A labor of love that qualifies as hazardous duty.
Three firefighters were hurt Tuesday, including a volunteer fire chief, related to a fire and explosion in LaGrange County.
A 50-foot silo full of sawdust was the source of the trouble.
It turned into a dangerous situation for firefighters and at least one worker in harm's way. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC 21alive.com
A new procedure went into effect last week that’s designed to make sure the fire department has adequate supervision during fires and other serious incidents.
Fire Chief Dale C. Herman said that battalion chiefs now have the ability to “elevate” firefighters to the role of captains on an as-needed basis. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Watertown Daily Times
VIDEO - For the first time, we’re seeing video of the daring and emotional rescue of two children from a house fire in Mount Hope. The fire was so intense the children suffered critical burns and their older brother perished.
Video captured by a GoPro on one firefighter’s helmet shows just what fire crews were up against that early Monday morning last November. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNSD-TV NBC San Diego
Public safety providers in central Ohio had the chance to experience the future of broadband for managing emergency incidents.
Using a dedicated public safety 700 MHz LTE broadband network — FirstNet — constructed exclusively for this event, public safety personnel from fire, law enforcement, EMS, public safety telecommunications and other agencies came together to learn what a dedicated high-speed data will mean for public safety agencies in the United States. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
Firefighters performed a dramatic rescue dozens of feet above the ground, pulling a man from the window of a burning building in New York City's Upper East Side.
The New York Fire Department responded to the six-alarm blaze the started around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, reports WABC, a local affiliate. The fire quickly ripped through all five floors of an apartment building and burst through the roof, killing one person and leaving another in critical condition. - PUB DATE: 10/27/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com
Mayor Patrick Madden was looking to cut the proposed 28.2 percent property tax increase as the City Council reviewed the proposed 2017 budgets for the fire and police departments Tuesday night.
The two departments account for nearly half of the city's tentative $72.3 million budget, drawing the council's attention particularly on overtime costs. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times Union
VIDEO - An Albany Firefighter earned the department's highest honor after saving a fellow worker's life.
Tawanna Maples was honored as the Albany Firefighter of the Year at Tuesday night's city commission meeting.
In June, she quickly administered the Heimlich maneuver when another firefighter began chocking at a firehouse. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOC-TV CBS 11 Savannah
Two Contra Costa firefighters and their companions were arrested early Sunday morning in a hotel room after a drunken attack that injured two Walnut Creek police officers, police said Tuesday.
The melee happened around 5 a.m., just hours after the Second Annual Firefighters Ball at the Marriott Walnut Creek hotel had ended. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times
Switzerland is easing an alcohol ban for volunteer firefighters and other emergency workers using heavy vehicles, saying it had led to staffing shortages when crises demanded quick action, especially in smaller towns lacking professional personnel.
Starting on Jan. 1, slightly tipsy volunteer firefighters and off-duty members of so-called professional "blue light" organizations responding to urgent situations will be no longer face punishment - provided their blood-alcohol level does not exceed 0. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Reuters.com
New disciplinary actions issued at the Austin Fire Department last week have brought the total of fire personnel who were suspended over traffic incidents this month to 16, a number the union president described as part of an “over-punishing environment” at the department.
Each suspension has been for only a matter of hours. - PUB DATE: 10/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Austin American-Statesman
VIDEO - Riding in a ladder truck bucket 67 feet in the air, Newberry Township volunteer firefighter Cody Zinn kept repeating the same thing.
"Holy crap," said the 21-year-old as smoke from the home below reached high above his head.
Zinn, who has cerebral palsy, was surprised with the ride in the ladder truck by Don Young, the assistant chief of the department. - PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today
A black Boston Fire Department inspector filed a lawsuit against the Boston Red Sox on Friday, six months after a black co-worker sued the team over an incident in which both men allege they were denied entry to Fenway Park to perform a safety inspection because of their race.
Rhoan Dalmar, a city fire marshal, filed the civil complaint in Suffolk Superior Court. - PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe
A trail that will lead visitors to the site where 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots died fighting the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire is now nearly complete.
Arizona State Parks officials reported this week that the Yarnell park that will honor the fallen Hotshots is expected to be finished and open to the public by late November. - PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Courier
An investigative team with the Nebraska State Fire Marshal's Office says a living room fireplace is what started a fire that killed all six members of the Speer family on October 20th. Mike and Michelle Speer, with their four children all died in the blaze. A family member said firefighters found each of their bodies in beds. - PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KETV-TV ABC 7 Omaha
A heartbroken dad whose son was killed in a fiery head-on collision on Interstate 495 in Middleboro said "I love them all" as he spoke of his boy and three college buddies who died in a midnight crash police said was caused by a wrong-way driver. State police said the Sable was struck head-on by a 31-year-old woman behind the wheel of a 2011 Infiniti G37 headed southbound on northbound I-495 just after midnight yesterday. - PUB DATE: 10/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
A body recovered Saturday in western Grant County was identified as the King County firefighter missing since last Saturday, authorities said.
There were no signs of foul play, sheriff’s deputies said.
Ken Ward, 43, was last seen October 15 in Roslyn, Wash. Dozens of people joined the statewide search. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7
A tour bus returning from a casino crashed into the rear of a semi-tractor trailer on Sunday near Palm Springs, California, killing 13 people and injuring 31 others, according to state police.
The bus driver was among those killed and the truck driver was injured, California Highway Patrol division Chief Jim Abele said at a press conference. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
The call woke Jess McLean about 2:30 a.m.
His boss wanted to know whether he could help with a fire, even though it was his day off.
It’s a big one, Capt. Mark Loutzenhiser told McLean, Engine 57’s fire engine operator.
McLean, always eager to help, turned to his wife, Karen.
“Can I go?” he asked. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Redlands Daily Facts
A Boston firefighter is diagnosed with cancer every three weeks, the city’s fire commissioner, Joseph E. Finn, said in a keynote address at a conference in Nashville.
Speaking at the annual Firehouse Expo on Thursday, Finn said the Fire Department is working hard to reduce cancer risks among firefighters, according to Firehouse. - PUB DATE: 10/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe
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
