The Burlington Rescue Squad will dissolve at the end of the year due to difficulties keeping up with increased call volume and a decline in volunteerism, Mayor Jeannie Hefty has announced.
The dissolution will leave the City of Burlington Fire Department to pick up rescue services for city residents. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Times
As an emergency medicine resident at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Zachary Wettstein, MD, has seen the effects of wildfires firsthand. On days when it’s really smoky, he says, “I’m not surprised that I’m seeing more people with shortness of breath.” Densely smoky days certainly are growing as wildfire season worsens, experts say, spurred in part by such environmental changes as earlier snowmelts that can cause drier, hotter conditions. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AAMCNews
In 2020 Arkansas' minimum wage goes up 75 cents: from $9.25 an hour to $10 an hour.
For firefighters starting out in Harrison, they currently only make $9.40 an hour.
“Roughly 10 members of our department were going to fall below that minimum wage if we didn’t do something," said Harrison Fire Chief Marc Lowery. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KYTV NBC 3
Three Texas first responders were struck and killed by vehicles while on duty in a week's time — prompting officials to remind motorists to move over and slow down for roadside emergency vehicles.
On October 7, 2019, two Louise Volunteer Fire Department firefighters, having cleared a previous call, stopped in their lane of travel on Farm-to-Market (FM) 647, south of Highway 59 near Louise, Texas, to check the fire engine's front tires, believing something was wrong. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Texas Daily
Full-time firefighter/paramedic Wendy Ashworth made history last week in the Acushnet Fire and EMS Department when she became the first female member of the department to command an incident.
Ashworth, 56, is the only full-time female firefighter in the department, according to Chief Kevin Gallagher. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Standard-TImes
Created by former FirstNet senior executives and P3 Group North America engineers, Allerio is a smart mobile connectivity company that is taking emergency medical services (EMS) and telemedicine to the next level with next generation connectivity solutions built with meeting the needs of responders in mind. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cision PRWeb
Portland’s public safety disability fund expects to receive 10 new claims a year from police or firefighters seeking benefits for two types of stress disorders as the result of a new state law that went into effect last month.
Lawmakers this summer approved Senate Bill 507 to define post-traumatic stress and acute stress disorders as occupational diseases for full-time police, firefighters, 911 emergency dispatchers, corrections officers and emergency medical service providers. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com
VIDEO: It was 5:04 p.m. on October 17, 1989, when a powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook the soft soil of San Francisco's Marina District, crumpling the neighborhood's old wooden buildings like paper, and sending a cascade of splintered wood and glass into the streets.
Neighbors who were there at the time recall that something else went flying into the air in those moments: natural gas. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNTV NBC 11 San Jose
Eleven New York City firefighters were taken to hospitals and one other person was injured after two fire trucks collided while responding to a call in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, officials said.
The 11 firefighters were transported to hospitals as a precaution after the fire engine and ladder truck collided just before 10 p. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York
Two chemical storage tanks caught fire and three others were threatened at an energy storage facility in Contra Costa County Tuesday afternoon, according to fire officials.
The blaze burned the two tanks to the ground and damaged two others at the NuStar Energy facility in Crockett, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, which got the first call at about 1:50 p. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNTV NBC 11 San Jose
Every day, more than 1 million U.S. firefighters put their lives on the line to protect us.
Not only by putting out fires, but by responding to all types of emergencies. On top of that, their shifts often last a full 24 hours.
Inspired by the heroism of firefighters, the safety experts at Frontpoint examined government data to report how career firefighters’ salaries compare across the nation. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW)
The president of the union representing Youngstown firefighters said he was surprised to learn the city plans to close a fire station and eliminate three battalion chiefs through attrition.
Charlie Smith, who is also a battalion chief, said the plans were revealed in a Tuesday morning meeting with Youngstown City Law Director Jeff Limbian. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WYTV ABC 33
They're called "forever chemicals."
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS, PFOS, and PFOA, are man-made chemicals that are all around us. It's expected that the average person has some exposure to the chemicals in their lifetimes whether it's through food containers or the water we drink. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDEL 101.7 FM
VIDEO: The ABC11 I-Team obtained videos that are the first examples of what Person County officials call their "game-changing" technology for 911 callers.
The videos are from live calls and were recorded at Person County Emergency Management's offices in Roxboro.
"This is wonderful. This makes 911 dispatchers the true first responder," Brett Wrenn, Person County Emergency Communications Manager, told ABC11. - PUB DATE: 10/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVD-TV ABC 11 Durham
A new program designed to help former offenders pursue a career in firefighting made its first deployment over the weekend to help battle the Saddleridge Fire in the San Fernando Valley.
The Ventura Training Center Firefighter Training and Reentry Program began teaching its first class of participants in October 2018, according to the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which developed the project with Calfire and the California Conservation Corps. - PUB DATE: 10/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTLA-TV WB 5 Los Angeles
Passaic County Fire Academy welcomed the largest and most diverse class of recruits on Monday.
The 47 trainees, who will be ready to fight fires by March, hail mostly from Paterson and Passaic - and that's no accident.
Paterson's 34 recruits who walked into the fire academy in Wayne, were found by a specially created committee that helped its Fire Department scour the city for eligible individuals. - PUB DATE: 10/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NorthJersey.com - Metered Site
Firefighters now have the ability to send an EKG of your heart within seconds of arriving at your location in an emergency.
“Oh, it could save someone’s life. Matter of fact, actually it’ll change their outcome.”
Travis Hollis, the City of Cape Girardeau’s fire chief, is talking about a new feature on their Zoll monitor and defibrillator machines. - PUB DATE: 10/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFVS-TV CBS 12 Cape Girardeau
The Washington Department of Ecology announced Monday it will begin collecting and incinerating stockpiles of a toxic fire retardant foam that was used by fire departments for decades before the state restricted its use in 2018.
The same type of foam was long used at Fairchild Air Force Base and blamed for contaminating West Plains water supplies, including the city of Airway Heights' tap system. - PUB DATE: 10/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Wenatchee World
Members of the Latimer County community are asking for prayers after they said a local firefighter was shot during a house fire and the fire chief had to be taken to an area hospital after experiencing a medical episode.
According to officials with Latimer County Emergency Management, the members of the Buffalo Valley Fire Department were battling a fire at a house that was full of ammunition. - PUB DATE: 10/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOCO-TV ABC 5 Oklahoma City
VIDEO: One person is still missing, believed to be trapped inside the Hard Rock Hotel after the building partially collapsed without warning Saturday morning.
Rescue efforts are still the focus. Engineers are evaluating the building and crews are assembling a 220,000-pound crane to try to stabilize the building, but rescue teams are unable to get to some areas due to fears of another collapse. - PUB DATE: 10/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWL-TV CBS 4 New Orleans
