NY POST May 28, 2005 A furious fire union head yesterday denied claims he is jeopardizing lives and insisted he'd keep urging firefighters to stop at every red light — but a Bronx fire crew ignored the edict when it raced to a fire to rescue a family of four. "We … [Read more...]
L.A. FIREFIGHTER DEATH PROMPTS "WARNING" TO FIRE DEPT'S NATIONWIDE
LOS ANGELES – Fire departments nationwide are being urged to ban rides on the back of engines after a rookie Los Angeles firefighter was run over last year. The death of Jaime L. Foster prompted an investigation by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. … [Read more...]
FIRE TRUCK HIT ON WAY TO FIRE
The Omaha Channel OMAHA, Neb. -- An Omaha fire truck responding to a house fire was hit by a car Friday morning. The collision between the car and fire truck happened at 60th Street and Ames Avenue. Omaha police said the car's driver may have been distracted by a cruiser … [Read more...]
L.A. FIREFIGHTER DEATH PROMPTS “WARNING” TO FIRE DEPT’S NATIONWIDE
LOS ANGELES – Fire departments nationwide are being urged to ban rides on the back of engines after a rookie Los Angeles firefighter was run over last year. The death of Jaime L. Foster prompted an investigation by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. … [Read more...]
FIRE RESPONSE LAGS IN THE CITY, EXPOSING A RIFT
NY TIMES Fire response times in New York City have risen sharply for eight months, worrying Fire Department officials who say that if the trend continues, responses to fires this year will be the slowest in a decade. The average response time to structural fires this year has … [Read more...]
BURNING MAD AT FIREFIGHTERS UNION RE: FIRE RESPONSE
NY DAILY NEWS Thursday, May 26th, 2005 Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta accused the city's top fire unions yesterday of jeopardizing the lives of New Yorkers by deliberately slowing the response times to emergencies. The unprecedented charges came in a stunning letter that … [Read more...]
OFF DUTY FIREFIGHTER STRUCK BY CAR DIES FOLLOWING INCIDENT
BY KEN KOSKY www.nwitimes.com 219.462.5151 The entire story ran on nwitimes.com on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:43 AM CDT UNION TOWNSHIP | The firefighter struck by a hit-and-run driver while standing in front of his home Sunday afternoon has died. Patrick Gallagher, 55, of Roxbury … [Read more...]
ABC13 Eyewitness News (5/25/05 - HOUSTON) — A firefighter is recovering after he was run over by his own ambulance in west Houston. Police say two firefighters got out of their ambulance to get breakfast along Washington near Snover but forgot to put the vehicle in park. … [Read more...]
MAN HIT AND KILLED BY EMS UNIT IN GEORGIA
May 26, 2005 Lowndes County, Georgia - A mangled mess is all that's left of Phillip Phelps' Honda Civic. He died Wednesday night when his car was hit by an ambulance transporting a critical patient. "It sounded like a big boom and I saw the Honda flying into the ditch over … [Read more...]
ISI SCBA – SUDDEN LOSS OF AIR SUPPLY
We are a relatively small fire department. Our department recently purchased ISI Viking high-pressure SCBA's. On a few separate occasions during the first winter we encountered a potentially serious situation when the scba's would suddenly 'free flow' and lose air quickly as if … [Read more...]