Firefighters in Canberra are suffering from injuries commonly seen in skiers, but their boots are to blame.
University of Canberra assistant professor Wayne Spratford said the boots worn by firefighters are a root cause in an abnormally high number of back, knee and hip injuries.
“We looked at their boots and found they used a boot that constrained the ankle — basically the ankle can’t move,” Spratford told the Canberra Times.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
A Sussex firefighter is arrested, accused of driving drunk behind the wheel of a fire truck and hitting a parked car. He was taken off the force, immediately. The fire chief told WISN 12 News reporter Christina Palladino as soon as he learned of the incident Monday, he placed the firefighter on administrative leave.
- PUB DATE: 6/1/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
On May 31, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On May 30, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On May 27, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On May 25, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On May 30, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
A wrong turn on the way home from Taco Bell changed Adam Thiel's life. It was 24 years ago when the then-19-year-old student at American University got lost returning to campus and passed a firehouse advertising free EMT lessons.
Thiel, impressed by the emergency responders who rushed his father to the hospital when he was dying of cancer, signed up and never looked back.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: philly.com
New Syracuse firefighters will have to reside in the city for the first five years of their career under the terms of a three-year union contract ratified this week by firefighters.
That's a first for Syracuse firefighters, who previously were exempt from residency requirements under state law.
The state law, which exempts police, fire and sanitation workers, can be superseded by local collective bargaining agreements, said Paul Motondo, president of Local 280 of the International Association of Fire Fighters.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Syracuse Post-Standard & Syracuse.com
Police throughout the metro area expect this fall to start routinely calling for an ambulance to carry people suffering a mental health crisis to the hospital instead of handcuffing them in the back of a patrol car for the ride.
The state has adopted new rules that allow for ambulance services to apply to provide secure transport for people suffering behavioral health problems.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the oregonian
Dallas paramedics are making plenty of house calls, but they’re not making much money for the city.
Officials started the Mobile Community Healthcare program last year with the hope that that it could pay for itself using fees from hospitals that want to alleviate the burden on their emergency rooms.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: dallas morning news
A man and dog escaped a fire that erupted at noon Saturday and destroyed the home at 435 New St., Germania Hose Company Chief Joe Bender said.
Three firefighters sustained minor injuries when a fire engine malfunctioned as the crew was setting up to pump water, and the vehicle’s windshield smashed into a tree after the fire engine began rolling, Bender said.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: citizens voice
On May 30, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.
On May 27, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On May 25, 8 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On May 29, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On May 27, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On May 24, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On May 28, 0 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On May 27, 1 residential fire fatality was reported by the Nation's news media.
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