At least four aerials and six engines were incorrectly listed in a spreadsheet fire officials provided to D.C. Council’s public safety committee. The firefighters union uncovered the discrepancies by checking serial numbers and conducting a station-by-station inventory.
Consolidation, amalgamation and/or reduction of fire services are increasing trends. In this case two departments are seeking to consolidate into one fire district to increase the number of volunteer firefighters, share equipment and merge services.
Community Care workers who are aware of vulnerable residents who are hearing impaired or mobility challenged will share that information with the fire service to ensure the best possible response.
Damage to building structural elements, elevators, stairs, and fire protection systems caused by the shaking from a major earthquake can play a critical role in the spread of fire and hamper the ability of occupants to evacuate. These are among the conclusions reached in a groundbreaking study of post-earthquake building fire performance conducted in 2012.
One proposal calls for dramatic changes to work schedules such that they concentrate more paramedic shifts during peak times. The union that represents the paramedics agrees with the fire chief that the issue is not, as the firefighters union argues, insufficient resources but a lack of flexibility in the system.
A detailed description of a battery fire on board a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Boston’s Logan Airport has been released by a US regulator but no cause has been specified.
Every bottle sold of the new Tribute Wine from Distant Cellars, a family-owned winery in Fiddletown, California, will support the work of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
A US federal jury acquitted a man charged with arranging to start a fire that destroyed a pizza restaurant, but he may still be punished for that crime through something called “acquitted-conduct sentencing.”
The Skokie, Illlinois fire department invites residents to attend a Citizens’ Fire Academy. The eleven week program takes place for three hours each Tuesday evening.
A University of Minnesota assistant professor, Lucy Dunne, is working to come up with a way firefighters can find their way around a smoke-filled environment without having to touch anything with their gloves.