Comstock Township Fire Chief Edward Switalski was hit and killed by a passing vehicle while responding to an “unknown accident” on eastbound I-94, Kalamazoo County authorities say.
Oshtemo Township Fire Department Chief Mark Barnes said it all started with the Comstock Township Department of Fire & Rescue looking for two crashes on eastbound I-94 near mile marker 81 around 10:30 p. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WOOD-TV NBC 8 Grand Rapids
Volunteer firefighters who separated from the Salisbury Fire Department Station 1 in February are suing the city and its fire chief for the return of equipment and other items they say belong to them, including religious pictures and a 60-inch Christmas wreath.
The firefighters also are seeking $494,316 in damages in the case filed recently in District Court. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Delmarva Now
FirstNet still must complete a great deal of work, but the organization is more confident about building its much-anticipated nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSN) than it has been during any stage of its previous five years in existence, according to FirstNet Chairwoman Sue Swenson.
Swenson said that confidence is a reflection of two primary factors:
1. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Urgent Communications
Kevin Kolber, a battalion chief and 30-year veteran of the South Bend Fire Department, has died.
Kolber, 58, of South Bend, died on Tuesday while visiting family. He was appointed to the department on Jan. 21, 1987, and spent his entire career at the central fire station.
In the early 1990s, Kolber served as captain on Truck 1, and was promoted to battalion chief in 2003. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: South Bend Tribune
Relief could be in sight for about 2,500 property owners in southern Teller County, who since mid April have been without the services of their taxpayer-funded fire protection district.
An impasse that started last year between volunteer firefighters and the board of the Four Mile Fire Protection District has reached a partial resolution, as the board hired a new fire chief Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 6/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette
At least 12 people are dead and dozens injured after a massive fire rapidly tore through a 24-story apartment building in west London in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.
All 24 floors of Grenfell Tower in North Kensington were swiftly engulfed, trapping residents in their homes and reportedly forcing some to jump to escape the flames. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
At least six people are dead and dozens injured after a massive fire rapidly tore through a 24-story apartment building in west London in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.
All 24 floors of Grenfell Tower in North Kensington were swiftly engulfed, trapping residents in their homes and reportedly forcing some to jump to escape the flames. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
PHOTO - A photo of two Amarillo Fire Department firefighters consoling young children after a wreck caught the eye of thousands, but the men captured in the photo say this is a routine part of their jobs.
The wreck that Sam Berry, left, and Jared Davis responded to happened earlier this month on NE 24th & Grand St. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFDA-TV Newschannel 10
It's been a dozen years since the notorious "dozing dispatcher" episode in Peabody.
John Brophy, a firefighter working on the department's 911 dispatch desk, had fallen asleep, missing a call about a six-month-old baby who had stopped breathing. For that, he was fired.
The following year, an arbitrator ordered that Brophy's punishment be reduced to a 30-day suspension, a ruling that was ultimately upheld by the state Appeals Court. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Salem News
The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) today announced the participants accepted into the inaugural year of the IAFC Diversity Executive Leadership Program (iDELP).
iDELP is a new program developed by the IAFC to bring together a group of current and future leaders to foster a diverse and inclusive leadership and workforce. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs
The rain started in Utica just as the speeches began during a rally Tuesday for city fire Chief Russell Brooks. Earlier, a natural gas leak shut down one of the roads leading to the rally on Leland Avenue. Former city Mayor Timothy Julian was unperturbed. “The rain can’t stop us. A gas leak can’t stop us. - PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Utica Observer-Dispatch
The unofficial results of the IAFC election have been returned and show that Chief Dan Eggleston, Albemarle County Department of Fire Rescue (Va.), has received the majority of the IAFC members’ votes and will become the IAFC's second vice president in July at Fire-Rescue International (FRI) in Charlotte, North Carolina. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs
A volunteer firefighter suffered facial burns when a propane tank explosion engulfed him in flames last week.
Limestone police Chief Stacey Mahan posted the dramatic video of the explosion, which was captured on his body camera, Sunday on social media. Firefighters went to a property on Main Street on Thursday afternoon, where a fire had broken out in a wooded area near propane tank Firefighter Scott Patten was trying to keep the blaze under control when one of the tanks exploded, sending flames shooting toward him. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bangor Daily News
A woman has settled a lawsuit with the City of Palo Alto for $250,000 in a lawsuit she filed in December 2015 after receiving significant injuries caused by a motorcycle crash with a city fire truck, according to court documents supplied by the city City Attorney's office. The city does not admit any wrongdoing, according to the settlement. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Palo Alto Weekly
A contract between Medina and Medina Township to dissolve the township's fire department is expected to be approved this week, leaving township firefighters and residents confused.
Township officials cite cost savings but firefighters say there has been little information and the merger is not necessary. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com
Clarkston City Councilor Belinda Campbell was visibly upset Monday when city officials were not allowed to talk openly with the Clarkston Fire Department about the future.
The Public Safety Committee and several firefighters had finally gathered around the same table, but several minutes prior to the special meeting, city attorney Todd Richardson advised the council to say absolutely nothing. - PUB DATE: 6/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
State overseers have informed the city’s Fire Department it will start its new 56-hour workweek schedule Sunday.
Bill DiLorenzo, president of International Association of Fire Fighters Local 198, said the union was notified of the change late Friday afternoon. The department had worked 42 hours in a week. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic CIty
A firefighter died after collapsing at a blaze in south suburban Harvey on Saturday afternoon.
Around 1:30 p.m., the Harvey Fire Department responded to a report of multiple mobile homes on fire near W. 150th St. and Rockwell Ave., according to Harvey police spokesman Sean Howard.
The Harvey Fire Department then called for backup from the neighboring Dolton Fire Department, Howard said. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBCChicago.com
Miami-Dade’s requirement that David Beckham hire only county police and paramedics for his planned Miami soccer stadium drew more heat on Friday — including an indirect swipe from the county’s own fire chief.
David Downey, head of Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue, signed a letter from a countywide chiefs association opposing any efforts by the county to “dictate” how rescue services are delivered within municipal jurisdictions. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Miami Herald
The Avon Volunteer Fire Department helped a bride and groom make it to their wedding reception on Saturday after their trolley’s engine caught fire.
Shortly after Maria Leonardi and Justin Stone exchanged vows at the West Avon Congregational Church, the wedding party’s trolley bus caught on fire. The fire was extinguished by the bus driver who used an extinguisher from the bus. - PUB DATE: 6/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wtnh.com
