by Dustin Walker Wednesday April 06, 2005Jasper Booster — The tragic deaths of two Yellowknife firefighters hit home for members of every fire department in Canada - and especially for Jasper’s fire chief. Greg Van Tighem was asked to travel to Yellowknife on March 25 … [Read more...]
BY WILLIAM MURPHY NEWSDAY STAFF WRITER NIOSH VIEW REPORTApril 14, 2005 A federal report sharply criticizes Fire Department procedures in the death of a firefighter in a Manhattan mattress factory on Dec. 16, 2003. Among other things, the report said Firefighter Thomas Brick and … [Read more...]
4-12-05 Courtesy of New York PostApril 12, 2005 -- A blaze in a small building in Central Park yesterday took nearly two hours to bring under control after a fire engine got stuck in the mud — and the three closest hydrants didn't work, officials said. Five firefighters … [Read more...]
Tribune staff report Published November 16, 2004, 2:41 PM CST A company that applies military technology to mobile communications networks is the latest acquisition of Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. Motorola today said it would buy MeshNetworks, a company developing wireless … [Read more...]
WIRES DOWN ? SECURE THE AREA!!
While working on his third working fire in a 14 hr. period, a Lieutenant on our department walked around the back of a fully involved structure and stepped on live "downed" power lines. It had been announced by the I/C over the radio that there were power lines down at … [Read more...]
UPDATE: (WV) FIREFIGHTERS STRUCK-POWER WORKER KILLED
April 6, 2005----(WV) Allegheny Power Worker Killed http://www.wvmetronews.com/home.cfm Capon Springs, West VirginiaOne man is dead and several recovering from injuries today after a freak accident along a remote stretch of West Virginia highway. Hampshire County Sheriff Nathan … [Read more...]
RADIO SYSTEM’S DEAD SPOTS BEING RESOLVED
By: BRIAN CALLAWAY (Fri, Jan/07/2005) Bucks County commissioners approved a $221,000 deal Wednesday to continue filling "dead spots" in the county's emergency radio system. The county will lease space for antennas on a communications tower in Lower Makefield to boost … [Read more...]