VIDEO: Flagging, communication and detours were the main sticking points discussed at a meeting on how to better handle accidents on Interstate 78.
Firefighters, fire police, PSP troopers, EMS members, PEMA officials, PennDOT officials and others gathered at the PEMA Eastern Area Office on Tuesday night to improve handling traffic and managing the scene when an accident forces I-78 to be shut down. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 News
Firefighters, EMS personnel, or any member of the Virginia National Guard Armed Forces Reserves may soon be able to carry a concealed weapon without a permit thanks to legislation passed by Virginia’s Senate Tuesday.
SB 1012, introduced by Sen. Amanda Chase (R – Amelia County, Colonial Heights), would allow specific firefighters and EMS providers to carry concealed weapons without a permit “provided that such firefighter or person employed as emergency medical services personnel has been approved to carry a concealed handgun by his fire chief or emergency medical services chief. - PUB DATE: 1/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6
VIDEO: It’s been a tough couple of weeks for firefighters in Walton County and Social Circle.
There have been two fire truck wrecks at nearly the same spot.
A Social Circle firefighter remained at Grady Memorial Hospital’s ICU, while three other firefighters are at home recovering.
The Georgia State Patrol is examining both wrecks to see if it was a terrible coincidence or if roadway improvements might be needed. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 5 Atlanta
The Central Valley Fire District asked a Gallatin County judge Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit that claims the fire district doesn’t have the authority to enforce state fire codes on a wedding venue in the Belgrade area.
Foster Creek Farm filed the lawsuit against the fire district in Gallatin County District Court in May. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bozeman Daily Chronicle
VIDEO: For the past nine weeks, teens from the Sacramento area have been learning what it takes to become a firefighter.
The Sacramento Regional Firefighter Youth Academy offers a program that provides life guidance and career exploration for at-risk high schoolers.
“We characterize ‘at risk’ as being youth who might have academic, social or economic challenges in their life, and we just want to make sure that we can be a resource and that we can provide opportunities for youth to be successful in life,” said Byron Berhel, a retired fire captain who is now the CEO for Solutions for At Risk Youth. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA 3
VIDEO: he wind chill was -30 degrees Monday morning when a rental box truck crashed into the back of a tractor trailer on the Thruway in Henrietta.
The driver's life was saved, in part, because the firefighters who got there kept him warm.
They used an industrial heater to pump hot air into the cab of the truck when they were trying to pull him out. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC News 10
Deaths of first responders to suicide, increased depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other symptoms of mental health trauma have led some fire department leaders to change the way they want to see their peers cope with the often stressful and heartbreaking job.
“Tradition is you just suck it up and go about your day, and just let it go,” Lakeland Fire Department Lt. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Ledger
VIDEO: It’s been a tough couple of weeks for firefighters in Walton County and Social Circle.
There have been two fire truck wrecks at nearly the same spot.
A Social Circle firefighter remained at Grady Memorial Hospital’s ICU, while three other firefighters are at home recovering.
The Georgia State Patrol is examining both wrecks to see if it was a terrible coincidence or if roadway improvements might be needed. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 5 Atlanta
The Central Valley Fire District asked a Gallatin County judge Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit that claims the fire district doesn’t have the authority to enforce state fire codes on a wedding venue in the Belgrade area.
Foster Creek Farm filed the lawsuit against the fire district in Gallatin County District Court in May. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bozeman Daily Chronicle
VIDEO: For the past nine weeks, teens from the Sacramento area have been learning what it takes to become a firefighter.
The Sacramento Regional Firefighter Youth Academy offers a program that provides life guidance and career exploration for at-risk high schoolers.
“We characterize ‘at risk’ as being youth who might have academic, social or economic challenges in their life, and we just want to make sure that we can be a resource and that we can provide opportunities for youth to be successful in life,” said Byron Berhel, a retired fire captain who is now the CEO for Solutions for At Risk Youth. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA 3
VIDEO: he wind chill was -30 degrees Monday morning when a rental box truck crashed into the back of a tractor trailer on the Thruway in Henrietta.
The driver's life was saved, in part, because the firefighters who got there kept him warm.
They used an industrial heater to pump hot air into the cab of the truck when they were trying to pull him out. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC News 10
Deaths of first responders to suicide, increased depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other symptoms of mental health trauma have led some fire department leaders to change the way they want to see their peers cope with the often stressful and heartbreaking job.
“Tradition is you just suck it up and go about your day, and just let it go,” Lakeland Fire Department Lt. - PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Ledger
The 1997 fire at the Delaware Trust building was a wake-up call.
Firefighters were confused about who was in charge and struggled to coordinate during the high-rise blaze that injured 15 of them at what is now the Residences at Rodney Square, federal investigators said in a report two years later.
The feds recommended additional training. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online)
Four McDowell County firefighters were arrested Thursday on charges of intentionally setting fires in the War area of McDowell County.
Cody Patterson, 26, James Stutson, 40, Michael Click, 28, and Brandon Short, 22, have all been charged by the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office with first-degree arson and conspiracy, according to a press release from the agency. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times West Virginian
Though still in critical condition, Clinton firefighter Adam Cain now is breathing on his own and “continues to slowly improve” from a Jan. 5 explosion that killed a colleague, according to an update Thursday from the city.
The 23-year-old’s ventilator was removed Wednesday, City Administrator Matt Brooke said. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette
VIDEO: Firefighters treated four patients including a sheriff's deputy at the courthouse in Santa Ana after a package was opened that made them feel ill, officials said.
A sheriff's deputy opened a package on the third floor of the courthouse and several people immediately felt ill, officials said.
An Orange County hazardous materials team and the bomb squad responded around 2:30 p. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC7.com
In an effort to incentivize volunteer firefighters and encourage their continued life-saving efforts in Plymouth Township, the governing body unanimously approved a pay-per-call retention program.
Active volunteer members with Plymouth Fire Co. and Harmonville Fire Co. are eligible for nominal payments for service and training provided members either respond to a minimum of 15 percent of the total number of dispatched emergency calls or attend at least 50 percent of the total weekly fire company sponsored training/drill nights. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Times Herald
The 1997 fire at the Delaware Trust building was a wake-up call.
Firefighters were confused about who was in charge and struggled to coordinate during the high-rise blaze that injured 15 of them at what is now the Residences at Rodney Square, federal investigators said in a report two years later.
The feds recommended additional training. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online)
Four McDowell County firefighters were arrested Thursday on charges of intentionally setting fires in the War area of McDowell County.
Cody Patterson, 26, James Stutson, 40, Michael Click, 28, and Brandon Short, 22, have all been charged by the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office with first-degree arson and conspiracy, according to a press release from the agency. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times West Virginian
Though still in critical condition, Clinton firefighter Adam Cain now is breathing on his own and “continues to slowly improve” from a Jan. 5 explosion that killed a colleague, according to an update Thursday from the city.
The 23-year-old’s ventilator was removed Wednesday, City Administrator Matt Brooke said. - PUB DATE: 1/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette
