Seven Midtown firefighters have been disciplined for violating the FDNY’s “zero tolerance” hazing policy, The Post has learned.
Five firefighters and two officers at Engine 40-Ladder 35 near Lincoln Center — a firehouse that goes by the nickname “The Cavemen” — allegedly ridiculed an African-American member, sources said. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
Will the real, um, no, the fake Chief Don Bock please stand up?
Commissioners on the Key Largo Fire-Rescue and Emergency Medical Services District want to know who has been calling the U.S. Department of Labor pretending to be the chief and telling the feds that the handful of paid members on the volunteer fire department are breaking the law by covering some volunteer shifts. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Keys Reporter
Thomas Graydon says he must have fought back for his firefighters one too many times.
The South Weber fire chief was forced out Monday night by Mayor Tammy Long after a conflict between Graydon and City Manager Tom Smith over the handling of a firefighter disciplinary case.
In an interview Wednesday evening, Graydon unleashed a series of complaints about Long, Smith and city council member Marlene Poore and described the South Weber City work environment as “toxic” under its current leadership. - PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ogden Standard-Examiner
As a member of the volunteer fire department in the tiny northwestern Minnesota town of Ada, Randy Peterson has a routine when his pager goes off. He checks to see if his kids are at home.
At 10 p.m. Sunday, when he was called to a two-vehicle crash with one car on fire in the neighboring town of Borup, Peterson had a sinking feeling. - PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Star Tribune
Edward Hutchinson wants to make a fitting exit after more than six decades as fire chief.
“I want to get on a horse and ride off like John Wayne into the sunset, and wave,” said Hutchinson, who will turn 95 in November. “I want a little humor.”
The man popularly known as “Hutch” will not run for a 22nd term, leaving the fire department to find another leader for the first time since 1953. - PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Casper Fire Chief Kenneth King announced his retirement Wednesday, hours after apologizing for sending an email asking an investigator to delete “bad parts” from video evidence of the Cole Creek Fire.
King will step down Jan. 2, 2018, the city announced. City Manager V.H. McDonald received and accepted his retirement letter Wednesday. - PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Casper Star-Tribune
The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) has received a significant grant award as part of the Motorola Solutions Foundation’s public safety grant award program. The grant will make it possible for the IAFC to provide a fifth year of the highly successful Fire Service Executive Development Institute (FSEDI). - PUB DATE: 10/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs
A brand new lieutenant in the Portland Fire Bureau acted heroically and put his life at risk Wednesday morning to save lives when an explosion destroyed a building and injured several people, the bureau’s fire chief said.
Chief Mike Myers said during an afternoon news conference that Lt. Peter St. John was injured in the explosion and had been taken to a hospital. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland
A brand new lieutenant in the Portland Fire Bureau acted heroically and put his life at risk Wednesday morning to save lives when an explosion destroyed a building and injured several people, the bureau’s fire chief said.
Chief Mike Myers said during an afternoon news conference that Lt. Peter St. John was injured in the explosion and had been taken to a hospital. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland
Active duty Yonkers Fire Lt. John "J-Rod" Rodriguez died Tuesday night from a 9/11-related cancer. He was 53 years old.
Rodriguez leaves behind a wife and two children.
"John Rodriguez was first and foremost a family man, a loving and devoted husband and proud father," said Yonkers Fire Union President Barry McGoey, who joined the department with Rodriguez in October 2000. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News (Lohud.com)
Chicago Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago on Wednesday defended his 60-day suspension of a lieutenant who refused to send underlings into an area where they might be exposed to Ebola but said the city will accept an arbitrator’s ruling overturning the suspension.
Santiago said the decision not to appeal the arbitrator’s ruling had nothing to do with the no-confidence vote taken Sept. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times
Two firefighters were rescued after falling through a stairwell in a burning home Thursday morning at Eichelberger Street and Wherry Avenue.
Authorities say they fell through a stairwell about 10 feet into the basement. They were being evaluated for injuries. No further details were immediately available about what injuries they suffered. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A Phoenix firefighter was called to the home where he grew up to help in the effort to save his father's life.
Derek Dee was on Engine 20 when he realized he was headed to his parents' home on Sept. 10.
Dee's father, 71-year-old Tommy Dee, was suffering from cardiac arrest.
His mother called 911 and his parents' neighbor performed CPR. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS 5 AZ KPHO
Off-duty firefighters are searching on both sides of the Cascades looking for Ken Ward. He is a fellow firefighter who has been missing since Oct. 16.
Ward has been a firefighter at Mountain View King County Fire District #44 for 10 years and always shows up for work. When he didn't show up Monday, fellow firefighters and his family knew something was wrong. - PUB DATE: 10/20/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4
PHOTOS - A massive explosion, apparently ignited by a natural gas leak, ripped through a building Wednesday along the popular Northwest 23rd Avenue shopping district, causing destruction and injuring five people, including three firefighters, authorities said.
Initial reports indicate no fatalities. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: OregonLive.com
Attorney General Ken Paxton has intervened in a lawsuit filed against the City of Austin, challenging the city’s labor agreement with the Austin Firefighters Association, his office announced Tuesday.
Paxton’s office said the agreement with the firefighters association allows for “release time” and therefore allows firefighters to work for the union at taxpayer expense. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVUE-TV ABC Austin
PHOTO - Another Shreveport firefighter is injured after another fire truck rollover Tuesday night. This makes the second rollover for the department within 3 days. More than a dozen first responders were at the crash scene just before midnight in the 300 block of Montana Street in Shreveport's MLK neighborhood. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSLA-TV Shreveport News 12
Mayor Tammy Long dismissed South Weber Fire Chief Thomas Graydon after he refused to terminate the deputy chief following an investigation into allegedly falsified payroll sheets, City Manager Tom Smith said Tuesday.
The investigation by Graydon determined Deputy Chief Frank Patrick entered inaccurate information on South Weber Fire Department run sheets, which are records of firefighter participation on fire calls and are used to fulfill payroll, Smith said. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ogden Standard-Examiner/StandardNET
One of the goals of the U.S. Fire Administration is to reduce risk and increase resiliency through programs and training in preparedness, prevention and mitigation. As part of USFA, the National Fire Academy (NFA) has offered courses focused on prevention since its doors opened in 1980.
Strategic Analysis of Fire Prevention Programs was one of the four courses offered in the original Executive Fire Officer Program (EFOP) in 1985. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs
According to the Arkoma Police Chief, three children were killed in an early morning mobile home fire Wednesday morning (Oct. 19).
Neighbors said it happened around 4 a.m. on Lowery Street.
"I saw the fire starting on the front porch of the trailer," said neighbor Rick Deguzman. "I immediately rushed upstairs and got my mother. - PUB DATE: 10/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFSM-TV CBS 5 Fort Smith
