The Olmsted Township Board of Trustees and Fire Chief Patrick Kelly are accusing former Chief John Rice of misconduct in office, and "gross neglect of duty" that could cost Rice his job.
Rice, who was demoted to assistant chief in February 2015, will have a chance to respond to the 14 charges during a disciplinary hearing Wednesday evening. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com
One year to the day after burying his father, Tom Levy followed in his dad’s footsteps by officially becoming the acting chief of the Bridgewater Fire Department on Monday.
“It’s nothing that was planned,” said Levy, who was appointed to acting chief last week after serving as the deputy chief to former Chief George Rogers. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wickedlocal.com
Reading any NFPA standard can be a laborious process at best. But they are some of the most fundamentally important documents at our disposal in the fire service.
The work that members of any NFPA technical committee put into developing and revising the standards, which are revised on a five-year schedule, is truly a labor of love. - PUB DATE: 3/23/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
Former IFD Chief Brian L. Sanford died Monday at the age of 59 following a years-long battle with Lou Gehrig's disease.
Sanford served as a firefighter in Indianapolis for 32 years He served as chief of the Indianapolis Fire Department from 2008-2014.
Doctors diagnosed Sanford with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, in 2011. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRTV-TV ABC 6 Indianapolis (The Indy Channel)
A jury awarded a former Vallejo firefighter more than $2.3 million Friday at the end of a nine-week long trial in a case against the city.
Todd Milan, 47, sued the city alleging retaliation in 2013 after his employment was terminated in 2012.
The jury took about two days to deliberate before awarding Milan $2,357,089, $400,000 of which for emotional distress, while the rest is for past and future wage lost, said his lawyer Leslie Levy. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vallejo Times-Herald
Last year, one Bangor resident called for emergency assistance 171 times. Another person called first responders to their home only to ask the firefighter to hand them an out-of-reach TV remote control.
In response to a growing number of calls for aid that Bangor’s emergency responders say shouldn’t be necessary, the Fire Department wants the city to start charging fees to people or institutions who frequently call for help when no one needs to be taken to a hospital. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: bangor daily news
A Hoke County fire chief who was seriously burned while battling a woods fire will undergo a skin graft procedure Tuesday as he continues to recover from his injuries.
Michael Scott, chief of the Hillcrest Fire Department, is being treated at the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center in Chapel Hill for burns on his arms and face. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fayetteville Observer
The Boston Fire Department has canned a former district fire chief convicted last month of skimming $50,000 from taxpayer coffers while he ran the department’s firefighter academy.
Edward Scigliano, 46, was fired by Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn on Wednesday, the same day the department held a hearing attended by Scigliano. - PUB DATE: 3/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: boston herald
A firefighter is dead after falling off of the back of a fire truck during a house fire in Conway.
Chris Ray was part of the Conway Fire Department responding to a house fire on Hickory Circle around 3:30 p.m. Sunday. Both Conway and Horry County Fire Departments were fighting the blaze. Ray fell off the back of the truck and was hit as it backed up, South Carolina Highway Patrol says. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIS-TV Columbia Channel 10
FDNY candidates will take an entry exam that quizzes them on topics like African killer bees and on math questions such as comparing veggie chips to pretzels, but little on firefighting.
With the city planning to give the first FDNY entry exam in five years in 2017, critics say the test has been dumbed down since a judge ruled a former exam discriminated against minorities. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post
The chief of the Hillcrest Fire Department in Hoke County was seriously burned in an explosion Friday.
Chief Michael Scott sustained burns to his arms and face while fighting a woods fire on Lawrence McCollum Road. This is near the Raeford Municipal Airport, about halfway between Raeford and Fayetteville. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fayetteville Observer
Two West Hawaii battalion chiefs who said they were stripped of their badges after they publicly criticized their boss failed in their appeal for lost overtime pay and benefits.
The Merit Appeals Board last week unanimously ruled Hawaii Fire Department battalion chiefs Ty Medeiros and Steve Loyola were not due overtime and vacation pay after being put on paid leave in late 2014. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: hawaii tribune-herald
Seattle Fire Department Battalion Chief Tamalyn Nigretto says it was like a slap in the face when she saw a lieutenant being interviewed on television about the Greenwood explosion.
Nothing against him, but she had been the incident commander — the ranking commander at the scene and in charge of the response — when the natural-gas blast leveled two buildings last week, yet she had not been asked to speak to the media. - PUB DATE: 3/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the seattle times
PHOTO - One man was injured after a Waukomis fire truck ran off the road Thursday afternoon near Bison while responding to a fire call.
The Waukomis firefighter was transported to Integris Bass Baptist Health Center after being trapped inside the truck for about 30 minutes. Waukomis Fire Department personnel were responding to a controlled burn that got out of control northeast of Bison when a water tanker overturned. - PUB DATE: 3/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Enid News & Eagle
VIDEO - A fire-breather caught fire during a pep-rally performance at a Florida high school, horrifying students and school staff in the audience on Thursday and leaving himself and nearly 20 others injured. The incident occurred at Atlantic Community High in Delray Beach, where the performer and seven students hospitalized, the Florida Sun-Sentinel reported. - PUB DATE: 3/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ktla 5
Oxnard's $60,000 settlement payment to its former fire chief last year did not comply with state law, a review by the Ventura County District Attorney's office found, though the error appeared unintentional.
The DA's office looked into the issue after getting a citizen complaint when the settlement was made public by The Star in November, records show. - PUB DATE: 3/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ventura County Star
A Lee County firefighter was arrested because he is accused of driving a fire truck while drunk and getting into an accident while responding to a fire.
He is identified by the Lee County Sheriff's Department as 34-year-old Phillip W. Gasaway, a member of the Unity Fellowship Volunteer Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 3/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVA-TV Channel 9
Two members of the Canterbury Fire Department have quit, and others could be on their way out after last Friday’s town meeting
Captains Donald Maurer and Scott Ruesswick have left their positions at the volunteer department within the last week, citing Canterbury residents’ decision to approve the purchase of a $340,000 fire engine recommended by Canterbury selectmen, despite the fire department’s plan to purchase a $490,000 engine. - PUB DATE: 3/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: concord monitor - metered site
VIDEO - In Prince George's County, the firefighters union president and the fire chief are sounding an alarm because someone has been damaging the safety equipment belonging to the career medics and firefighters at the Glassmanor-Oxon Hill Firehouse.
"Our turnout gear is our lifeline," firefighters union president Andrew Pantelis says. - PUB DATE: 3/18/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA-TV ABC 7 Washington
Minneapolis city officials are launching a paid emergency medical services training program in an effort to diversify its fire department and open a path into the medical field for people of color.
The city's fire department is 71 percent white and 88 percent male.
"We want to reduce barriers," said city spokeswoman Erica Prosser. - PUB DATE: 3/17/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Star Tribune
