A volunteer fireman is facing driving under the influence charges in connection with an incident that ended with a damaged fire truck, a crash into a telephone pole and a small geyser of water from a fire hydrant.
At 11:51 a.m. Saturday, Sharon police officers M. Paul Lehman and Adam Zazado were dispatched to South Dock and Budd streets in response to a call regarding a disabled West Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department fire truck. - PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sharon Herald
Five weeks after Ohio made it easier for Ohio firefighters diagnosed with cancer to qualify for workers’ compensation and pension benefits, House Republicans are proposing more restrictions.
Firefighters, trial attorneys and Democrats oppose the amendment added this week to the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation budget bill. - PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch
Competitive tension between volunteer and career firefighters, which boiled over at the scene of a fire and landed inside a Prince George’s County courtroom, has been resolved.
Two Maryland firefighters charged with attacking two colleagues at a house fire in 2015 have been acquitted by a jury of all charges. - PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP-AM 1500 Washington
Utica fire Chief Russell Brooks says he was “blindsided” when he was placed on paid, indeterminate, nondisciplinary leave by the city of Utica Friday morning.
Brooks, who has been chief for 13 out of the 41 years he has been with the Utica Fire Department, said he was told of the decision during a meeting with Mayor Robert Palmeri and two city legal representatives. - PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Utica Observer-Dispatch
In an embarrassing verdict for the city of Charlotte, a jury Thursday found the Fire Department retaliated against former fire investigator Crystal Eschert for raising questions about the safety of construction work at a new office building, awarding her $1.5 million.
The jury rejected Charlotte’s claims that Eschert’s firing wasn’t retaliation. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Charlotte Observer
Three children died as multiple homes burned in Montgomery County early Friday, fire officials say.
Another child, a 10 year old, was critically hurt along with other family members.
The fire appeared to start at the back of one home before spreading to another. Search and rescue efforts were underway along Tamina Road at Johnson Road before 4 a. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU-TV CBS 11 Houston
A heated legal battle is still simmering between two high-ranking city firefighters.
The lawsuit, filed by Plainfield Deputy Fire Chief Jeffrey Courtney, is claiming that Chief Frank Tidwell racially discriminated against him because he is white. The lawsuit also names the City of Plainfield and the Plainfield Fire Department as defendants. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MyCentralJersey.com
Kevin Brame (DHS-FEMA-USFA-NFA) contacted the Daily Dispatch and wanted to make the following correction and clarification to Thursday's 'Key the Mic' column on the NFA Leadership in Supervision Class: "In my position, I serve as the Training Specialist-Curriculum Manager for the Leadership and Executive Development Curriculum. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Dispatch
On the surface, it may not look like a 12-year-old boy and a firefighter would have much in common.
But this heartwarming video showed Logan, a 12-year-old boy from Gilbert, and Mase Mattingly, a Gilbert firefighter, bonding over their shared prosthetic legs.
Candy Carson, Logan’s mom, said in the video that five years ago, Logan had strep throat, which sent him into septic shock. - PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTAR 620 - Newsradio
A Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge ordered today that a man convicted of setting a fire that killed two Toledo firefighters spend a maximum of 20 years in prison.
The defendant’s plea, conviction, and sentencing came just after Judge Stacy Cook declared a mistrial in the case because jurors heard testimony that was considered incriminating toward the suspect. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Toledo Blade
Alameda County supervisors extended their ambulance contract with Paramedics Plus by three years despite fierce criticism by firefighters complaining the process wasn’t open for competitive bids and changes in service delivery were not included.
Supervisors voted in favor 3 to 1, with one recusal, extending the contract until June 1, 2020. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times
A fire in Brooklyn Criminal Court injured eight state court officers and five firefighters and forced an early recess Wednesday afternoon.
The 4:04 p.m. blaze on the sixth floor generated heavy smoke that led to the evacuation of the 10-story building in downtown Brooklyn.
"There was a lot of smoke in the hallway," said one court staffer who declined to give his name. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
VIDEO - A Fort Madison fire engine rolled into a slough along the Mississippi River on Wednesday night while responding to an accident.
Thursday morning Fort Madison Fire Chief Joey Herren said that he was planning to get a crane to move the truck and the road will be closed until further notice.
Chief Herren says the truck was headed down 35th Street when it slid off the edge of the gravel road. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGEM-TV Quincy
Burton Fire District Capt. Ralph Neiderhiser celebrated his 80th birthday Tuesday. Sixty five of those years have been spent in fire service.
“If you do what you enjoy, it ain’t (like) going to work,” he said Wednesday.
Neiderhiser began his career as a volunteer with his father in Pennsylvania when he was 16, he said. - PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Island Packet
Members of Montgomery County Fire/EMS are mourning the loss of a longtime firefighter who died following his shift.
Firefighter/Paramedic James "Dewon" Wells, 52, worked an eight-hour shift on May 5. Twice before he left the station around 4 p.m. he told colleagues he wasn't feel well, including suffering numbness to the mouth. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
Authorities are on the scene of a sanitary tanker fire on Dauphin Street just west of I-65. News 5 cameras captured the dramatic moments as a firefighter narrowly escaped injury. The video shows the firefighter approaching the truck, as he walks towards it a tire suddenly explodes. The blast sends him reeling as a small amount of debris blasts towards him. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRG-TV News 5 Mobile
The 23 fire engines set for their Boston debut this year will be equipped with foam that can be powerfully effective in helping quash certain blazes and are intended to decrease the risk of cancer for city firefighters, officials said Tuesday.
Fire Commissioner Joseph E. Finn said that foam will be used only on dumpster and vehicle blazes, which are most hazardous to firefighters’ health. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe
In response to hazing scandals resulting in lawsuits, FDNY Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro recently announced that he would meet in person with every fire officer on the New York City Fire Department, over 900 of them. Groups of officers would attend meetings at the Randall’s Island training facility. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
A Fairfax County supervisor says she’s “fit to be tied” over comments condoning bullying allegedly made by fire department captain.
WUSA9 broke the story of a letter written by a parent of a fire recruit, one year after the suicide of Fairfax County paramedic Nicole Mittendorff, who was bullied online by people who appeared to be firefighters. - PUB DATE: 5/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV 9 DC
The Texas House easily passed Houston's pension reform bill Monday, but not without making several changes friendly to firefighters, setting the stage for a reconciliation showdown between the upper and lower chambers.
The House accepted four amendments to the bill the Senate passed last week before voting 112-28 to preliminarily approve Houston's reform measures. - PUB DATE: 5/9/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
