A city-commissioned review to be released Tuesday found pervasive “locker room talk” and an unwelcoming culture toward women in the largely male ranks of the Boston Fire Department and urged city officials to take several steps to boost the number of women on the force. Just 16 women are in the 1,500-member Fire Department, which has been criticized three separate times for its culture over the past 19 years.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe

President Donald Trump said in a Wednesday tweet that he is cutting off federal money to fight California wildfires, claiming the money is being wasted. "Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forrest fires that, with proper Forest Management, would never happen," Trump said. "Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

VIDEO: The discontent among the state of Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund members is understandable. They signed up for jobs that provided pensions and paid health care. Now, coverage for 8,000 of the retirees has been cut. Daniel Graham, Communications Director for the fund was asked about the cuts.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland 19 News

VIDEO: Driving a fire engine is more difficult than firefighters make it look, especially when rushing to a fire. New simulation technology is now available to help prepare firefighters for any situation. Shawn Priddy, Herrin Fire Chief explains how the simulation works, "There's scenarios where you respond with lights and sirens, there's blind intersections that you can't see around, vehicles run red lights like in everyday life, there's people that walk out in front of you, there's times you're in a rural sitting and deer come across the road so it's a very lifelike experience.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSIL-TV 3

The city of Canandaigua was within its rights to terminate former Canandaigua Fire Chief Mark Marentette and followed due process in doing so, according to a decision dated Jan. 8 from United States District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. Marentette in September 2017 filed a civil rights suit claiming his 1st and 14th Amendment rights were violated when he was fired and his right to a fair hearing was violated.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Messenger

A city-commissioned review to be released Tuesday found pervasive “locker room talk” and an unwelcoming culture toward women in the largely male ranks of the Boston Fire Department and urged city officials to take several steps to boost the number of women on the force. Just 16 women are in the 1,500-member Fire Department, which has been criticized three separate times for its culture over the past 19 years.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Globe

President Donald Trump said in a Wednesday tweet that he is cutting off federal money to fight California wildfires, claiming the money is being wasted. "Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forrest fires that, with proper Forest Management, would never happen," Trump said. "Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

VIDEO: The discontent among the state of Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund members is understandable. They signed up for jobs that provided pensions and paid health care. Now, coverage for 8,000 of the retirees has been cut. Daniel Graham, Communications Director for the fund was asked about the cuts.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland 19 News

VIDEO: Driving a fire engine is more difficult than firefighters make it look, especially when rushing to a fire. New simulation technology is now available to help prepare firefighters for any situation. Shawn Priddy, Herrin Fire Chief explains how the simulation works, "There's scenarios where you respond with lights and sirens, there's blind intersections that you can't see around, vehicles run red lights like in everyday life, there's people that walk out in front of you, there's times you're in a rural sitting and deer come across the road so it's a very lifelike experience.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSIL-TV 3

The city of Canandaigua was within its rights to terminate former Canandaigua Fire Chief Mark Marentette and followed due process in doing so, according to a decision dated Jan. 8 from United States District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford. Marentette in September 2017 filed a civil rights suit claiming his 1st and 14th Amendment rights were violated when he was fired and his right to a fair hearing was violated.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Messenger

A 71-year-old Kenosha man is in custody, accused of driving a vehicle that struck a bicyclist late Monday night resulting in the death of the 18-year-old man from Racine. Mount Pleasant police on Tuesday night identified the victim as Teren Cagle, who died at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa where he was taken after the crash.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 9:17:30 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

A 71-year-old Kenosha man is in custody, accused of driving a vehicle that struck a bicyclist late Monday night resulting in the death of the 18-year-old man from Racine. Mount Pleasant police on Tuesday night identified the victim as Teren Cagle, who died at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa where he was taken after the crash.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 9:17:30 PM - SOURCE: Racine Journal Times

Firefighters extinguished a structure fire in a detached garage at a home on Madison's east side, according to officials with the Madison Fire Department. High wind conditions pushed flames toward the house and forced officials to call for additional crews. The fire was quickly controlled. Officials said the fire was reported around 4:53 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 4:04:42 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

Firefighters extinguished a structure fire in a detached garage at a home on Madison's east side, according to officials with the Madison Fire Department. High wind conditions pushed flames toward the house and forced officials to call for additional crews. The fire was quickly controlled. Officials said the fire was reported around 4:53 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 4:04:42 PM - SOURCE: WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison

The city of Wilmington and its mayors' "failure to care" and "indifference" led to the deaths of three Wilmington firefighters and serious injuries to another three in a row home arson in Canby Park in 2016, according to the latest round of court documents filed in a civil lawsuit in the case, obtained by WDEL.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDEL 1150AM & WDEL.com

A Sarasota ambulance responded to a call early Monday morning and was struck by multiple bullets, according to police. Sarasota police responded to reports of the Sarasota County Fire Department being shot upon during a call on Goodrich Avenue at approximately 4 a.m. The ambulance was dispatched to 2932 Goodrich Avenue in Sarasota for an individual who had fallen.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTS Tampa Bay

Since his earliest memories, Jason Hufford has always wanted to be a firefighter. But what he wasn't prepared for were the many traumatic experiences that would have an affect on his mind and eventually, his body. Nor was he prepared for the yearlong journey he endured to become an advocate for first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Advocate

A new study published in the Emergency Medicine Journal shows that the much-talked-about threat of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA, isn't just found inside hospitals. The research shows the threat exists for patients before they even get to a hospital bed, with the potentially deadly bacteria showing up on oxygen tanks in ambulances, ambulance floors and even on ambulance door handles.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Healthcare Finance

VIDEO: Illinois firefighters survived flames erupting through an outside window while battling a house fire recently. The Decatur Fire Department posted a video taken by a resident of the Dec. 28 close call for the crew. In it, firefighters including one on a ladder are outside, near one of the windows, as they're fighting the home blaze.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com

The city of Wilmington and its mayors' "failure to care" and "indifference" led to the deaths of three Wilmington firefighters and serious injuries to another three in a row home arson in Canby Park in 2016, according to the latest round of court documents filed in a civil lawsuit in the case, obtained by WDEL.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDEL 1150AM & WDEL.com