Fire Director James Stewart has rankled some in his ranks by naming a recently hired payroll clerk — who also happens to be his future daughter-in-law — to serve in his stead while he takes a vacation this week.
Tawan Baxter, who was hired as a chief clerk Aug. 24, was named acting fire director as of 8 a. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com
Two days after visiting a San Bernardino County fire station, a 5-year-old boy used what he learned to save himself and his grandmother from their burning home. On Monday, he was honored for his heroism.
Nathaniel Stocks, 5, is credited with saving the life of his grandmother and their Chihuahua Saturday morning using skills he learned at a fire department field trip. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: redlands daily facts
A widow from Sudan who had lived in the United States for about eight years fell to her death Saturday after a fire broke out in a high-rise apartment building.
The fire was caused by “careless discarding of smoking materials,” Grand Island Fire Division Chief Tim Hiemer said.
The woman was seen hanging out a window on the ninth floor. - PUB DATE: 11/10/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: omaha world-herald
With flames swirling all around them, four firefighters trapped on a narrow Lake County ridge during the first hour of what would become the state’s third-most-catastrophic wildfire made the last-ditch decision most avoid at all costs: Seek refuge in emergency fire-resistant shelters.
“The ground was on fire,” Cal Fire firefighter Niko Matteoli said. - PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the press democrat
Joey Tanner’s ascension through the firefighting ranks seems inevitable.
His grandfather was chief of the Johnsonville Fire District. When he retired, Tanner’s father took the job, which he still holds. Joey Tanner’s brother is a deputy chief in Florence.
“We’re kind of working in the fire service our whole career,” the 52-year-old Tanner said Friday, hours after being announced as Horry County Fire Rescue’s newest chief. - PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: myrtle beach online
Chronic problems at the Detroit Fire Department are catching up to homeowners in the form of higher insurance rates.
Detroit already has the highest rates in the state. Now, they’re rising again for many, after a group that analyzes communities’ fire protection for insurance companies downgraded the city. - PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: detroit news
Unfortunately, too many firefighters and officers are not getting it. And "it" is that firefighters face an increased cancer risk compared with the general public.
In its 2013 whitepaper "Taking Action Against Cancer in the Fire Service," the Firefighter Cancer Support Network reported that in 2006 researchers at the University of Cincinnati published their meta-analysis of 32 studies of cancer among firefighters. - PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
Many residents are keeping an eye on East Contra Costa Fire District's financial struggles, but one of them recently took the scrutiny to a new level by chiding its chief for purchasing $23.96 worth of chocolate chip cookies.
"She just didn't think we should be buying treats for the firefighters," said Chief Hugh Henderson of the woman who took him to task after spotting four $5 boxes of cookies among the groceries he was loading into his truck from the Safeway store in Discovery Bay. - PUB DATE: 11/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: contra cost times
Jesse Daniel Clingenpeel always wanted to be a soldier. He dressed in camouflage every Halloween and imitated his father’s buzz cut as a child.
But a year after a combat injury led to his honorable discharge from the Army in 2012, the Roanoke County native eagerly joined up as a Roanoke firefighter-EMT, Chief David Hoback said. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the roanoke times
The FDNY will graduate one of the most diverse classes in its 150-year history Friday — and bring the number of women on the force to a record high.
Four women will cross the stage at Queens College on Friday to become probationary members of the Bravest.
When they do, the FDNY will have 49 female firefighters — more than it has ever had since the agency was formed in 1865. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york daily news
Tempers flared Thursday night at a Foster Falls community meeting as representatives for the new Jasper Highlands development tried to convince the local fire department to respond to emergency calls while the developers construct their own fire department.
By the end of the meeting, which was filled with shouting and accusations, nothing changed. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chattanooga Times Free Press
It may have been 20 years since the Oklahoma City bombing, but those first responders who came together on April 19, 1995 are still making an impact today.
A memorial badge was created in their honor to benefit the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum.
The Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation received more than $75,000 Thursday morning after a limited time badge and coin were created. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFOR-TV News Channel 4
VIDEO - Over 500 French firefighters set off fireworks and burned tires before storming and occupying a railway station in Lille in the latest in a series of escalating protests against the local council’s budget cuts.
Staff in full uniform gathered outside the fire station of the northern city at 10:30 a. - PUB DATE: 11/6/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: rt.com
About 150 firefighters in the Hartford Fire Department will be getting state-of-the-art breathing apparatus equipment that will allow incident commanders to electronically track every firefighter who enters a burning building.
Firefighters displayed the new Scott self-contained breathing apparatus equipment at a press conference Wednesday morning at the Engine Company 15 firehouse. - PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hartford Courant
Jason Waldeck sometimes slept at the Ellis County firehouse where he volunteered, just to be sure he wouldn’t miss a call.
As a high school senior, he would jump out of class or baseball practice to respond to fires, car crashes or whatever else the world threw his way.
He said a brutal sexual assault on him at the fire station in January put an end to that work — but not to his passion. - PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: dallas morning news
A Mosinee firefighter accused of taking a fire engine on an early morning joyride and then crashing it after a night out drinking has resigned and his chief has requested that no criminal charges be filed in the case.
Kody Krieg resigned in August after an investigation into the crash, according an internal investigation report obtained by Daily Herald Media under open-records law. - PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wausau daily herald
In an effort to enhance diversification at the fire department, the personnel board on Wednesday voted to set aside the so-called “rule of three” to allow the fire chief to choose from a broader list of qualified candidates.
Following some strong opinions voiced by residents in opposition, however, the board tabled a separate request from Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio for authorization to hire as a probationary recruit a New London resident who had worked with the fire department but who did not make it onto the eligibility list. - PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the day
A Mansfield man was arrested Wednesday after police alleged he tried to run over a firefighter and caused two crashes while fleeing from authorities.
The driver, Kalvin Gross, 21, was believed to be under the influence of drugs during the pursuit, Mansfield police Sgt. Mike Napier said.
Mansfield Fire Department was responding to a report of an unresponsive male in his car on West Cook Road at 3 p. - PUB DATE: 11/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: mansfield news journal
Two months after taking over emergency services for an area that had been served by the West I-10 Volunteer Fire Department for 36 years, Harris County Emergency Service District 48 has had to figure out how to operate efficiently without ample resources while the West I-10 department continues to question the district's decision to end the two parties' longtime partnership. - PUB DATE: 11/4/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle
On the heels of a historically safe Angels' Night weekend, the Detroit City Council today confirmed Mayor Mike Duggan's choice for executive fire commissioner, Eric Jones.
The council voted 8-1 to confirm Jones' appointment. Council President Brenda Jones voted no, she said, because Eric Jones lacks experience as a firefighter. - PUB DATE: 11/4/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: detroit free press
