Monday October 25, 2004 Mobile Technology Enhances Firefighter Safety and Security (NOTE: THIS IS A PRESS RELEASE FROM MOTOROLA)SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fire departments in Orland Park, Illinois and Brook Park, Ohio are the first to install Motorola's … [Read more...]
TOWN VOTES AGAINST GIVING BENEFITS TO FALLEN FIREFIGHTER’S FAMILY
Sentinel & EnterpriseWednesday, November 03, 2004 LANCASTER, MA -- Town residents voted against providing Martin McNamara V's widow and family with annual death benefits following his death fighting a fire in November 2003. After waiting anxiously for several hours as the … [Read more...]
Former Lancaster firefighter Sean Whitney protested voters decision to deny survivor benefits to a firefighters family. (AP Photo)The Boston GlobeBy Peter Schworm, Globe StaffNovember 9, 2004LANCASTER -- Reeling from the bitter aftermath of the … [Read more...]
REPORT INTO L-A FIREFIGHTER’S DEATH FINDS NO HUMAN ERROR
November 13, 2004LOS ANGELES The rookie Los Angeles firefighter who was crushed by her own fire engine was not killed because of human error or mechanical problems. That's the finding of a preliminary report into the death of 25-year-old Jaime Foster.The Fire Department report … [Read more...]
MORE PROBLEMS REPORTED WITH PHILADELPHIA’S FIRE/POLICE EMERGENCY RADIO SYSTEM
By Jennifer LinINQUIRER STAFF WRITER 10-4-04Both the Philadelphia Police and Fire departments reported problems over the weekend with the city's new, Motorola public-safety radio system.For 15 hours last Sunday, firefighters said their radio messages were cut short. The police … [Read more...]
TENNESSEE FIREFIGHTER RECRUIT COLLAPSES DURING “HELL NIGHT”, EXPERT SAYS TRAINING OVER THE EDGE
October 15, 2004Courtesy of The Commercial Appeal A national fire training expert says the eight-hour training session called "Hell Night" that left a recruit in a coma is nothing short of hazing. And the recruit's family agrees. "Something ain't right," said Kevin Coleman, whose … [Read more...]
SITES LISTED WHERE ‘NOISE’ BLOCKS FIREFIGHTERS’ RADIOS
Philadelphia Inquirer 10-16-04"... the Philadelphia Fire Department has warned firefighters to watch out for radio problems at 44 locations where the city has confirmed that cell-phone signals are interfering with public-safety radios..."In a memo obtained by The Inquirer, the … [Read more...]
Courtesy of Herald-RepublicanPLEASANT LAKE Helping people, riding horses, being outdoors and spending quality time with his family. Thats what Fred Smith liked to do. And thats what he was doing when he had a tragic accident Sunday while riding his horse at the Taking The Reins … [Read more...]
GUN PUT TO FIREFIGHTER’S HEAD DURING RESCUE ATTEMPT IN TACOMA
The Associated Press 3/8/2005TACOMA, Wash. (AP) A woman being carried out of a burning house put a gun to a firefighter's head and pulled the trigger repeatedly but was out of bullets following the shooting death of her boyfriend, police say.The woman, in her late 50s, was … [Read more...]
CENTERVILLE, Ohio -- Police and firefighters evacuated two dozen apartments after a fire raced through a Centerville apartment complex early Monday morning. The blaze happened about 2 a.m. at the Revere Village Apartments on Route 48 near Spring Valley Road. Authorities said all … [Read more...]