A poignant documentary from the FDNY about the E. 23rd St. fire that killed 12 Bravest will be screened this week – marking the 51st anniversary of the fatal blaze.
“My Father’s House” details the tragic fate of the two chiefs, two lieutenants and eight firefighters who died in the line of duty on Oct. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert is proposing a city ordinance to address concerns that arose during the hiring of Fire Chief Dan Olsen in December.
The ordinance would amend city codes that spell out how finalists are selected for promotions in Omaha’s Police and Fire Departments.
The proposed changes are part of the city’s efforts to resolve matters raised in a lawsuit against the city over Stothert’s promotion of Olsen to chief, according to a letter to the council from the mayor and officials in the City Law and Human Resources Departments. - PUB DATE: 10/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Omaha World-Herald
Before dawn Monday morning, the chief of the Fire Department of New York City was walking alone through a new memorial on the edge of Fort Benning.
It was an odd place for the top firefighter in the nation’s largest city to start his work week, but James Leonard said there was no other place he would rather be. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Honolulu investigators can't determine the cause of a deadly high-rise apartment building fire that resulted in more than $107 million in damage, fire officials said.
"The HFD fire investigators have completed an extensive and scientifically based investigation in full collaboration with other agencies and have classified the fire cause as undetermined," Fire Chief Manuel Neves said at a news conference Monday. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: McClatchyDC
His crew had just finished putting out a grass fire when Santa Rosa Fire Chief Tony Gossner’s radio crackled at about 10 p.m.
“We’ve got a fire at Safari West and it’s coming our way,” the dispatcher said.
The wildlife preserve set in Sonoma County’s thickly wooded hills was just 6 miles away, and Gossner knew that it was a uniquely dangerous spot. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle
VIDEO - The Mustang Fire Department is receiving a lot of praise online after video of one of their fire safety performances for a local elementary school went viral.
The Mustang Fire Department has become known for their entertaining and memorable skits they do to help kids remember tips for fire prevention. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFOR-TV NBC 4 Oklahoma City
I first met Alan Brunacini in the 1980s, when he was teaching one day of a weeklong leadership program I was attending in Massachusetts. We had lunch together that day and like most of the thousands of people who knew him, I was charmed by the man and his stories, his humor and his insights.
Over the years, our paths crossed again many times, as presenters at conferences, while attending events, and once when I was privileged to be invited to participate in his annual Baggers meeting in Phoenix. - PUB DATE: 10/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
A contract firefighter who was driving a water tender truck was killed Monday morning when it went off the road and crashed in Napa County near the Nuns Fire, Cal Fire officials said.
The truck overturned about 6:50 a.m. on Oakville Grade, about two miles west of Highway 29. The driver was working the 48,000-acre Nuns Fire that's burning in Napa County, Cal Fire Chief David Shew said. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA.com
Former Phoenix Fire Chief, Alan Brunacini, has died Sunday.
Brunacini, who served as fire chief for 28 years, joined the Phoenix Fire Department in 1959. Prior to becoming fire chief in 1978, Brunacini held every sworn position in the organization including a firefighter, engineer, captain, battalion chief, and assistant chief, Phoenix Fire Chief Kara Kalkbrenner said in a Sunday statement. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com
State officials say a Presho volunteer firefighter died of a medical condition at the scene of a weekend fire.
According to the South Dakota Fire Marshal's Office, 54-year-old Donald Manger died Saturday while working at a structure fire in rural Lyman County.
Authorities say Manger experienced a medical condition, then collapsed to the ground. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSFY.com
Santa Rosa firefighter Brandon Palmer has fought big blazes in his 20 years on the job, but the 81-hour shift he spent fighting the fire storm in his own neighborhood last week was still stunning.
"It's crazy to watch your hometown be annihilated by fire," he said, back at his Santa Rosa firehouse. "It just takes your breath away. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ventura County Star
VIDEO - Berkeley Fire Department received the call for help early Monday morning. They sent an engine north to Santa Rosa to help with what they thought was a "large grass fire."
When the strike team, made up of both Berkeley and San Francisco firefighters, arrived in Santa Rosa before sunrise, they were stunned to see the scope of the already massive Tubbs Fire. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFGate.com
Don't let his age, cane, or hearing aid fool you.
"It's something inside of you. You gotta go you gotta go, said Glenn Brubaker.
He's 101 years old. He's been volunteering at the Urbana Volunteer Fire Department in Frederick County for more than 40 years.
"You don't get tired. Tired! I have never used that word in my life," said Glenn. - PUB DATE: 10/16/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV 9 DC
After four days of terrorizing Wine Country and surrounding regions, the Northern California wildfires on Thursday became the deadliest in state history, with 31 confirmed fatalities and more expected.
The most destructive of those, the Tubbs fire, killed at least 15 people, and new figures told of its destruction. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times
By Christmas, all 855 members of the Cincinnati Fire Department will have received their custom-fitted bulletproof vests.
I'll repeat that -- slowly. Bullet. Proof. Vests.
If this is a new reality, it runs counter to how I have always viewed this honorable occupation. In my mind's eye, a firefighter is a hero who would climb a ladder and pluck Morris from a towering oak tree. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cincinnati Enquirer
A firefighter fell through a staircase and landed in the basement of a burning house off Lalor Street early Thursday, fire officials said.
The firefighter was on the first crew climbing to the second floor with a hose at a house on Benton Road at about 3:10 a.m., fire spokesman Capt. Ferdinand Mather said. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com
In a recent column about building character in young firefighters, I wrote that trust should be given to all members of the organization; that trust should be assumed unless violated. Trust should not have to be earned through popularity or individual achievement.
At least one reader took issue with this statement. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
City firefighters are being credited with saving the life of a suicidal man found with a rope around his neck on the top deck of the Elliot Hospital parking garage Thursday around 2 a.m.
“I looked across the top level, and I saw a man on the other side of the guardrail, on the opposite side of the garage from me,” 16-year veteran Lt. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Manchester Union Leader
From the outside, they appeared to be the perfect family. He was an Ivy League-educated doctor; she was a congressional press aide. They had four beautiful children.
However, in 2011, on a trip home from Cape Cod, an argument began between Jerri Sparks and her now ex-husband. She said that's when the nightmare started. - PUB DATE: 10/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 13WHAM.com
Massive wildfires sweeping through California have killed at least 26 people and damaged thousands of homes, businesses and other buildings, authorities said. Firefighters were still battling 22 wildfires in multiple counties as of Thursday morning. Intensified by strong winds, the flames have charred more than 170,000 acres of land, damaged or destroyed at least 3,500 structures and forced nearly 20,000 residents to evacuate, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. - PUB DATE: 10/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News
