PHOTO - A town of Harrison firetruck suffered significant damage to its front end after it slid down a steep, icy private road and rolled over Sunday afternoon.
Town Manager George “Bud” Finch said the driver, veteran volunteer firefighter Maurice Kautz, suffered minor cuts and bruises but was not seriously injured. - PUB DATE: 1/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: portland press-herald
VIDEO - A camera atop a firefighter's helmet, captured the dramatic rescue of a Fresno family from an apartment fire.
Crews helped a total of seven people escape from the fire in central Fresno on Saturday, including a family of three on the second floor whose only way out was through a window.
Fire had taken over the stairwell and the smoke was too thick to walk through. - PUB DATE: 1/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVU-TV Oakland, San Francisco, Bay Area
A federal investigator has obtained a warrant to search a laptop computer for evidence that a New Mexico urban search-and-rescue team used falsified training certificates to meet national requirements and retain federal funding.
One of the fraudulent training certificates was for an ethics training class, according to the search warrant request filed Wednesday in U. - PUB DATE: 1/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: santa fe new mexican
A judge has dismissed a wrongful-death lawsuit claiming the city should be held partially responsible for the death of a 19-year-old woman who was killed when the car she was riding in ran a red light and was broadsided by a fire truck. The crash occurred June 20, 2013, when a Honda Accord driven by Robbie Dean Gillespie, 45, ran a red light on Midland Road at Poway Road about 4 a. - PUB DATE: 1/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: san diego union-tribune
Kenny Bower stood on a steep, grassy hillside overlooking the Waldo Canyon burn scar with his ear cocked toward his radio.
His firefighting tool was still by his side while he listened to the transmission - winds were picking up, humidity was dropping and nearby trees were starting to ignite. He called out the warning to his crew and bent back to his work cutting a line into the dirt up the hill. - PUB DATE: 1/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the gazette
Seven FDNY employees — including a deputy chief and three battalion chiefs — have been fined by the Conflicts of Interest Board for accepting free tickets to the 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium, officials said Monday.
Firefighter John Curatolo got 52 freebies the night before the big game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos from NFL vice president of community relations and philanthropy Anna Isaacson. - PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post
Nearly a dozen black firefighters in Jacksonville have been sent home for something they didn't do: shave. State rules require firefighters to have a clean-shaven face when they have to wear an oxygen mask. The rule falls in line with regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on wearing respirators. - PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJXT-TV CBS 4 Jacksonville
The Harney County fire chief resigned Wednesday because he says he no longer trusts the local government.
Chris Briels stood next Ammon Bundy, the leader of an armed group that has taken over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, and announced he had turned in his resignation to county Judge Steve Grasty. - PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVAL-TV CBS 13
The owners of the Pater Avenue home where a Hamilton firefighter was killed Dec. 28 while battling a fire say they will never be able to return there even if repairs are made. “My wife won’t live there again, and I don’t blame her after the firefighter was killed there,” said Lester Parker, 66, of Hamilton. - PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal-News
World Trade Center responder John Coughlin of Sayville suffers from a host of conditions: heart disease that led to open-heart surgery and a pacemaker; diminished lung capacity; sleep apnea; and stomach disorders.
But the 57-year-old former NYPD emergency services officer, who responded when the towers fell on Sep. - PUB DATE: 1/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse
Members of the Fremont County Fire Protection District are mourning the loss of Deputy Chief Clarence “Speed” Hartbank.
The 45-year member of the department passed away Wednesday afternoon.
Hartbank was commanding a Sept. 10 grass fire on Eight Mile Road.
While he was surveying damage to a ground-level bunker, he fell through a hole and into the fire. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse
Portland Fire Chief Erin Janssens, who took the helm of the Fire & Rescue Bureau three and a half years ago, announced Wednesday she'll retire in April after nearly 28 years of city service.
Janssens, 51, became the first woman to serve as chief in June 2012 when former city councilor Randy Leonard appointed her to the job. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the oregonian
The federal contract for a nationwide wireless broadband network dedicated to public safety is expected to be awarded in Q4 — giving AT&T (NYSE:T), Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and other wireless firms an opportunity to lease prime radio spectrum as part of a public-private partnership. The First Responder Network Authority released its request for proposals from bidders on Wednesday. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Investor's Business Daily
VIDEO - Wires were knocked down and a state highway was closed after a fire truck rolled over Wednesday in Effingham. Route 153 was closed near Plantation Road after the fire truck rolled over onto its roof. Effingham resident Cindy Espie said she heard the crash.
"I ran to the window and looked out, and I couldn't believe what I saw," Espie said. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester
The city should have better control over money earmarked to buy Toledoans smoke detectors, the city's law director said in a report on the fund.
“Better purchasing controls should be in place; some expenditures from the fund stretch permissible uses to the limit, [and] alarm fines should more properly be placed in the general fund as they are definitionally not trust fThe Blade reported late last year that Toledo Fire Chief Luis Santiago and at least one other high-ranking fire official used smoke-detector trust fund to pay for hotel rooms, conference costs, and dinners. - PUB DATE: 1/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: toledo blade
A 24-year-old Chatham County firefighter was killed in a traffic accident early Tuesday while responding to a call, officials said.
Joshua Mequaine Woods died Tuesday, according to The North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
The single-vehicle accident occurred around 1 a.m. near the 300 block of N. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNCN-TV NBC 17
VIDEO - Two young girls were killed and their mother was critically injured when flames tore through a home in Wilmington, Delaware Tuesday afternoon.
The blaze erupted around 4:10 p.m. inside a home on the 400 block of North Monroe Street. Witnesses say out of nowhere the home just exploded. "I tried to get in there and all I kept thinking about was the kids," neighbor Aaron McManus said. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV 6 ABC.com
Six months after a D.C. fire lieutenant was charged with neglect of duty in a delayed response to a choking toddler who later died, FOX 5 has learned he has not been disciplined and has chosen to retire.
This new development has deeply angered the baby's father. wo sources familiar with the process say Lt. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTTG-TV MyFox 5 DC
Fire stations in the city are crumbling and in “poor condition,” with some even lacking functional smoke detectors and carbon monoxide monitors, according to a city audit.
The report, commissioned by Mayor Martin J. Walsh, also calls for $22 million in spending over 15 years to replace 29 firetrucks and bring the department’s aging fleet of pump and ladder trucks in line with national standards. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: boston herald
“We really saw the best of the community that night. It wasn’t just firefighters helping out, it was neighbors rescuing neighbors,” Battalion Chief Scott Roseberry said of the actions he witnessed on Dec. 26 after Garland was hit by an EF4 tornado.
Garland’s first responders had already been taxed twice as two major flooding events caused widespread damage. - PUB DATE: 1/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse
