Village officials say public safety could be at risk if relations between the Rochester and Waterford fire departments are not improved.
At a specially called meeting Monday at Rochester Village Hall, the Rochester and Waterford fire chiefs said they will consider breaking an automatic response mutual aid agreement due to problems between the organizations. - PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the journal times
VIDEO - A crash involving a fire truck in West Philadelphia left several firefighters injured Sunday morning.
Fire officials said the crash, in which a vehicle partially rolled over, happened about 10 a.m. at 55th Street and Baltimore Avenue. Authorities confirmed that Philadelphia Fire Department Ladder 13 was involved in the crash. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbc philadelphia
For more than an hour in August 2014, Shannon Browne sat with investigators at CHP’s Valley Division office in Sacramento, at first hesitant, then growing more confident as she laid out her concerns. Instructors were manipulating scores on tests at Cal Fire’s firefighting academy in Ione, she told the officers. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sacramento bee
A federal judge has ruled a former Orono fire chief’s lawsuit against the town may go forward on the age discrimination and retaliation counts.
U.S. Magistrate Judge John Nivison on Wednesday dismissed Norman “Buddy” Webb’s allegation that he was discriminated against based on a disability.
Webb, 65, of Orono, is seeking compensatory damages, including back pay and pay he would have received had he not been fired, and attorney’s fees. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: bangor daily news
A psychologist’s report on an obscure subject is complicating Jacksonville’s already-difficult position in a long court fight over whether it discriminates against black firefighters seeking promotions.
The Justice Department has sued the city since 2012, saying low numbers of black firefighters who advance in rank suggest biased testing. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the florida times-union
A man who apparently got stuck in the chimney of a Huron home during a botched burglary attempt died Saturday after the homeowners lit a fire in the fireplace, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said.
Lt. Brandon Pursell said deputies received a 911 call to the 16000 block of West Gale Avenue just before 3 p. - PUB DATE: 11/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: fresno bee
The city’s firefighters are sabotaging a cost-savings plan by calling in sick and claiming on-the-job injuries, Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Paré said Tuesday, citing statistics and a handful of incidents that point to what he describes as a “manipulation” of the Fire Department’s injury policy. - PUB DATE: 11/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal
PHOTOS - Local police officers and firefighters donned some new uniforms Friday to play superheroes for pediatric patients.
Dressed as popular superheroes such as Spiderman, Batman and Captain America, members of SAPD’s SWAT team and SAFD’s Rescue Team rappelled down the side of North Central Baptist Hospital while numerous children watched through their windows. - PUB DATE: 11/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: mysanantonio.com
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released Phase One of its first Local Fire Department Wildfire Preparedness and Readiness Capabilities Study. The study takes a look at current preparedness and readiness levels of local wildland/urban interface (WUI) fire departments that have experienced a significant wildfire event in recent years, and identifies the most important elements in a WUI fire protection program, including response and community risk reduction efforts. - PUB DATE: 11/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association
Sgt. Vince Smith spent more than 20 years with the Detroit Fire Department but he was more than a brave firefighter. Now, his fellow firefighters are honoring their fallen comrade who died in his sleep while on the job last week.
On Tuesday, the crew from Engine 48 spent part of their day passing out food to the homeless to keep Sgt. - PUB DATE: 11/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJBK Fox2Detroit
Boynton Beach firefighters who work out of Station 3 have been asked to get chest X-rays after two of them were found to have feces and feathers in their blood and lungs, The Palm Beach Post has learned from city officials.
The station at Congress Avenue and Miner Road has been closed for more than a month, and employees have been working out of Station 5, which is southeast of there at High Ridge Road. - PUB DATE: 11/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: palm beach post
Four firefighters have sued the Santa Clara Waste Water Co. over injuries they said they sustained at the scene of a chemical explosion at the company's plant a year ago.
Santa Paula firefighters Matt May, Matt Lindsey and Milo Bustillos along with Ventura County firefighter Lucas Beller filed the suit last week, alleging negligence and misrepresentation. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ventura county star
Brian Crawford noticed something curious during his two-year stint as chief of Plano Fire-Rescue: Lots of Dallas firefighters wanted to work in his city.
Crawford, who hired a few of them before he left this year to become Shreveport’s city manager, said plenty of firefighters want to work in Plano. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: dallas morning news
Early detection of lung cancer is now a possibility for 100 Phoenix firefighters who have been tested as a result of a grant.
The Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona union received a $50,000 grant from Arizona Public Service to test 100 Phoenix firefighters for lung cancer. According to a press release, the Phoenix firefighters will be the first in Arizona to receive the LuCED test. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the arizona republic
The Tampa Tribune prides itself on reflecting a variety of views, including those that may not be popular. We strive on a daily basis to provide our readers in digital and print an outlet to be informed.
As publisher of the Tribune, I’m no different than other readers. I frequently see articles that get my Irish up, but a syndicated commentary we published Sept. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Tampa Tribune
While city cops and firefighters participated in a much-touted terror drill at a Manhattan subway station Sunday, several EMTs griped that it was a farce as far as their unit is concerned — because it’s still nearly impossible for them to communicate underground.
“The Fire Department is gloating, saying, ‘We’re ready for it, and we can handle everything,’ but they really aren’t,” said a frustrated EMT who questioned how the three-hour drill among the NYPD, FDNY and Department of Homeland Security could be successful in a real terror scenario given the weak radio signals. - PUB DATE: 11/24/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post
PHOTO - A North Carolina man faces charges in an accident involving a tractor trailer, a fire truck and a Dinwiddie Sheriff's Office vehicle on I-85.
Police have charged Lonnie Mixter of Highpoint, NC with reckless driving after his tractor trailer struck the fire truck, causing it to hit the sheriff's deputy car and split in half. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6
Strong, shifting winds that dramatically fanned a wildfire near Twisp in Okanogan County in August pushed walls of flames and smoke onto a team of firefighters, catching them off-guard and forcing them to retreat blindly down a winding dirt road to their deaths, according to a joint state and federal report released Friday. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: seattle times
A Houston firefighter survived a scare late Friday afternoon.
His crew was cutting a hole in the roof of a south-side home to put a fire out when he fell through.
"He fell through in such a way that the guys that were on the roof weren't able to pull him out," said HFD Deputy Chief Herman Gonzales. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK abc 13
A recent question about the appropriate title for Doña Ana County's top fire official brought to the forefront a power struggle that's been simmering for years between county administrators and volunteer fire districts across the county.
County commissioners answered the question definitively when they voted unanimously earlier this month to change Robert Monsivaiz's title from "fire marshal" to "fire chief. - PUB DATE: 11/23/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Cruces Sun-News
