The FDNY recently released a list of twenty fire companies that will be closed on July 1 as part of Mayor Bloomberg’s budget cuts. The closings have been looming for years. But unlike in the seventies, when officials used complicated and ultimately flawed computer models that resulted in burned-out South Bronx vistas, the department is...Read More
The FDNY recently released a list of twenty fire companies that will be closed on July 1 as part of Mayor Bloomberg’s budget cuts. The closings have been looming for years. But unlike in the seventies, when officials used complicated and ultimately flawed computer models that resulted in burned-out South Bronx vistas, the department is...Read More
“Yeah, another sad day,” said Cleveland Firefighter Dave Renick as he turned in his fire helmet and gear along with 50 other firefighters yesterday. They were laid off because of the city’s budget crisis. “A lot of us have bought houses and started a family and going through this all over again when it could...Read More
An Asheville Fire Department firefighter was struck by a vehicle while performing hydrant testing on Sardis Road this morning. The firefighter sustained non-life threatening injuries when the incident happened at about 11 a.m. Fire and police officials are still investigating the accident. No other information was immediately available.Read More
An Asheville Fire Department firefighter was struck by a vehicle while performing hydrant testing on Sardis Road this morning. The firefighter sustained non-life threatening injuries when the incident happened at about 11 a.m. Fire and police officials are still investigating the accident. No other information was immediately available.Read More
A survey by the International Fire Chiefs Association almost 5 years ago asked this very question and found that 98.6% of all departments surveyed did not include any evaluation of the firefighter’s mental health. I am of the opinion from my brief travels that the percentage has not witnessed a measureable change in the ensuing...Read More
