The city is pumping $30 million into FDNY and EMS operations in the Bronx, officials said Monday.
The investment will include funding for new ambulances and equipment, as well as $17 million toward construction repairs to EMS Station 17 at 109 Ogden Ave., which has been experiencing structural deterioration and lacks sufficient space for crew and equipment, according to a joint statement by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
A Macon County volunteer firefighter is in critical condition after he was struck in the head by a fire hose.
According to Macon County Fire Chief Micah Kauffman, it happened around 4 p.m. Saturday.
Macon County firefighters are keeping vigil at the hospital after one of their men suffered a traumatic brain injury Saturday afternoon. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Telegraph
A King County Superior Court jury on Thursday awarded $9.5 million to the family of a Kingston man who died in a collision with a fire truck.
On the morning of July 4, 2014, Jason Foster was was riding a motor scooter on Miller Bay Road, approaching its intersection with West Kingston Road. The traffic signal turned yellow, and he continued. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun
Atlantic City firefighters rescued more than a dozen people trapped in an elevator.
The Atlantic City Fire Department posted on Facebook that 14 people were stuck in an elevator for several hours at the Tropicana Casino & Resort on Saturday. The elevator suddenly stopped between the sixth and seventh floors. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS Philly
A mother from Mamaroneck, New York has decided to reinvent herself in a field dominated by men, most of whom are a whole lot younger.
Suburban mom Robin Nesdale showed CBS2’s Lou Young some of the new equipment she’s learned to use to rescue other people, and perhaps, herself. At 57 years old, she’s decided to play against type and become a volunteer firefighter. - PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS New York
VIDEO - Dramatic video shows the moment a gas station facade came falling on top of a firefighter in Iron Mountain, Michigan.
It happened at about 3 p.m. Saturday at a Mobil gas station and Burger King on Stephenson Avenue, off US-2 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
The video was captured by photographer Jason Asselin. - PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXYZ-TV ABC Detroit
Botetourt County and regional first responders are mourning the death of an Eagle Rock volunteer firefighter who was fatally struck Friday by an emergency vehicle at an accident scene.
Roger D. Johns, 63, of Eagle Rock was serving as a ground guide at a auto wreck on U.S. 220 at Catawba Creek Road when he was injured at around 3 p. - PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Roanoke Times
Fire Chief Ken March's "personal reasons" for resigning last week were illuminated in a letter submitted to the interim town manager.
"I can no longer subject myself to the absence of integrity, morals and ethics that are an ingrained part of this department," March wrote after stating that the workplace "has manifested into an environment that is toxic as well as hostile. - PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brattleboro Reformer
VIDEO - The way firefighters and paramedics undergo training is changing and now entering virtual reality. Instead of working with a dummy, students face a more realistic scenario as they are armed with a headset and a cursor. Robert Moore is the CEO of Virtual Education Systems, which has partnered with the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department to provide EMS assessments using virtual reality. - PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Miami
The Legislature is expected to take its final votes on Houston's pension reform legislation within days after a group of House and Senate lawmakers Sunday night hashed out the differences between their chambers' versions and produced a final bill.
Stripped from the proposal that emerged Sunday evening were three amendments backed by firefighters and opposed by City Hall, said state Sen. - PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle
Hundreds gathered Sunday at the opening of a memorial park at the site of a 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island that killed 100 people.
At least 500 people, including loved ones of the victims, local leaders and state officials walked into the Station Fire Memorial Park for the ceremony. The park was formally dedicated to the victims of The Station nightclub fire in West Warwick. - PUB DATE: 5/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report
One firefighter is dead after a massive 4-alarm fire at a Northwest Side shopping center Thursday night, the San Antonio Fire Department said.
Fire crews responded to the blaze in the 6700 block of Ingram Road about 9:12 p.m. Due to the time of day and there being a gym in the shopping center, crews performed a search and rescue to make sure no one was inside. - PUB DATE: 5/19/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
Oklahoma City Fire Chief G. Keith Bryant was named U.S. Fire Administrator Thursday.
Bryant, who was named chief in 2005, was appointed to the the Department of Homeland Security by President Donald J. Trump. He will replace Dr. Denis Onieal, who has been acting U.S. Fire Administrator.
Bryant started with the fire service as a U. - PUB DATE: 5/19/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
Breaking from tradition can be difficult in many situations, even if it is for the sake of improvement.
But a new tool that has been extensively researched and recently employed by the Loveland Fire Rescue Authority is reducing the danger local firefighters face and improving their results with battling flames. - PUB DATE: 5/19/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Longmont Times-Call
A Dallas fire truck was involved in a crash Thursday morning while responding to a call for help, officials say. Dallas Fire-Rescue officials said the fire truck was responding to a call about a structure fire at about 11 a.m. when the driver slowed down due to a red light.
As the fire truck driver began to move through the intersection of Jim Miller Road and R. - PUB DATE: 5/19/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Dallas - Fort Worth
The city’s management of its vacant properties and communication between departments is under scrutiny after a fire battalion chief complained that little to nothing was done to secure an empty library building after a fire there in April and a second, larger blaze weeks later where a firefighter broke his ankle. - PUB DATE: 5/19/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times
The second time an Oakland fire crew rushed to a city-owned historic building to put out a blaze, Battalion Chief James Bowron nearly lost it.
He and his fire crew had been at the site two weeks earlier, on April 8, to put out a fire on the first floor of the vacant building that squatters apparently had started. - PUB DATE: 5/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle
VIDEO - An alert Cleveland EMS crew discovered three garbage trucks on fire just after 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
The fire was burning at Republic Services on Jones Road just north of the intersection of Broadway and Harvard Avenues when the EMS crew saw flame and smoke from Broadway Avenue.
The three trucks were spewing thick black smoke and a few explosions were seen and heard in the area. - PUB DATE: 5/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEWS-TV IBS 5 Cleveland
During a brief 10 minute meeting on May 16, the Mesquite City Council cast a split vote to terminate Fire Chief Kash Christopher “without cause.” Three councilmen, David Ballweg, George Rapson and Brian Wursten, voted in favor of the action. Councilman Rich Green voted no and Councilman Geno Withelder voted to abstain from the proposal. - PUB DATE: 5/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mesquite Local News
Mandy Gould has spent nearly 13 years as a volunteer firefighter in Caledon, Ont. – a sprawling municipality northwest of Toronto – following her father into a vocation that she aspired to since high school.
For the past 11 years, Ms. Gould has also been a full-time firefighter in nearby Brampton, a suburban city of more than half a million. - PUB DATE: 5/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Globe and Mail
