A new study published in the Emergency Medicine Journal shows that the much-talked-about threat of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA, isn't just found inside hospitals. The research shows the threat exists for patients before they even get to a hospital bed, with the potentially deadly bacteria showing up on oxygen tanks in ambulances, ambulance floors and even on ambulance door handles. - PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Healthcare Finance
VIDEO: Illinois firefighters survived flames erupting through an outside window while battling a house fire recently.
The Decatur Fire Department posted a video taken by a resident of the Dec. 28 close call for the crew. In it, firefighters including one on a ladder are outside, near one of the windows, as they're fighting the home blaze. - PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com
An FDNY firefighter is dead after falling nearly 60 feet off the Mill Basin Bridge in Brooklyn Sunday night.
Fire officials say Steven Pollard, 30, of Ladder Company 170 was responding to a two-car accident with injuries around 10 p.m. on the bridge along the Belt Parkway.
NY1 is told he slipped through a gap in the bridge and fell 52 feet into a construction site below, as he crossed from the eastbound to the westbound lanes. - PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News NY1
One Eastern Iowa firefighter was killed and another was seriously injured when an explosion rocked an ADM plant.
Eric Hosette, 33, died Saturday in the incident at the Archer Daniels Midland plant in Clinton. Adam Cain, 23, was in critical but stable condition Saturday night at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, officials said. - PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette
Savannah’s city manager says the local fire union isn’t telling the whole story in recent social media posts about the cuts to the department.
Tweets from the local fire union blast the city for taking a fire engine out of service, saying another reduction could be coming any day now.
The tweets have been frequent and consistent in their message. - PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOC 11
Doctors told Steve Dillman the throat cancer he was diagnosed with in 2008 came from smoking. He knew it didn't.
"I thought it had to be job-related because I've never smoked a day in my life. I don't chew. I don't drink excessively ... and that's the three main criterias," he says.
But Dillman did spend 38 years as an Indianapolis firefighter — and that included running into burning buildings. - PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NPR
At the request of Mayor London Breed, the San Francisco Fire Commission is reopening its selection process for a new chief, after the firefighters union raised concerns that the number of in-house candidates with long firefighting experience was insufficient.
According to Fire Commission President Ken Cleveland, the Human Resources Department forwarded 36 candidates to the commission, along with their answers to eight pages of questions on everything from management and budget issues to emergency medical and high rise fire procedures. - PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle
An FDNY firefighter is dead after falling nearly 60 feet off the Mill Basin Bridge in Brooklyn Sunday night.
Fire officials say Steven Pollard, 30, of Ladder Company 170 was responding to a two-car accident with injuries around 10 p.m. on the bridge along the Belt Parkway.
NY1 is told he slipped through a gap in the bridge and fell 52 feet into a construction site below, as he crossed from the eastbound to the westbound lanes. - PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News NY1
One Eastern Iowa firefighter was killed and another was seriously injured when an explosion rocked an ADM plant.
Eric Hosette, 33, died Saturday in the incident at the Archer Daniels Midland plant in Clinton. Adam Cain, 23, was in critical but stable condition Saturday night at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, officials said. - PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette
Savannah’s city manager says the local fire union isn’t telling the whole story in recent social media posts about the cuts to the department.
Tweets from the local fire union blast the city for taking a fire engine out of service, saying another reduction could be coming any day now.
The tweets have been frequent and consistent in their message. - PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOC 11
Doctors told Steve Dillman the throat cancer he was diagnosed with in 2008 came from smoking. He knew it didn't.
"I thought it had to be job-related because I've never smoked a day in my life. I don't chew. I don't drink excessively ... and that's the three main criterias," he says.
But Dillman did spend 38 years as an Indianapolis firefighter — and that included running into burning buildings. - PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NPR
At the request of Mayor London Breed, the San Francisco Fire Commission is reopening its selection process for a new chief, after the firefighters union raised concerns that number of in-house candidates with long firefighting experience was insufficient.
According to Fire Commission President Ken Cleveland, the Human Resources Department forwarded 36 candidates to the commission, along with their answers to eight pages of questions on everything from management and budget issues to emergency medical and high rise fire procedures. - PUB DATE: 1/7/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle
For the second time in less than a week, the Spokane Valley Fire Department has announced the death of a former fire captain, and again, work-related exposure to toxins is suspected as the cause.
On Friday, the department announced that former Capt. Tim Cruger, 67, died of cancer caused from exposure to smoke while on the job. - PUB DATE: 1/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Spokesman Review
Despite vehement opposition from the mayor and some Colorado Springs City Council members, the local firefighters union has collected enough signatures to place a collective bargaining question on the city’s April ballot.
All that’s left is a vote next week by the council, a formality because the Professional Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 5, collected about 16,000 signatures that were validated late last month, City Clerk Sarah Johnson said. - PUB DATE: 1/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Colorado Springs Gazette
Mayor Catherine Pugh has promised the Fire Department an extra $1.2 million fire truck in her 2020 fiscal year budget, the department said Thursday, after the firefighters union warned that two out-of-service trucks in Northwest Baltimore could affect response times.
IAFF Local 734 President Richard “Dickie” Altieri said the city is seeing a “ripple effect” from repeatedly “pushing problems back another year. - PUB DATE: 1/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun
Two of Cambridge’s minority firefighters said they have never experienced racism or sexism in the department, but did have some ideas of how to increase diversity.
Dave House, an African-American fire captain, said he would like to see more outreach to young people on social platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook. - PUB DATE: 1/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wicked Local Cambridge
Portland Fire Chief Mike Myers submitted his resignation Thursday, the day after his new boss, Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, was sworn into office.
Myers’ resignation comes amid his push to reimagine Portland Fire & Rescue from top to bottom, efforts that earned him respect and praise in City Hall. He left for a personal reason, to join his wife who has moved to the Oregon coast, he and Hardesty said. - PUB DATE: 1/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com
Jan Rader, the first female fire chief in West Virginia, is making a big impact on Huntington's fight against the opioid epidemic. In her Ted Talk released Wednesday, Rader said Huntington's overdose deaths are down 50 percent.
"This epidemic is far from over, but each and every one of us has a part to play in this epidemic. - PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News This Morning
A new law taking effect in 2019, will help first responders dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder get coverage through workers’ compensation.
Brian Cristofono landed his dream job as a firefighter in Maplewood and eventually moved to a St. Paul department. It was the job he always knew was in his blood. - PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 9 News
VIDEO: In an emergency, we depend on the swift actions of firefighters.
But what happens if the firefighters turn on each other?
An incident in Prince George's County between two fire departments led to two people on leave. - PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC 7 News
