Firefighters weren’t paying attention and hadn’t been properly trained when a brand new $1.1 million fire truck was seriously damaged and put out of service during a training exercise in October, according to a report released Friday. Fire Chief James Wilson has been directed to immediately establish new standard operating guidelines that also were found...Read More
A volunteer fireman suffered minor injuries after being hit by a truck while he was responding to a fire early Saturday in the Dundee area. The firefighter, 28, was released after treatment at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in Dover, according to Sgt. Robert Simone of the Ohio Highway Patrol. Troopers from the highway patrol and...Read More
By Steve Hughes, Times-Union: A former firefighter was killed after a fire broke out in his home Saturday evening. Coxsackie Fire Chief Shawn Burdick said the fire was reported just after 7 p.m. at 53 Washington Ave. The Greene County coroner identified the victim as Larry Connolly, 74. Burdick said he was a lifetime member of...Read More
