Steph Bouillion never thought she’d be a firefighter.
The odds seemed to be against her. Last December, the 27-year-old became one of just two women hired by the Garland Fire Department in nearly 15 years.
“I know I’m one of a few,” she said.
In North Texas, female firefighters are scarce. Data provided to The Dallas Morning News by 20 fire departments in the Dallas-Fort Worth area shows that as of June, women made up more than 2 percent of firefighters in just six departments.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the dallas morning news
Officials confirmed that a suspect is now in custody.
This is now a homicide and fire investigation. Family members tell us a 68-year-old man was shot and killed early this morning on Selden Road. Sheriff Patrick O'Flynn says it appears the suspect wanted police to shoot him.
Officials say the suspect set his own house on fire and then went to a neighbor's house and shot a man, who was in bed.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC-TV NBC 10 Rochester
As a public safety provider in Las Vegas we repeatedly heard the phrase, "It is a dry heat." When summer temperatures soar above 100 degree and stay there overnight radiating into the next day, it is common to retreat to a chilled dayroom in the fire station.
Company officers push their crews to pre-hydrate as at any time a vehicle crash or fire during the midday desert heat would tax even the most physically fit firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1
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
On November 28, 9 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On November 27, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On November 26, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On November 24, 6 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
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
On November 26, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On November 25, 4 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On November 24, 5 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On November 23, 17 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On November 24, 2 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On November 23, 19 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
On November 18, 3 residential fire fatalities were reported by the Nation's news media.
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