The city’s firefighters are sabotaging a cost-savings plan by calling in sick and claiming on-the-job injuries, Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Paré said Tuesday, citing statistics and a handful of incidents that point to what he describes as a “manipulation” of the Fire Department’s injury policy. - PUB DATE: 11/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal
PHOTOS - Local police officers and firefighters donned some new uniforms Friday to play superheroes for pediatric patients.
Dressed as popular superheroes such as Spiderman, Batman and Captain America, members of SAPD’s SWAT team and SAFD’s Rescue Team rappelled down the side of North Central Baptist Hospital while numerous children watched through their windows. - PUB DATE: 11/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: mysanantonio.com
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released Phase One of its first Local Fire Department Wildfire Preparedness and Readiness Capabilities Study. The study takes a look at current preparedness and readiness levels of local wildland/urban interface (WUI) fire departments that have experienced a significant wildfire event in recent years, and identifies the most important elements in a WUI fire protection program, including response and community risk reduction efforts. - PUB DATE: 11/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association
Sgt. Vince Smith spent more than 20 years with the Detroit Fire Department but he was more than a brave firefighter. Now, his fellow firefighters are honoring their fallen comrade who died in his sleep while on the job last week.
On Tuesday, the crew from Engine 48 spent part of their day passing out food to the homeless to keep Sgt. - PUB DATE: 11/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJBK Fox2Detroit
Boynton Beach firefighters who work out of Station 3 have been asked to get chest X-rays after two of them were found to have feces and feathers in their blood and lungs, The Palm Beach Post has learned from city officials.
The station at Congress Avenue and Miner Road has been closed for more than a month, and employees have been working out of Station 5, which is southeast of there at High Ridge Road. - PUB DATE: 11/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: palm beach post
Four firefighters have sued the Santa Clara Waste Water Co. over injuries they said they sustained at the scene of a chemical explosion at the company's plant a year ago.
Santa Paula firefighters Matt May, Matt Lindsey and Milo Bustillos along with Ventura County firefighter Lucas Beller filed the suit last week, alleging negligence and misrepresentation. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ventura county star
Brian Crawford noticed something curious during his two-year stint as chief of Plano Fire-Rescue: Lots of Dallas firefighters wanted to work in his city.
Crawford, who hired a few of them before he left this year to become Shreveport’s city manager, said plenty of firefighters want to work in Plano. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: dallas morning news
Early detection of lung cancer is now a possibility for 100 Phoenix firefighters who have been tested as a result of a grant.
The Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona union received a $50,000 grant from Arizona Public Service to test 100 Phoenix firefighters for lung cancer. According to a press release, the Phoenix firefighters will be the first in Arizona to receive the LuCED test. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the arizona republic
The Tampa Tribune prides itself on reflecting a variety of views, including those that may not be popular. We strive on a daily basis to provide our readers in digital and print an outlet to be informed.
As publisher of the Tribune, I’m no different than other readers. I frequently see articles that get my Irish up, but a syndicated commentary we published Sept. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Tampa Tribune
While city cops and firefighters participated in a much-touted terror drill at a Manhattan subway station Sunday, several EMTs griped that it was a farce as far as their unit is concerned — because it’s still nearly impossible for them to communicate underground.
“The Fire Department is gloating, saying, ‘We’re ready for it, and we can handle everything,’ but they really aren’t,” said a frustrated EMT who questioned how the three-hour drill among the NYPD, FDNY and Department of Homeland Security could be successful in a real terror scenario given the weak radio signals. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post
PHOTO - A North Carolina man faces charges in an accident involving a tractor trailer, a fire truck and a Dinwiddie Sheriff's Office vehicle on I-85.
Police have charged Lonnie Mixter of Highpoint, NC with reckless driving after his tractor trailer struck the fire truck, causing it to hit the sheriff's deputy car and split in half. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6
Strong, shifting winds that dramatically fanned a wildfire near Twisp in Okanogan County in August pushed walls of flames and smoke onto a team of firefighters, catching them off-guard and forcing them to retreat blindly down a winding dirt road to their deaths, according to a joint state and federal report released Friday. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: seattle times
A Houston firefighter survived a scare late Friday afternoon.
His crew was cutting a hole in the roof of a south-side home to put a fire out when he fell through.
"He fell through in such a way that the guys that were on the roof weren't able to pull him out," said HFD Deputy Chief Herman Gonzales. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK abc 13
A recent question about the appropriate title for Doña Ana County's top fire official brought to the forefront a power struggle that's been simmering for years between county administrators and volunteer fire districts across the county.
County commissioners answered the question definitively when they voted unanimously earlier this month to change Robert Monsivaiz's title from "fire marshal" to "fire chief. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Cruces Sun-News
A firefighter who was allowed to graduate the Fire Academy despite failing physical tests has already gone out on medical leave — just 10 days into the job, The Post has learned.
Probationary firefighter Choeurlyne Doirin-Holder injured herself Monday while conducting a routine check of equipment at Queens’ Engine 308 in South Richmond Hill. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post
The Detroit Fire Department reported that Fire Boat 1 Capt. Walter Szelag died in the line of duty Friday of an apparent heart attack.
At about 4:45 p.m. fire crews called for an ambulance to the fire boat station. Capt. Szelag was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The department web site said one firefighter reported that Friday was meant to be Szelag's last shift at the boat station before it was closed for the winter. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
Columbus firefighters recently rejected a three-year contract proposal that would have given them raises of 3.5 percent in the first two years and 3 percent in the final year.
Union members mainly objected to lower pay differentials for paramedics and increases in health-insurance premiums.
More than two-thirds of the members rejected the contract, according to three firefighters, including a captain. - PUB DATE: 11/20/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: columbus dispatch
A Detroit firefighter and longtime veteran died last night while on duty.
Sgt. Vince Smith, a 24-year veteran with Detroit Fire died in his sleep at Engine 48, on Fort St near Marathon Oil refinery. Smith was assigned to DFD Ladder 13 but he was pulling a duty shift overnight at Engine 48.
"He had a special way that he saw life," said Battalion Chief Steve Kirschner. - PUB DATE: 11/20/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJBK fox 2 detroit
A proposal to reclassify three of the Kingman Fire Department's six battalion chiefs from exempt to non-exempt status revealed conflict between the city's police and fire departments at Tuesday's City Council meeting, and led to hard feelings and some profanity.
City Manager John Dougherty said the change was necessary for three of the battalion chiefs who work in operations and are on the same 24-hour shift schedule as firefighters. - PUB DATE: 11/20/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: daily miner
Fuel mitigation is crucial for combating the nation’s growing wildfire problem, but culture, politics, and geography can be significant barriers keeping communities from doing the work.
That’s one of the key findings in “Local Wildand/Urban Interface: Fire Department Wildfire Preparedness and Readiness Capabilities,” the new report of an ambitious NFPA project aimed at capturing, for the first time, how municipal fire departments nationwide are adjusting to their increased role in battling wildfire. - PUB DATE: 11/20/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NFPA Journal
