Editor’s note: If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. Nicole Mittendorf (right) and her husband Steve. Mittendorf died by suicide a decade ago.(Courtesy Jennifer Clardy Chalmers) Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger approved a bill Monday night that decriminalizes suicide, abolishing the centuries-old...Read More
By Frank Leto – Most firefighters can name a call they still think about years later. Anyone who has spent time in this work knows that some calls echo long after the sirens stop. Recently, the London Assembly Fire Committee reported that sickness absence within the London Fire Brigade has cost an estimated £84 million since 2021,...Read More
All, It’s “that” time again, where the pilgrimage to Indianapolis (Cincinnati before that and Memphis before that with one year in KC) occurs….with nothing but opportunity to learn from so many, as well as visiting the exhibits. My first was in 1977 and have never missed one. It has always been a great mix of...Read More
It’s “that” time again, where the pilgrimage to Indianapolis (Cincinnati before that and Memphis before that with one year in KC) occurs….with nothing but opportunity to learn from so many, as well as visiting the exhibits. My first was in 1977 and have never missed one. It has always been a great mix of what...Read More
A man is charged with assaulting two New York City EMTs responding to a 911 call in the Bronx, but the suspect’s loved ones said Friday the entire situation could have been avoided. Crews were cleaning up the mess left behind at the apartment building on Sedgwick Avenue off 179th Street in the Morris Heights...Read More
