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Arson investigation underway after building burns down near Fairbanks, troopers say Alaska State Troopers are investigating an early Wednesday morning building fire on Chena Hot Springs Road near Fairbanks, which they believe to be arson. A trooper dispatch said no injuries were caused by the flames and noted that the building was vacant at the time of the fire. At 2:56 a.m. Wednesday, troopers and the North Star Volunteer Fire Department were notified about a fire at a vacant commercial building located near milepost 10 of Chena Hot Springs Road. The volunteer firefighters extinguished the flames, but troopers said the building was "a total loss." KTUU-TV NBC 2 ANCHORAGE City Council to consider nearly $200,000 budget transfer for Ketchikan Fire Department Ketchikan's fire department is asking the City Council to approve nearly $200,000 in budget transfers to cover higher-than-expected overtime and supply costs. Fire Chief Abner Hoage explains in a memo that despite a roughly 60% cut in the fire department's overtime budget amid a pandemic-fueled drop in revenue, city leaders directed him to ensure emergency services would remain at normal levels. And that has meant more overtime. "Unfortunately, the nature of emergency response does not always allow for implementation of cost-control measures without impacting the level of service that is provided," Hoage wrote. Hoage says a majority of the overtime is contractually required. Smaller portions, totaling roughly a quarter of overtime hours, are due to budget-related staff shortages. KRBD-FM 103.5 KETCHIKAN PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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Firefighters extinguish 2-boat fire in Florida; 2 injured VIDEOS: Firefighters put out a fire that engulfed two boats at a marina in Dania Beach. 7SkyForce hovered over the scene at 299 Lewis Lane, just south of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Wednesday afternoon. The two boats could be seen fully engulfed in flames as heavy black smoke billowed from them. "We couldn't breathe in all the bad stuff," said neighbor Gayle Snow. It took 50 firefighters to fight back the intense flames burning on the boats on Dania Beach Cutoff Canal. "And one caught the fire, and then it caught the next boat and there was a big superyacht that was right behind them," said witness Tony Pereira. "They were lucky to get that out of there." Broward Sheriff's Office Fire Rescue said the fire may have been the result of the work being done on one of the boats. WSVN-TV FOX 7 MIAMI Retired FDNY Firefighter Says Old Helmet Brought Him Back To South Bronx Fire House One Day Before 9/11 This year, we will mark 20 years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks. For one retired firefighter, the tragedy and a firefighter's helmet called him home to New York to help. In the heart of the South Bronx is Engine 73, Ladder 42, and in the hearts of firefighters at the Prospect Avenue fire house are the heroes lost on Sept. 11, 2001. "What do you feel when you look around here?" CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis asked retired FDNY firefighter Jerry Sanford. "Oh, it's just, it just floods back to me, looking at the house," Sanford said. The last time Sanford was inside the fire station was nearly 20 years ago and he says it all "started with a helmet." "There's the helmet, 1914. This is kind of amazing," he said. Sanford was working as a public information officer in Florida when a fire chief there showed him the antique helmet with the number 42 on it, which Sanford recognized. WLNY-TV 55 RIVERHEAD Alabama fire chief competes in Food Network's Guy's Grocery Games after devastating tornado Chief Justin McKenzie leads the newly-formed, full time fire department in Fultondale, and he's using flames in a unique way. A master of the grill, McKenzie was recently a contestant on Food Network's Guy's Grocery Games – a show hosted by Guy Fieri in which different cooks compete for prize money. "When I first got [the invitation], ‘I was like no way,'" Chief McKenzie said. After an EF-3 tornado hit Fultondale in January, he was invited to be a contestant on the show along with fellow firefighters for a special episode. "All this stuff has happened in the city… We had 260-something residential buildings down, 61 businesses affected – if not destroyed. There's a lot that I was worried about just for our city and residents," McKenzie said of the devastating tornado. WIAT-TV CBS 42 BIRMINGHAM Lack of data stymies efforts to address Maine's firefighter shortage Even when he works two consecutive 24-hour shifts, Chris Aberle rarely sleeps at the fire station. Sometimes he tries. If he is lucky, he might pick up a couple hours of rest. But lately his shift has been getting calls at night. "No one ever sleeps, you know, even if we had no calls from midnight to 8 a.m.," he said. "No one really sleeps because you're just waiting for that bell to go off." Twenty-four hour shifts can be exhausting, he said. Back-to-back 24-hour shifts are worse. "It's tough to stay two days in a row. Because you're like, if you've been up all night, I don't want to be here another day. It wrecks your body. It wrecks your body and trying to do it all over again the next day, you're like, ‘Here we go.' " Lately, Aberle and the other firefighters at the Biddeford Fire Department have worked extra shifts, which are first assigned on a volunteer basis. If no one volunteers, the fire chief informs the person at the top of the "force list" that they must take the shift. PENOBSCOT BAY PILOT PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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Firefighter/Paramedic - City of La Grande - La Grande, OR Firefighter EMS / Firefighter Paramedic - Central Cascades Fire & EMS - Crescent Lake, OR Assistant Fire Chief - City of Manitowoc - Manitowoc, WI Fire Chief - Livingston Fire Rescue - Livingston, MT Fire Chief - Pioneer Fire Protection District - Somerset, CA Paramedic 911 Ambulance - Mount Shasta Ambulance - Mount Shasta, CA Training Officer - New Carlton Fire District - Lafayette, OR Fleet Maintenance Manager - Poudre Fire Authority - Fort Collins, CO Airport Fire Chief - Snohomish County Airport - Everett, WA Firefighter/EMT - Mason County Fire Protection District No. 4 - Shelton, WA Firefighter/Paramedic - Oakridge Fire & EMS - Oakridge, OR Entry Level or Lateral Transfer Firefighter/Paramedic - Port Angeles Fire Department - Port Angeles, WA Firefighter/EMT – Paramedic Trainee - Port Angeles Fire Department - Port Angeles, WA Single-Role Paramedic - Snohomish County Fire District 17 - Granite Falls, WA Fire Lieutenant - City of Bethel - Bethel, AK Public Safety Information Officer - City of Meridian - Meridian, ID Vegetation Management Program Manager - Novato Fire District - Novato, CA Firefighter/EMT - City of Bethel - Bethel, AK Confidential Recruiting: - What is it? Firefighter - City of Sparks - Sparks, NV (closes: Aug 19, 2021) Firefighter-EMT / Firefighter-Paramedic - Lebanon Fire District - Lebanon, OR (closes: Aug 19, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - Columbus Rural Fire District #3 - Columbus, MT (closes: Aug 20, 2021) Fire Chief - Town of Merrimack - Merrimack, NH (closes: Aug 20, 2021) Deputy Chief of Operations - Graham Fire & Rescue, - Graham, WA (closes: Aug 20, 2021) Firefighter - Experienced Paramedic - City of Richland - Richland, WA (closes: Aug 24, 2021) Fire Prevention Inspector I/II - City of Modesto - Modesto, CA (closes: Aug 25, 2021) Deputy Fire Chief - City of Homer - Homer, AK (closes: Aug 25, 2021) Deputy Chief - Estacada Fire District - Estacada, OR (closes: Aug 26, 2021) Firefighter/EMT - City of Newport - Newport, OR (closes: Aug 27, 2021) Full Time Firefighter/EMT – Entry Level or Lateral - City of Lynden - Lynden, WA (closes: Aug 27, 2021) Firefighter/EMT - City of Port Angeles - Port Angeles, WA (closes: Aug 27, 2021) Fire Chief/Director of Emergency Management - City of Monroe - Monroe, WI (closes: Aug 27, 2021) Battalion Chief - Longview Fire Department - Longview, WA (closes: Aug 29, 2021) Deputy Fire Marshal - City of Salem - Salem, OR (closes: Aug 30, 2021) Firefighter/EMT - Firefighter/Paramedic - Horry County Fire Rescue - Conway, SC (closes: Aug 31, 2021) Division Chief - Sonoma County Fire District - Windsor, CA (closes: Aug 31, 2021) Paramedic - Western Lane Ambulance District - Florence, OR (closes: Aug 31, 2021) Firefighter-Paramedic Recruit - City of Ventura - Ventura, CA (closes: Aug 31, 2021) Fire Chief - City of Albany - Albany, CA (closes: Sep 01, 2021) Firefighter/EMT - Umatilla Rural Fire Protection District - Umatilla, OR (closes: Sep 03, 2021) Fire Chief - Village of River Forest - River Forest, IL (closes: Sep 03, 2021) Emergency Medical Services Nurse Specialist - City of Glendale - Glendale, CA (closes: Sep 03, 2021) Deputy Fire Chief - Ashland Fire Department - Ashland, OR (closes: Sep 04, 2021) ***Confidential Fire Chief Recruitment*** - Jefferson County Fire District #1 - Madras, OR (closes: Sep 06, 2021) Assistant Fire Marshal - City of Petaluma - Petaluma, CA (closes: Sep 07, 2021) Entry Level Firefighter/Paramedic - Sheridan, West Valley, and Southwest Polk Fire Districts - Willamina, OR (closes: Sep 10, 2021) Deputy Fire Marshal I, II, or III - Fire District 3 - Jackson County, OR (closes: Sep 13, 2021) Community Risk Reduction Coordinator - Evergreen Fire/Rescue - Evergreen, CO (closes: Sep 15, 2021) Fire Chief - Town of St. Johnsbury - St. Johnsbury, VT (closes: Sep 17, 2021) Fire Chief - Town of Granby - Granby, MA (closes: Sep 27, 2021) Firefighter Paramedic - Ashland Fire & Rescue - Ashland, OR (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - Novato Fire District - Novato, CA (closes: Oct 15, 2021) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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Station Design Conference - Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark - St. Louis, MO - August 24-26, 2021 2021 FIRE Fellowship Reflection Event - Center for FIRST at Drexel University 1-4 PM ET - Webinar - August 26, 2021 Free Online VFCA Training Series featuring Jan Spence - Hosted By: IAFC & VFCA - Online - August 26, 2021 Improving Emergency Response with HPUE - 10:00 AM PST - Hosted by Airgain and RadioMobile - Online Webinar - August 26, 2021 RDD Basic Fire Fighter 1 Recruit Academy - Mason County, WA - September 9 - December 14, 2021 Fire Alarm Plan Review Class - Washington State Association of Fire Marshals - Virtual - September 14-23, 2021 Firehouse Expo 2021 - Greater Columbus Convention Center - Columbus, OH - September 14-18, 2021 Fire Officer 3 - Mason County Fire District 6 - Union, WA - October 11-20, 2021 Fire Prevention Institute - Campbell's Resort - Lake Chelan, WA - October 18-22, 2021 Fire Service Inspector 2 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - October 18-23, 2021 Rick Lasky - Pride and Ownership - Failing to Read the Building & Sweating the Small Stuff - Selah, WA - October 30-31, 2021 Fire Inspector 1 Boot Camp - Washington State Association of Fire Marshals - Virtual - November 1-4, 2021 Fire Service Inspector 2 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - December 6-11, 2021 POST EVENT MORE EVENTS |
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