While Congress drags its heels on renewing the Zadroga Act, a hero former FDNY battalion chief was buried on Wednesday after succumbing to World Trade Center-related cancer, officials said.
Manhattan Battalion Chief James Costello, 52, died the day before Thanksgiving and was buried in New Jersey after a Catholic funeral mass, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. - PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york daily news
Akron and the plaintiff firefighters in a long-pending promotions lawsuit have reached a settlement that avoided what would have been a third trial.
The city must pay $1.04 million in back pay and pre-judgment interest to the firefighters.
“This allows them to look in the rear view mirror and say, ‘God, that decade is over,’” said Bruce Elfvin, an attorney for the firefighters. - PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: akron beacon
It is official, the 2015 Assistance to Firefighters Grant application period will open at 8 a.m. Dec. 7, and close Jan. 15 at 5 p.m.
A number of us aren't too happy with the idea that we may be wrapping our presents while wrapping up our AFG application. So here are a few simple tips to ensure that you can begin the day the application period opens and complete it with time to still enjoy the holidays. - PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
An assistant fire chief facing charges for having sex with an underage girl who applied to be a junior firefighter is back on duty before his case is heard in court. New Florence Volunteer Fire Company Assistant Chief Kenny Steiner is facing 12 counts related to the alleged sexual contact involving Steiner and a girl who had applied to be a junior firefighter in 2013. - PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh
There wasn't anything different about Tuesday's fire call to Selden Road, according to LeRoy Acting Fire Chief Tim Hogle."It was our typical, should've been a normal fire scene that we've been on numerous times in my numerous years with the fire service," Hogle said. But as we already know, that call was anything but normal. - PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WROC-TV CBS 8 Rochester
The fire chief of a neighboring department is prepared to testify that the Owls Head fire chief failed on several fronts in his response to a blaze that destroyed a commercial garage here in 2013, according to an attorney in a civil case.
South Thomaston Fire Chief Bryan Calderwood will be an expert witness and is ready to testify if the case goes to trial, according to a memorandum filed on Nov. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: bangor daily news
Four months later, Fire Chief Richard Ares is not sure what really happened the day he flew off a porch while fighting a fire in Templeton, landing on his back and fracturing his spine.
He only knows for sure that he is lucky. His back was repairable. The back of his head required 10 staples but it has healed. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Worcester Telegram & Gazette - metered site
A serial arsonist behind a string of blazes in Forest Hills, Queens, taunted police like a Riddler wannabe — leaving behind a coded message at one fire scene that dared cops to solve his puzzle, sources said. But the firebug was as overconfident as his Batman-comic counterpart — since police were quickly able to crack the code and discover his identity. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post
The National Volunteer Fire Council launched a nationwide recruitment campaign Tuesday to increase the number of volunteers in fire and emergency services.
The Make Me a Firefighter campaign will help build awareness among the public as well as provide departments with the tools and resources to recruit and retain volunteer firefighters. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
Pueblo West firefighters are now equipped with bulletproof vests and helmets.
These life-saving tools will add an extra level of protection for the crews heading into potentially dangerous situations.
It's been in the works for weeks now but in the wake of Friday's mass shooting in Colorado Springs, firefighters tell News5 this gear is more important now than ever before. - PUB DATE: 12/2/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAA-TV NBC 5 & 30 Colorado Springs
Joseph J. Tomizzi’s decision to step down as a deputy fire commissioner occurred while he and the Fire Investigation Unit he headed are being investigated by the state Attorney General’s Office, a probe that apparently centers on allegations that Tomizzi was abusing his authority by performing criminal background checks on individuals, The Buffalo News has learned. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: buffalo news
Steph Bouillion never thought she’d be a firefighter.
The odds seemed to be against her. Last December, the 27-year-old became one of just two women hired by the Garland Fire Department in nearly 15 years.
“I know I’m one of a few,” she said.
In North Texas, female firefighters are scarce. Data provided to The Dallas Morning News by 20 fire departments in the Dallas-Fort Worth area shows that as of June, women made up more than 2 percent of firefighters in just six departments. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the dallas morning news
Officials confirmed that a suspect is now in custody.
This is now a homicide and fire investigation. Family members tell us a 68-year-old man was shot and killed early this morning on Selden Road. Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn says it appears the suspect wanted police to shoot him.
Officials say the suspect set his own house on fire and then went to a neighbor's house and shot a man, who was in bed. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC-TV NBC 10 Rochester
As a public safety provider in Las Vegas we repeatedly heard the phrase, "It is a dry heat." When summer temperatures soar above 100 degree and stay there overnight radiating into the next day, it is common to retreat to a chilled dayroom in the fire station.
Company officers push their crews to pre-hydrate as at any time a vehicle crash or fire during the midday desert heat would tax even the most physically fit firefighters. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
Village officials say public safety could be at risk if relations between the Rochester and Waterford fire departments are not improved.
At a specially called meeting Monday at Rochester Village Hall, the Rochester and Waterford fire chiefs said they will consider breaking an automatic response mutual aid agreement due to problems between the organizations. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the journal times
VIDEO - A crash involving a fire truck in West Philadelphia left several firefighters injured Sunday morning.
Fire officials said the crash, in which a vehicle partially rolled over, happened about 10 a.m. at 55th Street and Baltimore Avenue. Authorities confirmed that Philadelphia Fire Department Ladder 13 was involved in the crash. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbc philadelphia
For more than an hour in August 2014, Shannon Browne sat with investigators at CHP’s Valley Division office in Sacramento, at first hesitant, then growing more confident as she laid out her concerns. Instructors were manipulating scores on tests at Cal Fire’s firefighting academy in Ione, she told the officers. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sacramento bee
A federal judge has ruled a former Orono fire chief’s lawsuit against the town may go forward on the age discrimination and retaliation counts.
U.S. Magistrate Judge John Nivison on Wednesday dismissed Norman “Buddy” Webb’s allegation that he was discriminated against based on a disability.
Webb, 65, of Orono, is seeking compensatory damages, including back pay and pay he would have received had he not been fired, and attorney’s fees. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: bangor daily news
A psychologist’s report on an obscure subject is complicating Jacksonville’s already-difficult position in a long court fight over whether it discriminates against black firefighters seeking promotions.
The Justice Department has sued the city since 2012, saying low numbers of black firefighters who advance in rank suggest biased testing. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the florida times-union
A man who apparently got stuck in the chimney of a Huron home during a botched burglary attempt died Saturday after the homeowners lit a fire in the fireplace, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said.
Lt. Brandon Pursell said deputies received a 911 call to the 16000 block of West Gale Avenue just before 3 p. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fresno bee
