The gunman suspected of opening fire on and critically wounding a Dallas paramedic providing aid to a shooting victim Monday morning has been found dead inside a home along with another deceased person, Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings confirmed Monday afternoon.
The injured Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedic is in critical but stable condition and has been moved to the ICU after undergoing surgery. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Dallas Fort Worth
A Providence Fire Department captain who was seriously injured in a huge blaze last March has filed a grievance after he was denied a promotion, despite scoring well on the written exam.
But Public Safety Commissioner Steven Paré said it was a policy decision to deny a promotion to a firefighter who is expected to receive a disability pension. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12
At Inver Grove Heights Fire Department in the city of Inver Grove Heights, Minn., Fire Chief Judy Thill has devised a 24-hour, year-round rotating schedule to make the workload more manageable for her on-call firefighters.
“We were receiving over 1,000 calls per year,” she said. “It got to be a lot on the volunteers. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Municipal
Fire departments around metro Atlanta are making drastic security changes after several break-ins of on-duty firefighters’ vehicles. One local fire chief’s proposal would allow firefighters to bring handguns into fire stations.
Morrow Fire Chief Roger Swint presented the policy to Morrow City Council on April 25. - PUB DATE: 5/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta
At least one firefighter was shot when a gunman opened fire on paramedics in East Dallas late Monday morning. Dallas Police are currently searching for an active shooter in the neighborhood east of the Dallas Fire Rescue Training Academy.
The shooting happened at about 11:30 a.m. at the facility which is near Dolphin Road near Interstate 30. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas - Fort Worth
Cove Creek Pearson Volunteer Fire Chief Doug Deckard died after being struck by a car while checking water lines early Sunday during severe storms.
The Arkansas State Police says Deckard, 51, was working along Highway 25 just west of the Faulkner-Cleburne County line near Quitman.
He was outside of his vehicle checking doing work when he was hit. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNWA-TV & KFTA-TV NWAHomepage
An 83-year-old Austinburg firefighter died Friday evening from injuries he sustained when he was struck by a vehicle late Thursday, according to firefighters from around the area.
Austinburg firefighter Dave Lemponen was with the Austinburg department for about 60 years, said fire Chief William Wilms. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ashtabula Star Beacon
It's been the talk of the town for weeks: Three firefighters and a dispatcher in hot water for their alleged "sexual misconduct" in the fire station.
While shocking many in the community, it's not the first time that fire departments have been at the center of sex scandals.
For instance, seven Philadelphia firefighters faced discipline in 2015 for having sex with a paramedic on duty. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lowell Sun
When Joseph Ruhlin was supposed to be watching over the Akron fire union’s funds the past six years, detectives say he instead was stealing them.
And, detectives now say, the extent of this theft was much larger than the union originally thought — totaling more than $600,000.
“It’s a staggering amount,” said Russ Brode, president of the 322-member fire union. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Akron Beacon Journal
Juvenile offenders shine the trucks, spiff up the hall, assist at bingo fundraisers and even help roll up the hoses sometimes when trucks pull back into one of Latrobe's five fire stations after a call.
A juvenile probation program that gives teens community service work at the stations has benefited the youths and the all-volunteer fire company over the past five years, said city fire Chief John Brasile. - PUB DATE: 5/1/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The firefighters union in New Orleans confirmed Wednesday that a handful of its members played a role in the removal of the Liberty Place monument early Monday. Nick Felton, New Orleans Fire Fighters Association president, said the union has concerns over firefighters who were seen wearing masks and bulletproof vests during the removal of the Confederate-era monument. - PUB DATE: 4/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDSU-TV NBC 6 New Orleans
A veteran paramedic and fire chief says he worries that people with health emergencies might start calling for an Uber ride rather than an ambulance due to high costs.
That aversion to an ambulance bill can cost lives, said Mark Becraft, chief of the North Davis Fire District. “It puts the community at risk,” Becraft said. - PUB DATE: 4/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ogden Standard-Examiner/StandardNET
An Eagan firefighter is suing the city and its fire chief, claiming he was demoted from a battalion chief position because he is gay.
In a civil lawsuit filed this week in U.S. District Court, firefighter Dan Benson alleges discrimination based on his sexual orientation and violation of his constitutional rights by Eagan Fire Chief Mike Scott and the city. - PUB DATE: 4/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pioneer Press
Milwaukee Alderman Bob Donovan and others reacted with anger and concern after a Milwaukee Fire Department station near Teutonia and Locust was shot at on Sunday, April 23rd. A bullet penetrated the window of Station 30 during the shots fired incident.
It happened around 6:45 p.m. as the firefighters at Station 30 were getting dispatched to a car fire. - PUB DATE: 4/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
A Lake Wales man is accused of biting a chunk of skin out of an firefighter who was helping a deputy restrain him, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
According to an affidavit, on Tuesday night deputies responded to a crash in the area of Thornhill Road and Moonlite Pass. When a deputy asked Breonski Gardner, 26, for his license, Gardner threw the keys at him and told him to get it himself. - PUB DATE: 4/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHOU.com
VIDEO - An off-duty Milwaukee firefighter heading home from work helped saved the life of a young woman threatening to jump off the Hoan bridge. Deputy chief John Litchford was heading south down the Hoan bridge Tuesday night when he saw the young woman outside of her car on at the highest point of the bridge. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
Some Detroit firefighters are under fire tonight for wrecking a rig and then trying to cover it up.
Last month when two Detroit firefighters out of Engine 55 decided to use a rig for their personal ride - it did not end well.
Sources say on March 30, two Detroit firefighters who work out of Engine 55 on Joy Road wanted to go out for a bit of a joy ride. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBJK-TV MyFox Detroit 2
The ongoing legal battle between the city and the firefighters union has cost the city at least $315,000 in attorney fees, according to documents obtained by the Watertown Daily Times.
The city’s legal bills hit $315,225.60 as of Jan. 1, according to invoices and bills obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by the Times. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times
A former Iowa fire academy administrator has pleaded guilty to falsifying test scores that were used to improperly certify thousands of firefighters.
Former Fire Services Training Bureau certification manager John McPhee pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony misconduct in office. Judge James Malloy scheduled a sentencing hearing for May 24. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Des Moines Register
A rookie Fresno firefighter received a hug from a woman he rescued from a burning car last October as he was awarded a Medal of Bravery from Fresno Fire officials Wednesday.
Rene Gonzales was only two months on the job last Oct. 21 and was off-duty and driving home on Highway 180 when he spotted a burning car. - PUB DATE: 4/27/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fresno Bee
