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
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
