Nearly a dozen black firefighters in Jacksonville have been sent home for something they didn't do: shave. State rules require firefighters to have a clean-shaven face when they have to wear an oxygen mask. The rule falls in line with regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on wearing respirators. - PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJXT-TV CBS 4 Jacksonville
The Harney County fire chief resigned Wednesday because he says he no longer trusts the local government.
Chris Briels stood next Ammon Bundy, the leader of an armed group that has taken over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, and announced he had turned in his resignation to county Judge Steve Grasty. - PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVAL-TV CBS 13
The owners of the Pater Avenue home where a Hamilton firefighter was killed Dec. 28 while battling a fire say they will never be able to return there even if repairs are made. “My wife won’t live there again, and I don’t blame her after the firefighter was killed there,” said Lester Parker, 66, of Hamilton. - PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal-News
World Trade Center responder John Coughlin of Sayville suffers from a host of conditions: heart disease that led to open-heart surgery and a pacemaker; diminished lung capacity; sleep apnea; and stomach disorders.
But the 57-year-old former NYPD emergency services officer, who responded when the towers fell on Sep. - PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse
Members of the Fremont County Fire Protection District are mourning the loss of Deputy Chief Clarence “Speed” Hartbank.
The 45-year member of the department passed away Wednesday afternoon.
Hartbank was commanding a Sept. 10 grass fire on Eight Mile Road.
While he was surveying damage to a ground-level bunker, he fell through a hole and into the fire. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse
Portland Fire Chief Erin Janssens, who took the helm of the Fire & Rescue Bureau three and a half years ago, announced Wednesday she'll retire in April after nearly 28 years of city service.
Janssens, 51, became the first woman to serve as chief in June 2012 when former city councilor Randy Leonard appointed her to the job. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the oregonian
The federal contract for a nationwide wireless broadband network dedicated to public safety is expected to be awarded in Q4 — giving AT&T (NYSE:T), Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and other wireless firms an opportunity to lease prime radio spectrum as part of a public-private partnership. The First Responder Network Authority released its request for proposals from bidders on Wednesday. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Investor's Business Daily
VIDEO - Wires were knocked down and a state highway was closed after a fire truck rolled over Wednesday in Effingham. Route 153 was closed near Plantation Road after the fire truck rolled over onto its roof. Effingham resident Cindy Espie said she heard the crash.
"I ran to the window and looked out, and I couldn't believe what I saw," Espie said. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester
The city should have better control over money earmarked to buy Toledoans smoke detectors, the city's law director said in a report on the fund.
“Better purchasing controls should be in place; some expenditures from the fund stretch permissible uses to the limit, [and] alarm fines should more properly be placed in the general fund as they are definitionally not trust fThe Blade reported late last year that Toledo Fire Chief Luis Santiago and at least one other high-ranking fire official used smoke-detector trust fund to pay for hotel rooms, conference costs, and dinners. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: toledo blade
A 24-year-old Chatham County firefighter was killed in a traffic accident early Tuesday while responding to a call, officials said.
Joshua Mequaine Woods died Tuesday, according to The North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
The single-vehicle accident occurred around 1 a.m. near the 300 block of N. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV NBC 17
VIDEO - Two young girls were killed and their mother was critically injured when flames tore through a home in Wilmington, Delaware Tuesday afternoon.
The blaze erupted around 4:10 p.m. inside a home on the 400 block of North Monroe Street. Witnesses say out of nowhere the home just exploded. "I tried to get in there and all I kept thinking about was the kids," neighbor Aaron McManus said. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV 6 ABC.com
Six months after a D.C. fire lieutenant was charged with neglect of duty in a delayed response to a choking toddler who later died, FOX 5 has learned he has not been disciplined and has chosen to retire.
This new development has deeply angered the baby's father. wo sources familiar with the process say Lt. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTTG-TV MyFox 5 DC
Fire stations in the city are crumbling and in “poor condition,” with some even lacking functional smoke detectors and carbon monoxide monitors, according to a city audit.
The report, commissioned by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, also calls for $22 million in spending over 15 years to replace 29 firetrucks and bring the department’s aging fleet of pump and ladder trucks in line with national standards. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: boston herald
“We really saw the best of the community that night. It wasn’t just firefighters helping out, it was neighbors rescuing neighbors,” Battalion Chief Scott Roseberry said of the actions he witnessed on Dec. 26 after Garland was hit by an EF4 tornado.
Garland’s first responders had already been taxed twice as two major flooding events caused widespread damage. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse
An injured Dundee Township volunteer firefighter reportedly was refused treatment at a local clinic because he did not have his identification with him, officials said. Dan Motylinski, chief of the Dundee Township Volunteer Fire Department, said one of his firefighters partially fell through the floor while battling a blaze at Country Heritage Community Homes Saturday morning. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Monroe news
Four family members, including two young children, were killed Monday night after a house exploded in Northfield Center Township. Northfield Center Fire Chief Frank Risko said a mother and her two daughters, ages 8 and 12, were found on the first floor near a front hallway of the two-story colonial-style house. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northeast Ohio Media Group
A quick-thinking off-duty Medway firefighter averted a potential catastrophe yesterday after a boiler at a local day care sprang a carbon monoxide leak.
Lt. Matt Anzivino, 42, said he was dropping off his two young daughters at Back to Basics Preschool on his way to work yesterday at about 7:40 a.m. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald
Following a series of scandals that have washed over California’s state fire department, Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed spending $4.4 million to launch a new unit to investigate personnel messes and prevent them from occurring in the future.
The “Professional Standards Program,” according to the state budget plan the governor unveiled Thursday, would dedicate 14 employees to “addressing personnel investigations and adverse actions” statewide at the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sacramento bee
My Fire Chief colleague, Billy Hayes, had a great article back in July examining which is more important for a successful officer — street smarts or book smarts, that is, training and experience or formal education.
While the article weighed the pros and cons of each, Billy concluded that both had their place in the preparation of a firefighter to become an officer or a chief officer whether in a volunteer, combination or career department. - PUB DATE: 1/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
The Supreme Court kicks off the new year Monday seemingly poised to deal a major blow to the nation's public employee unions by wiping out, or at least weakening, a legal precedent that dates back nearly four decades.
If the justices' recent rulings against organized labor are any guide, a deeply divided court is likely to make it harder for unions representing teachers, police and firefighters, and other government workers to collect fees from non-members. - PUB DATE: 1/11/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: usa today
