picketing at the Disney Springs reopening.
The protest ran from 9 a.m. to noon with about 50 emergency responders participating.
The issue is the contract talks are now at impasse and awaiting a decision from a special magistrate over pay and health insurance, as well as cancer and wellness screenings. - PUB DATE: 5/16/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Click Orlando
Port Chester was ordered by the New York State Supreme Court to temporarily restore the staffing of the Rye Brook firehouse with a paid firefighter starting Friday night.
The court’s ruling comes 24 hours after Rye Brook filed a lawsuit against Port Chester for violating a shared fire services contract when Port Chester eliminated its paid fire department last week. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News (Lohud.com)
A day after being fired from his post near the top of the Pensacola Fire Department, former Deputy Fire Chief Joe Glover said he believes the investigation into the fire department and his subsequent firing was retaliation for claims of discrimination he's made against the city in the past.
Glover and Interim Fire Chief Matt Schmitt were fired by Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward on Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pensacola News Journal
New information tonight as we continue to look into complaints from women firefighters in Fairfax County.
They are upset about lewd pictures posted on the Facebook page of the man responsible for internal complaints.
So how bad are the pictures?
Some of them are so inappropriate that we couldn't show them on TV. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV 9 DC
Congress has passed and sent to President Obama a bill allowing members of Congress to provide flags flown over the Capitol to survivors of firefighters, police officers or other public safety officers who died in the line of duty.
It was sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. It passed the Senate in April and was approved by voice vote in the House on Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
VIDEO - Dramatic video captured on a doorbell security camera shows Canadian firefighters trying to save a house in the Alberta city of Fort McMurray, one of the areas hit hardest by a devastating wildfire.
The nearly seven-minute video, posted by the Edmonton Journal, shows a team of firefighters spraying the house with fire hoses. - PUB DATE: 5/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fox news
Someone deliberately started the fire that triggered the fatal explosion in West three years ago, government investigators announced Wednesday.
They did not identify any suspects. Their conclusion was based on a re-enactment of the fire performed at a research lab in Maryland, according to officials from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Texas fire marshal’s office. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: dallas morning news
As details emerge about concessions that Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin is seeking from the union representing the city's firefighters, dozens of high-ranking veterans are putting in for retirement.
Fire Chief Reginald Freeman said this week that more than 50 firefighters have put in their retirement papers, and he expects that number to grow to between 80 and 90 by the end of the fiscal year, June 30. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: hartford courant
VIDEO - A Clayton County road reopened late Wednesday afternoon as investigators looked into a serious crash involving a fire truck.
Three sisters and three firefighters were hurt.
Investigators told Channel 2’s Liz Artz at the scene that 6-year-old Akhirah Muhammad who was airlifted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta
Authorities say a woman who oversaw finances for the former Show Low Fire District embezzled nearly $1.8 million over several years.
A report from the Arizona Office of the Auditor General released Wednesday detailed the allegations against Natalie Cluff based on a probe that was launched in 2012.
The auditor accused Cluff of illegally issuing 474 checks totaling $1,794,594. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix
Port Chester’s elected officials might not have thought that a plan to eliminate eight professional firefighter jobs would mean contending with one of most powerful firefighter unions in the country, let alone the state of New York.
But that is exactly what is happening. A bit of Yonkers-style hardball is coming to Port Chester. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News (Lohud.com)
A St. Louis jury has awarded a city paramedic $50,000 on her claim that her boss, the chief of the city ambulance service, retaliated against her after she filed a grievance.
Laticha Green, 42, of St. Louis, sued the city and Steven Kotraba in 2014, alleging race discrimination and retaliation for filing a grievance against him. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: st. louis Post-Dispatch
For years Marion County Fire Rescue paramedics complained about having to wait — often for hours — at hospitals before they could hand over their patients and get back in service. The wait, often called "wall time," was necessary because they had to monitor their patients until the hospital staff could take over. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ocala star banner
The surviving members of the Pickett family, who lost their parents and two brothers when a blaze destroyed their Grant Avenue home in March 2014, are suing Jersey City in Hudson County Superior Court, alleging the city failed to adequately train its employees, leaving the four victims to burn alive. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Jersey City Journal
Mayday. Mayday.
When heard on the fireground, these two words bring a rapid response. The post-rescue question is how did they tread so far into the situation that they became part of the problem?
Firefighters in the heat of the battle often get feelings of superiority, believing that things are not that bad and the gear, training and experience will keep them out of trouble. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firechief.com
