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PA FIRE CHIEF VERY APPROPRIATELY WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF BUDGET CUTS

Friday, November 6, 2009

Cutting $3 million out of the Reading Fire Bureau's budget next year will require major cutbacks in the way the city responds to fires and ambulance calls, a worried Fire Chief William H. Rehr III said Thursday.

(By Don Spatz -Reading Eagle)
The expected layoffs of 16 firefigh... [ more ]

READING FIRE CHIEF

NC FF LODD

Friday, November 6, 2009

It is with deep regret that we advise you that Deputy Chief Chad Eric Greene, 34, Union Cross Fire and Rescue, died yesterday, 11/04/2009 after responding to a vehicle crash and completing a shift with Union Cross Fire Department in Forsyth County. He was found un... [ more ]

Indiana Firefighter Injured - Fell Through Roof

Friday, November 6, 2009

A Richmond firefighter is resting at home after falling through a roof while battling an attic fire Wednesday.

Lt. Harold Erbse, a 21-year veteran, fell to the floor at 3408 Breckenridge Drive while carrying an air tank. He wasn't seriously injured.

"I know he's going to... [ more ]

Canadian Volunteer Firefighter Killed Assisting at Crash Scene

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Police have identified the Good Samaritan killed in a multi-vehicle crash, Tuesday morning, north of Barrie, as a Parry Sound-area man who was a volunteer firefighter and former police auxiliary officer in his hometown.

Steven Fleming, 52, of McDougall Township, was a longtime Bell C... [ more ]

Nebraska Fire Captain Allegedly Threatens to Kill Fire Chief

Thursday, November 5, 2009

A fire captain has been placed on paid leave and ordered to stay away from all City of Omaha public buildings including fire stations after he allegedly threatened to kill the fire chief.

A letter obtained by 'Action 3 News,' Captain John Gruttemeyer is told by the city's A... [ more ]

Captain John Gruttenmeyer

Chief Mike McDonnell

Tennessee Citizen Suing City and Fire Apparatus Driver Over Non-Emergency Driving Mishap with Fire Apparatus

Thursday, November 5, 2009

The city of Franklin is being sued by a woman who was injured when her car was struck by a fire truck.

Mary Ellen Murphy, 53, is seeking more than $100,000 from the city and John E. Pratt, who was driving the fire truck that struck her car on Oct... [ more ]

PA. FF LODD-Medical After a Run

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

It is with deep regret that we advise you that a 47 year old Firefighter of the Amity Fire Department, Berks County, has died following run.

Firefighter Robert Stone age 47, who was not married, responded to a CO alarm at a residence. After returning, FF Stone left the fire stati... [ more ]

RESPONDING APPARATUS STRUCK IN DELAWARE---CIVILIAN CELL PHONING DRIVER AT FAULT

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Two people were injured today in a collision between a car and a Christiana Fire Company ladder truck on U.S. 40 in Bear. The civilian driver drove around cars yielding for the ladder, and struck it. All members belted in. The civilian driver was reported to be on their cell phone at the time of ... [ more ]

Firefighters and others treated at a hospital after Freon leak

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Four firefighters and two civilians were treated at a hospital after a Freon leak inside a refrigerator unit at a Ralphs market in Irvine filled the air with that hazardous chemical, according to officials.

Firefighters were called to the market at Alton Parkway and Jeffrey Road just... [ more ]

CIVILIAN BLOWS RED LIGHT AND STRIKES FIRE APPARATUS IN INDIANA - FIREFIGHTERS DOING OK

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

In Kokomo (IN) on Saturday there was an apparatus crash that injured four and heavily damaged their apparatus. Kokomo police have exonerated the three firefighters involved in the crash but state the Firefighters were not belted in.

One of those three Firefighters, James ... [ more ]

WHAT GOES UP-MUST COME DOWN-BEWARE...BE WELL AWARE OF WHAT IS ABOVE YOU WHEN WORKING INTERIOR

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

A three-alarm fire destroyed a Nassau Street building that housed two restaurants in Princeton NJ late last summer. These pictures show the outside, but also the interior-where a large HVAC unit came down following removal of the members operating interior. BE AWARE!

NOTE HVAC UNIT

FIRE SPREADS FASTER WHEN FIRE STATIONS ARE SHUT DOWN - PLAIN AND SIMPLE MATH "Waterless Truck Company Arrives First"

Monday, November 2, 2009

Sacramento City (California) Firefighters say it took longer to extinguish a house fire because the closest station was partially closed due to budget constraints. A fire last night in the tony Curtis Park neighborhood caused extensive damage to a two story home. A fire truck from station six in ... [ more ]

CAN YOU SEE ME NOW? GOOD! CHESHIRE (CT) FIREFIGHTERS "GET IT"

Monday, November 2, 2009

The Town of Cheshire, CT Fire Department just took delivery of a new 2009 Pierce Arrow XT for Engine 6. In addition to the front and rear chevrons, the Department's Apparatus Committee chose to add chevrons to the entire rear wall of the crew cab. This was done to increase visibility from ... [ more ]

NEW RADIO SYSTEM IN WISCONSIN CONCERNS FIREFIGHTERS - - "We don't want to be guinea pigs"

Monday, November 2, 2009

Marathon County is paying an overseas company millions of dollars (some of those dollars are Federal Grant monies) to improve the effectiveness of its emergency-radio system, but some firefighters worry the new equipment is unreliable and could endanger lives.

... [ more ]

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

CAR T-BONES FIRE APPARATUS IN DENVER-FF's FINE

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Denver police are investigating a collision between a fire truck and a car that happened just before 11 a.m. Sunday. The fire truck was returning from a call and was not running lights or sirens. The car t-boned the truck, but it's not known who caused the accident. A person in the sedan suf... [ more ]

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