The D.C. fire lieutenant accused of neglect of duty after a child died choking on grapes last year was a no-show at his disciplinary hearing on Wednesday.
The attorney representing Guy Valentine told a panel of fire officials the lieutenant was officially retired and they no longer had the authority to judge his actions. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: foxdc.com
A female inmate firefighter was critically injured after being struck in the head by a boulder while battling a 7-acre brush fire in Malibu Thursday morning, authorities said.
Crews were seen performing life-saving measures until a Los Angeles County Fire helicopter arrived and airlifted the injured firefighter to a local hospital. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc7.com
First responders are rethinking the role of lights and sirens in their emergency responses. A nationwide trend has some traveling with the flow of traffic to avoid dangerous collisions.Greenfield firefighters answer some 14 emergency calls a day.
Usually, they will head to the scene with lights and sirens blaring, regardless of the seriousness of the emergency. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wisn.com
When firefighters attacked a house fire on Nancy Drive in 10 inches of snow and only 10 degrees outside, they say it seemed like a straight-forward house fire.
But Jan. 5, 2014 nearly turned deadly.
“We thought we had the fire put out,” remembers Firefighter Matt Mackley.
But as crews were putting out some remaining spot fires, “everything changed in an instant,” says Tim Kirchoff. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ksdk
It was all hands on deck for a two-alarm fire that injured seven in late January.
"We got very lucky," said Mike Terrell, one of the firefighters that was hurt that day. "We could have had five firefighters and a civilian dead like that." he said as he snapped his fingers.
He's referring to a massive fire at the Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak & Cutler Funeral Home in Omaha. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 1011now.com
Talk about giving back.
When Clinton Township firefighters responded to a medical call a couple of weeks ago, they encountered a family in dire need of help.
The family, struggling to pay their bills, included two disabled children, and the house had no electricity because the parents had fallen behind on their payment installments. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Macomb Daily
City of Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and Phoenix Police Chief Joseph Yahna praised the work of emergency personnel who responded to a tragic and volatile situation on Tuesday morning.
First responders showed up to a neighborhood south of Cactus Road and 47th Avenue to find a house on fire with an active shooter and four related victims inside. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 12 News
A firefighter who admitted setting dozens of fires in an attempt to earn overtime pay and impress his peers was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for arson, the U.S. attorney said.
Benjamin Cunha, 33, of Placerville (El Dorado County), pleaded guilty in October in U.S District Court in Sacramento to one count of arson for lighting the 80-acre Mine Fire in 2007 while he was a volunteer firefighter in Diamond Springs, near his home. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SF Gate
A fiery car crash ended Saturday with the driver of this car in the hospital---and the contents inside strewn all over the ground. Now, four first responders are without a job, two on unpaid leave, after investigators say five of them stole some of those items and another lied about it.
Lieutenant David Heaton with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office says there are protocols in place to protect you and your stuff when a crash happens. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wrdw.com
The Canton woman who died Monday running into rush hour traffic on Ohio 8 after arguing with her husband was identified as an off-duty Canton firefighter.
Tonya Johnson, 43, of Canton, died about 4 p.m. Monday after being hit by a pickup on the busy highway.
The Summit County Medical Examiner is performing an autopsy Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland.com
Bramwell Volunteer Fire Department added the phrase “In God We Trust” to their fire trucks Saturday afternoon during a fundraising event.
Bramwell Volunteer Fire Department 3rd Lt. Steve Mitchell attended the fundraiser and ATV washing event. “We decided we were going to put it on our trucks and hope to be the first one in the area to (put it on the fire trucks),” Mitchell said. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Families of five firefighters who died or were critically injured in the infamous 2005 Black Sunday blaze in The Bronx were awarded a whopping $183 million in damages Monday.
The jury found the city of New York and the landlord were responsible for the injuries — and assigned 80% of the blame to the city. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
The website for East County Fire & Rescue was hacked over the weekend, Interim Chief Al Gillespie said.
An employee logged onto the website on Saturday morning and noticed that users clicking on a portion of the page were redirected to content he described as “inappropriate,” Gillespie said.
The fire chief was in the office for a seminar at the time and was informed of the incident right away. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbian
Despite trying for a year to increase the number of volunteer firefighters on its roster, the Elkin Fire Department is seeing little reward to its recruiting efforts.
If the department falls below 20 members on its roster, it could mean an increase in property owners’ fire insurance rates, and as of just more than a week ago, the roster had 21 members. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Elkin Tribune
After EMS response times for life-threatening emergencies jumped by more than 20 seconds last year, the FDNY plans to spend $5 million on two pilot programs to handle what it calls a record number of emergency calls.
Starting this summer, the FDNY plans to use 10 “fly cars” — fire supervisor SUVs carrying a paramedic — to emergencies in the Bronx ahead of ambulances, fire officials told the Daily News on Monday. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
Bad guys, beware. Woody Williams is not playing around when it comes to his neighborhood fire station. He will be there to protect the men and women who work there.
A photo of Williams in his plaid jacket and pajama pants has gone viral after he went out to his local fire station to keep an eye on the place while firefighters were out on a call. - PUB DATE: 2/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMBF
California's new corrections chief is backing off a plan to lower standards for inmate firefighters, focusing instead on persuading county sheriffs to send more jail prisoners to the state program.
Scott Kernan, who took over last month as secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said in an interview with The Associated Press that he expects California will have enough inmate firefighters for this year's fire season despite a dwindling pool of candidates from state prisons. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee
More than 40 fire departments from seven counties battled a fire Friday at a warehouse owned by FutureX Industry in the small town of Marshall in Parke County.
Fire departments from Parke, Montgomery, Fountain, Vermillion, Putnam, Clay and Vigo counties answered the call at 226 E. Guion St. with tanker trucks, aerial trucks and manpower. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal Review
The application for SAFER grant applications is now open.
Fire and EMS agencies have until 5 p.m. March 25 to submit grant applications.
Information on the program can be obtained here.
The SAFER grant was established to:
Assist local fire departments improve and restore staffing and deployment capabilities so they may more effectively and safely respond to emergencies. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com
A Marble volunteer firefighter was injured Friday afternoon when the fire engine he was driving was hit from the side by a Walmart semi-truck on Highway 412 in Marble. According to Marble Fire Department Chief Ron Pfeiffer, who was at the scene, the engine was leaving the Marble Fire Station on Madison 2405 to respond to a field fire that had been reported on Highway 21. - PUB DATE: 2/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Madison County Record
