On Jan. 17, 2001, police responded to a domestic dispute involving a man in camouflage gear waving a semiautomatic pistol. As two officers approached the Caln Township residence, a shot was fired "in such a manner as to place individuals in danger," court records … [Read more...]
Senators Tom Carper (D-Delaware) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) recentlyintroduced legislation aimed at strengthening the disability protections forthousands of federal firefighters nationwide. Under current law, the federalgovernment does not presume that certain illnesses … [Read more...]
Three out of four paramedic, EMT and firefighter recruits in the Boston area are overweight, a troubling trend that shows the obesity epidemic is weighing down even young recruits, according to a new study out today.Researchers reviewed pre-placement medical exams for 370 … [Read more...]
An 85-year-old French man who is hard of hearing mistook a 32 year old French Firefighter for a burglar and shot him to death in the southern French city of Belley yesterday. Neighbors had called the fire department because they were worried about the health of the … [Read more...]
H. Robert Superko, MD, principal investigator in the landmark FEMA-sponsored study of firefighters aged 40 and over conducted at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, released preliminary findings in the world's first study of first responders at risk of suffering sudden death or … [Read more...]
This is an update from this weeks W.Va apparatus crash. A 20-year veteran Firefighter is recovering after he was hurt in that fire apparatus rollover crash on Monday in Webster County. 53-year-old Erbacon FF Daniel Tharp was driving a 2,000 gallon … [Read more...]
(Sung to the tune of the "Lonely Goat-Herd" ....from The Sound of Music....a reminder video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzMWNEo8LbI "New built homes ..they...seldom catch fire" Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo!"Fire sprink-ler … [Read more...]