The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), in partnership with the International Association of Women in Fire and Emergency Services (iWomen), and the Volunteer and Combination Officers Section of the IAFC, is pleased to be undertaking a national initiative of the Volunteer Workforce Solutions (VWS) program, to assist combination and volunteer fire departments with the means to improve their ability to recruit, retain, and manage the volunteer of the future. - PUB DATE: 3/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs
Two firefighters were injured in a large blaze on Channel Lane Saturday night, including the borough's fire chief, who suffered a heart attack.
Police arrived at the home at around 6:15 p.m. after receiving a report of heavy black smoke and flames emanating from the house.
When officers arrived, the home was engulfed in flames, according to the Mantoloking Police Department. - PUB DATE: 2/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com
Nearly four dozen current and former Southern Marin firefighters have filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming they were shorted of full overtime compensation.
The firefighters allege the Southern Marin Fire Protection District violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by understating the regular pay rate upon which overtime is calculated. - PUB DATE: 2/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Marin Independent Journal
U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Richard Hanna (R-NY) today introduced a bill that would create a national cancer registry for firefighters diagnosed with the deadly disease.
Firefighters are exposed to a range of harmful toxins and research has indicated that there is a strong connection between firefighting and an increased risk for several major cancers such as testicular, stomach, multiple myeloma and brain cancers. - PUB DATE: 2/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: bergen dispatch
A Ponca City firefighter is recovering after he was accidentally run over by a fire truck.
Lieutenant Lyle Crandall was headed to pick up a brush pumper at the fire station when he was hit by the fire engine.
He was immediately treated at the scene and was taken by medi flight to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. - PUB DATE: 2/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KWTV-TV Oklahoma City
Medics stabbed in San Diego and Detroit; firefighters held hostage in Georgia; firefighters shot at in Florida, shot and killed in Arkansas. Every week there is another story in the news about a first responder who is attacked, assaulted and even killed while performing their duties.
This escalating spiral of violence is the new reality for fire and EMS. - PUB DATE: 2/29/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
TransCare ambulances will soon stop responding to 911 calls across two of their busiest boroughs –– Manhattan and the Bronx.
The private ambulance company filed for Chapter 7 Wednesday, taking 27 ambulances out of service, which means 81 shifts need to be filled.
FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said the department is prepared to pick up the slack. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: pix11.com
Liberty Volunteer Fire District Assistant Chief Tony Roy isn’t apologizing for ordering a tanker truck to not respond to a Walton County Fire Rescue call for assistance fighting a house fire.
The county should have anticipated the reaction, Roy said, and unless it decides to start sending some money Liberty’s way, can expect more of the same in the future. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nwfdailynews.com
Clad in blue jeans and hooded sweatshirts, Stockton firefighters today battled a blaze that hit them where they live.
A witness reported seeing smoke coming from the village’s fire station around 11 a.m. Within minutes, volunteer firefighters were on scene and emergency responders from nearby agencies had been called to help save the headquarters of the Stockton Fire Department. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: thonline.com
A veteran firefighter is recovering today from injuries he received early Thursday while battling a house fire in Tullahoma, Tenn.
At 2:50 a.m. Thursday, firefighters found light smoke coming from the home at 309 Decherd Street, Tullahoma Fire Chief Richard Shasteen said in a statement on the incident. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: timefreepress.com
The D.C. fire lieutenant accused of neglect of duty after a child died choking on grapes last year was a no-show at his disciplinary hearing on Wednesday.
The attorney representing Guy Valentine told a panel of fire officials the lieutenant was officially retired and they no longer had the authority to judge his actions. - PUB DATE: 2/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: foxdc.com
A female inmate firefighter was critically injured after being struck in the head by a boulder while battling a 7-acre brush fire in Malibu Thursday morning, authorities said.
Crews were seen performing life-saving measures until a Los Angeles County Fire helicopter arrived and airlifted the injured firefighter to a local hospital. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc7.com
First responders are rethinking the role of lights and sirens in their emergency responses. A nationwide trend has some traveling with the flow of traffic to avoid dangerous collisions.Greenfield firefighters answer some 14 emergency calls a day.
Usually, they will head to the scene with lights and sirens blaring, regardless of the seriousness of the emergency. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wisn.com
When firefighters attacked a house fire on Nancy Drive in 10 inches of snow and only 10 degrees outside, they say it seemed like a straight-forward house fire.
But Jan. 5, 2014 nearly turned deadly.
“We thought we had the fire put out,” remembers Firefighter Matt Mackley.
But as crews were putting out some remaining spot fires, “everything changed in an instant,” says Tim Kirchoff. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ksdk
It was all hands on deck for a two-alarm fire that injured seven in late January.
"We got very lucky," said Mike Terrell, one of the firefighters that was hurt that day. "We could have had five firefighters and a civilian dead like that." he said as he snapped his fingers.
He's referring to a massive fire at the Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak & Cutler Funeral Home in Omaha. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 1011now.com
Talk about giving back.
When Clinton Township firefighters responded to a medical call a couple of weeks ago, they encountered a family in dire need of help.
The family, struggling to pay their bills, included two disabled children, and the house had no electricity because the parents had fallen behind on their payment installments. - PUB DATE: 2/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Macomb Daily
City of Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and Phoenix Police Chief Joseph Yahna praised the work of emergency personnel who responded to a tragic and volatile situation on Tuesday morning.
First responders showed up to a neighborhood south of Cactus Road and 47th Avenue to find a house on fire with an active shooter and four related victims inside. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 12 News
A firefighter who admitted setting dozens of fires in an attempt to earn overtime pay and impress his peers was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison for arson, the U.S. attorney said.
Benjamin Cunha, 33, of Placerville (El Dorado County), pleaded guilty in October in U.S District Court in Sacramento to one count of arson for lighting the 80-acre Mine Fire in 2007 while he was a volunteer firefighter in Diamond Springs, near his home. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SF Gate
A fiery car crash ended Saturday with the driver of this car in the hospital---and the contents inside strewn all over the ground. Now, four first responders are without a job, two on unpaid leave, after investigators say five of them stole some of those items and another lied about it.
Lieutenant David Heaton with the Columbia County Sheriff's Office says there are protocols in place to protect you and your stuff when a crash happens. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wrdw.com
The Canton woman who died Monday running into rush hour traffic on Ohio 8 after arguing with her husband was identified as an off-duty Canton firefighter.
Tonya Johnson, 43, of Canton, died about 4 p.m. Monday after being hit by a pickup on the busy highway.
The Summit County Medical Examiner is performing an autopsy Tuesday. - PUB DATE: 2/24/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland.com
