Four Long Beach firefighters were hospitalized Thursday morning after a concrete pump truck collided with their fire engine on the southbound San Gabriel (605) Freeway. The firefighters and the pump-truck driver all suffered moderate to serious injuries in the early-morning crash but were expected to make full recoveries, said Long Beach Fire Department Capt. Rich...Read More
The plan to cut 11 firefighters to balance the Lorain Fire Department’s 2010 budget is “devastating,” fire Chief Tom Brown said. The chief lashed out about this week’s arbitration ruling in favor of firefighters who claimed the administration’s plan to defer some pay until next year violated their work contract. Since the plan to save...Read More
IAFC Presdient Chief Jeffrey D. Johnson recently testified before Congress on the need for an interoperable nationwide public safety network. To read his comments and to see other related information, surf to: http://www.iafc.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=526Read More
From The Register-Mail GALESBURG — Four people were sent to a local hospital Sunday after an ambulance collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Knox highways 7 and 9.A Galesburg Hospitals Ambulance Service ambulance driven by Ronald D. Myler, 46, 1124 E. Euclid Ave., Monmouth, hit a vehicle driven by Gerald J. Rohrig, 56,...Read More
