Recent Fire News

• 2018 AFG award news and 2019 grant updates

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  New information from FEMA concerning the application and award schedule

• How leading organizations put firefighter health and safety first

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  The Florida Firefighters Safety and Health Collaborative and the Denver Fire Department are co-recipients of the 2019 Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes Fire Service Safety Leadership Award

• Firefighter decontamination challenges: Knowledge versus practice

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  Is the increased awareness about the risk of cancer moving firefighters to take action?

• NM fire department to create EMS division

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  Each of the city's five fire stations has one or two ambulances and is staffed by at least one paramedic and one firefighter/EMT

• Calif. city installs solar panels on fire department roof

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  The city of Marysville notes the installed solar systems are expected to generate more than 270,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually

• Ind. legislation seeks to protect fire districts' territory

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  The bill seeks to add more protections for fire protection districts that could have part of their territories annexed by nearby municipalities

• Mo. firefighters rescue veteran whose wheelchair got stuck

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  The Raytown Fire District tweeted a video showing three firefighters pushing the man seven blocks to his home

• Conn. fire association explains need for a Rapid Intervention Team

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  In Bridgeport, he team handles any firefighter emergency that happens on scene and is made up of at least four firefighters

• Storm damages roof of NC fire department

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  There were reports of trees and power lines also damaged in the area, but there was no report of a tornado at the time

• Fire officer training: 6 ways to make safer firefighters

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  The company officer plays a critical role in firefighter safety; here are steps the officer can take build a culture of safety

• Firefighter's Jeep stolen from station while crew responded to call

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  The Cicero Fire Department left the station to investigate a fire alarm and a man was caught on surveillance walking into the station and stealing a set of keys from the lockers

• NY volunteer FDs seek right to send bills for EMS calls

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  Volunteer fire companies foot the bill for everything associated with an ambulance, which he estimated comes in between $160,000 and $200,000

• 911 dispatch protections bill passes Ohio Senate

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  The bill would add 911 operators as one of the professions whose residential and familial information is exempted from public record in order to better protect them from harm and harassment

• 8 firefighters hospitalized after Ariz. battery facility explosion

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  Crews from both the Peoria Fire-Medical Department and the Surprise Fire Department were investigating after a bystander saw smoke when the explosion occurred

• Shortage of dispatchers prompts Maine to consider improving benefits

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  A proposed bill would open up special state retirement plans that previously were available only to police, fire and EMS personnel

• CAL FIRE announces $43M in grants to fund 66 fire prevention projects

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  Fire prevention grants will enable local organizations to fund prevention activities, such as fuel reduction, wildfire planning and fire prevention education

• Calif. first responders with PTSD seek workers’ comp for mental trauma

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  A new bill would shift the burden of proof away from first responders and place it on the agencies to disprove mental trauma on the job

• Wash. firefighter, mayor candidate reprimanded for conducting campaign activities on duty

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  Shawn Poole was reprimanded by the city last fall for using images of city property in campaign materials, posting information he learned through his work as a firefighter online and campaigning while on duty

• Fla. cancer coverage bill gains support

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  A bill that would grant firefighters cancer coverage is being fast-tracked to clear the legislature this year

• Okla. officials: Dispatchers are 'priceless'

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  "Our dispatchers are the first line of defense for not only the people calling in, but for the officers and others who are out handling the calls in person"

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