Preliminary information indicates 10 people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College on Thursday, said Oregon State Police spokesman Bill Fugate.
Douglas County Commissioner Chris Boice told CNN that the shooter is in custody. It was not immediately clear whether the shooter was injured. - PUB DATE: 10/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: cnn
The Zadroga Act, federal law providing medical monitoring and treatment for 9/11 first responders, expired overnight after Congress failed to extend it.
Patients still can get their health care for now but the program's administrators warn it will face challenges by February and will have to begin shutting down by next summer. - PUB DATE: 10/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV PIX 11
Fewer than 4% of all firefighters are women, according to the National Fire Protection Association, and even fewer are leaders in the industry.
But the fire chief in the city of Harlan, Kentucky has been breaking barriers for decades.
“It’s a good feeling to know I was able to accomplish these things,” said Chief Linette Hutchison, “It’s not to brag. - PUB DATE: 10/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBIR-TV Knoxville
Suicide prevention is usually not mentioned in an employee handbook or in regular workplace meetings.
However, the Denver Fire Department has made it a priority. "It's OK to talk about these things," Denver Fire Chief Eric Tade said. "There is no need to internalize them."
Chief Tade has worked at Denver Fire for more than 20 years. - PUB DATE: 10/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSA-TV NBC 9 Denver
One day after police raided his lockers at the Woodward Avenue Station, firefighter Kenneth Burgos was put on leave with pay.
On Sept. 15, police searched two lockers at the Woodward Avenue Station and did not leave empty-handed, though it is unclear what they found.
The search and seizure warrant, signed on Sept. - PUB DATE: 10/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new haven register
I recently witnessed the following exchange outside of a fire station.
Three firefighters, including an officer, were standing on the front ramp at the station when a woman who was walking by paused and approached them. "Why is the flag at half-mast?" she asked them.
The officer responded in a sarcastic tone, "Because I guess the president finally decided it was time to lower it for the guys who were killed in Chattanooga last week. - PUB DATE: 10/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
Glendale is getting a new fire chief. Terry Garrison, who has served as the fire chief for the Houston Fire Department since 2010, will be taking over as fire chief for the Glendale Fire Department on Nov. 2, city officials announced Tuesday. Garrison replaces Mark Burdick, who retired in May after 32 years with the department and 12 years as the chief, and Chris DeChant, who was serving as the interim fire chief. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic
An investigation into a Eureka Springs firefighter’s injury showed that mechanical failure was the issue.
Rod Wasson was injured while working a fire on Aug. 29, sustaining respiratory injuries and spending weeks in a burn unit.
Eureka Springs Fire and EMS interviewed Wasson and tested his equipment to determine what caused the injury. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFSM-TV CBS 5 Fort Smith
Medicare paid $30 million for ambulance rides for which no record exists that patients got medical care at their destination, the place where they were picked up or other critical information.
The mystery ambulance rides are part of a bigger problem with Medicare payments for transporting patients, according to a federal audit being released Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: cbs news
The chest pains started not long after firefighter Joe Dipple arrived at the scene. Laden with gear, fully exerted as he walked past the burning home, he suddenly couldn't carry a ladder through the 10 inches of snow on that afternoon in February 2014.
Sit down, another firefighter told him. You're going into an ambulance. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com
Urban explorers who may need complicated rescues will now have to pay a hefty fine for the service.
In response to recent deaths and injuries due to falls in restricted spaces — including one in Southeast Como’s abandoned Bunge grain elevator near the University of Minnesota — the Minneapolis City Council approved an ordinance Friday that gives the city the authority to charge rescue fees to trespassers. - PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minnesota Daily
A firefighter who is fighting a department policy that he said would force him to cut off his ponytail took his case directly to City Council, claiming gender discrimination.
Timothy Gay, an Elmira Street resident and one of the few members of the department who actually lives and pays taxes in the city, said the policy was directed at him, as he is the only male member of the department with long hair. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: press of atlantic city
If Shickshinny state troopers were likened to a Christmas character over the weekend, Scrooge would be a good description, according to Holly Morris.
Morris, secretary of the Shickshinny Volunteer Fire Department, said several fire fighters had gathered at the intersection of Routes 11 and 239 on Saturday to collect money during their annual “boot drop” collection, the fire department’s major fundraiser of the year, when they were approached by state Trooper Steve Steransky, Jr. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: times leader
DC Fire and EMS Chief Gregory Dean will ask the D.C. council on Tuesday for authority to hire an outside company to provide ambulance service to help relieve his overtaxed fleet.
Under Dean's plan, which has the support of D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Fire and EMS would contract with a third party ambulance company. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV 9 DC
Three groups will receive $5.9 million in federal grants to train first responders to handle railroad incidents involving crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids.
The U.S. Transportation Department announced the grants Monday. Concerns have been growing about these shipments because the number has surged, and there have been several fiery derailments involving crude oil in recent years. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: washington times
A man's fear of spiders nearly caused him to set a Metro Detroit gas station on fire. Instead, he set his car and a gas pump on fire.
WJBK-TV FOX 2 News reports the man saw a spider on his car's gas tank while he was at a gas station in Center Line. He then did something that most people understand is obviously not smart. - PUB DATE: 9/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: mlive.com
Employees of a rural water district confiscated equipment from the Beaver Lake Fire Department after discovering some of its firefighters tapping into a fire hydrant to fill swimming pools, an official with the water district said.
The department hadn't notified the Benton County Water District it planned to tap the hydrant or arranged to pay for the water, said Eddie Cooper, water district manager. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NWAOnline - Northwest Arkansas News
The firefighters collapse in driveways and fields to steal a moment’s rest. They sleep in their engines, sprawled across fire hoses or slumped over steering wheels. After they spend days hacking dead brush and setting defensive fires across flaming mountains, their 24-hour rest breaks are cut short when a new fire rears up. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york times
Zoning battles aren’t unusual when developers propose high-rise buildings amid single-family homes, but some Montgomery County residents are fighting the development plans of an unusual opponent: their local fire department.
The Bethesda Fire Department’s board of directors says it needs to replace or renovate its 46-year-old headquarters to keep pace with emergency calls as downtown Bethesda continues to transform from a leafy suburb into an urban hub. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the washington post
As prosecutors and defense attorneys continue to argue over the destruction of an investigator’s report on the Magnolia Street fire that killed two firefighters, at least one legal tangle for accused arsonist Ray Abou-Arab was eliminated Thursday.
At the request of prosecutors, Lucas County Common Pleas Judge Stacy Cook dismissed unrelated charges alleging Mr. - PUB DATE: 9/28/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Toledo Blade
