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| We Key the Mic for a Chief’s First 200 Days Author: Key the Mic Staff “Take your time—although it’s often the hardest thing to do—to learn about your fire department,” recommends Boise Fire Chief Mark Niemeyer. As an experienced fire chief, he knows a thing or two about leading a fire department. Looking back over his 29-year career and first 200 days as Boise’s Fire Chief, he shares solid advice that will help set a new chief up for success. If you’ve wondered what skills a fire chief needs to succeed, tune in to this episode. read more |
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Anchorage: Experts don't know how bad will this flu season be During the pandemic, it seems like the flu was put on the back burner as COVID-19 took center stage. However, the flu was still circulating. Alaska Immunization Program Manager Matthew Bobo said last year's flu season in Alaska saw less cases than normal. "Each flu season is different and it's hard to predict even one flu season," Bobo said. He said the decrease in flu cases could have been for many reasons. He said a contributing factor could be the pandemic precautions people were taking. "As people were staying inside more and not going out-and-about, there was less influenza circling," Bobo said. According to Bobo, it is important to prevent getting sick since influenza can lead to hospitalization. He said the flu season starts in late August and goes through March or April, but Alaska sees the flu all year long, adding that it is mainly because of tourists visiting in the summer. KTUU-TV NBC 2 ANCHORAGE PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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One hurt in honey oil lab explosion in California: 'The garage door was in the middle of the street' VIDEO: One person is in critical condition after a possible honey oil lab explosion in Merced Monday morning. Merced Fire Department Fire Chief Derek Parker said the person was airlifted to a local hospital. "The garage door was in the middle of the street,' Parker told ABC10. The explosion was reported just after 8 a.m. near Colma Avenue and Wildcat Drive in Merced. Fire officials say the two-story home was fully engulfed by the time crews arrived. Five other homes experienced damage as a result of the explosion, according to Parker. In total, six homes were impacted. The fire did not spread beyond the original home. Parker did say firefighters found "a lot of marijuana" inside the home, as well as large cylinders of butane. Though what actually sparked the fire is under investigation he emphasized. KXTV ABC 10 SACRAMENTO Report outlines 10 recommendations on how Massachusetts fire department can prevent line-of-duty deaths Worcester City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. submitted to the City Council on Monday a 248-page report that examined every aspect of the Worcester Fire Department, including how it can better prevent line-of-duty deaths. Since 1999, the city has suffered the loss of nine firefighters who all died while battling blazes. The department also suffered another line of duty death in July 2019 when Lt. John Kennedy died after fighting a fire. Kennedy's death however, was not mentioned in the ESCI report. The consulting company, which began its research in August of 2020, provided the city with 10 recommendations to improve the department that range from a complete overhaul of leadership to improved support service staffing. "We have an extremely talented group of individuals that want to do a great job," Deputy Fire Chief Martin Dyer said in an interview. MASSLIVE.COM Veteran EMT misses a paperwork deadline; New York state is forcing him to retake beginner training Ryan O'Connor has spent more than a decade handling thousands of calls while working as a volunteer emergency medical technician with the Snyder Fire Department. Most came evenings and overnights because O'Connor works full-time in the banking field. The way he sees it, that service didn't matter much to the state Bureau of Emergency Medical Services last spring, in the midst of a pandemic, after a miscommunication within the all-volunteer department caused O'Connor's EMT recertification paperwork to be sent six days after his certification expired. A bureau official barred him from handling emergency medical calls until he repeated a beginner-style refresher course at his department's expense. "All the missed time from family and sleepless nights responding to EMS calls apparently means nothing to the New York State Department of Health," O'Connor told The Buffalo News. BUFFALO NEWS Parts Of Minnesota City Still Plagued By Needle Littering; Firefighters Picked Up Hundreds Last Month It's been two years since WCCO first reported on the dangerous needle littering problem in parts of south Minneapolis. At that time, Minneapolis firefighters planned to pick up the needles until the city found a better solution. But despite their efforts, the problem is arguably worse, says Assistant Minneapolis Fire Chief Melanie Rucker. "This year it seems like it's almost double, you know, the amount of needles that we're picking up, and there has been an uptick in some of the overdoses and drug-related responses that we go to," Rucker said. Minneapolis Fire Stations 5 and 7 on Bloomington and Franklin avenues are the busiest, with firefighters picking up hundreds of needles last month alone. WCCO revisited an alley near 25th and Bloomington avenues, where syringes with needles still attached are everywhere. WCCO-TV CBS 4 MINNEAPOLIS Florida city features father-daughter firefighting rescue team A fire in an attic may not be the way most people start their day, but for rookie Tampa firefighter Lauren Glanton, it seems to come naturally. "That was my alarm clock," she said. "It was fire time, time to rock and roll!" Answering the call runs in the family. "Broken legs, gunshot wounds, overdoses and everything else," said Lauren's dad, Larry, a Tampa Fire Rescue paramedic who has seen it all during his 24 years with the department. But now, Lauren has become the first daughter to follow in her father's footsteps in the department's more than 100-year history. There have been dozens of sons who have followed their fathers, but none like Lauren. "I am the first," she laughed. But it didn't come without concern. "I told her that you're going to see the worst of the worst," said Larry. WTVT-TV FOX 13 TAMPA PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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L-O-D-D North Carolina - Joshua Dylan Megill, Firefighter, Perrytown Volunteer Fire Department, Colerain, North Carolina L-O-D-D North Carolina - Jeffrey C. Hager, Firefighter, Huntersville Fire Department, Huntersville, North Carolina L-O-D-D Idaho - Jon Delvalle, Chief, Garden Valley Fire Protection District, Garden Valley, Idaho L-O-D-D Arizona - Miguel Angulo, Firefighter/Paramedic, Phoenix Fire Department, Phoenix, AZ L-O-D-D Florida - Randall "Randy" Burnham, Chief, Lake City Fire Department, Lake City, FL L-O-D-D Mississippi - Marshal Hilley, District Chief, Gulfport Fire Department, Gulfport, MS L-O-D-D Georgia - John Clay Gaddy, Firefighter/Paramedic, Forest Park Fire and Emergency Services, Forest Park, GA NFPA to host Keeping Hazardous Environments Safe conference - full-day online program focused on industrial, chemical, and emerging tech topics RFP: Fire Station Planning and Design Services - Deadline: October 26, 2021 @ 3:00 PM PST Vision 20/20 awarded a FEMA Fire Prevention and Safety Grant - Expand the Adoption of Community Risk Reduction in the Fire Service Portable Fire Extinguishers - How Reliable Are They? Data Analysis & Presentation for Fire and EMS - for Fire and EMS RFP: Community Risk Assessment/Standard of Coverage - Deadline: 4:00 PM, PDT, October 6, 2021 RFP: SAFER Grant Writing & Management - DEADLINE: October 11, 2021 @ 4:00 pm ET Registration Opens for 2022 FDSOA Conferences - January 9-12, 2022 RFP for SAFER Grant Writer & Administrator - Proposals Due By 9/30/21 at 5:00 PM PDT NFPA announces "Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety" - theme for Fire Prevention Week 2021 Fire Camp Scholarships - IAFC's National Volunteer Workforce Solutions Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response Grants - Check for Awards Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards - Check for Awards The Daily Dispatch Is Now On Facebook Find us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/dailydispatch POST ANNOUNCEMENTS MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Single-Role EMTs / Paramedics - Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue - The Dalles, OR EMS Day Car Position - Hermiston, OR Battalion Chief - Sacramento County Airport Fire - Sacramento, CA Assistant Fire Chief - Orcas Island Fire & Rescue - Eastsound, WA Firefighter I / EMT III / Paramedic - Central Emergency Services - Soldotna, AK Fire Inspector - Central Marin Fire Authority - Corte Madera, CA Lateral Firefighter (Paramedic preferred) - City of Vancouver - Vancouver, WA Shift Officer - Chena-Goldstream Fire & Rescue - Fairbanks, AK Assistant Chief - Chena Goldstream Fire & Rescue - Fairbanks, AK Fire Chief - City of Ketchikan - Ketchikan, AK 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 Firefighter/Paramedic - Oakridge Fire & EMS - Oakridge, OR Deputy Fire Marshal - Pierce County Department of Emergency Management - Tacoma, WA Confidential Recruiting: - What is it? Emergency Medical Services Specialist - County of San Bernardino - San Bernardino, CA (closes: Sep 23, 2021) EMT/Paramedic - Marion County Fire District #1 - Salem, OR (closes: Sep 24, 2021) Fire Prevention Officer I/II - City of Bishop - Bishop, CA (closes: Sep 25, 2021) Fire Chief - Alhambra Fire Department - Alhambra, CA (closes: Sep 26, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic (Lateral/Entry-level) - North Tahoe Fire Protection District - Tahoe City, CA (closes: Sep 27, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - City of Kalispell - Kalispell, MT (closes: Sep 27, 2021) Fire Chief - Town of Granby - Granby, MA (closes: Sep 27, 2021) Paramedic - Klamath County Fire District 1 - Klamath Falls, OR (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Lateral Firefighter/Paramedic - North County Regional Fire Authority - Stanwood, WA (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Fire Captain - Campbell County Fire Department - Gillette, WY (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Entry Level / Lateral Entry Firefighters - McLane Black Lake Fire Department - Olympia, WA (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Firefighter - Clark County Fire District 3 - Brush Prairie, WA (closes: Oct 01, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - Teton County Fire & Rescue - Teton Valley, ID (closes: Oct 01, 2021) Fire Marshal (Safety/Non-Safety) - North Tahoe Fire Protection District - Tahoe City, CA (closes: Oct 01, 2021) Firefighter - City of Twin Falls - Twin Falls, ID (closes: Oct 03, 2021) Firefighter EMT Basic / EMT Paramedic - City of Gresham - Gresham, OR (closes: Oct 04, 2021) Lateral Engineer/Paramedic - Redmond Fire & Rescue - Redmond, OR (closes: Oct 04, 2021) Firefighter EMT / Pending Paramedic / Firefighter Paramedic - Kansas Fire Department - Kansas City, KS (closes: Oct 06, 2021) Battalion Chief - McMinnville Fire Department - McMinnville, OR (closes: Oct 08, 2021) Mechanic - Spokane Valley Fire Department - Spokane, WA (closes: Oct 08, 2021) Firefighter/Emergency Medical Technician - Chelan County Fire District 1 & Douglas County Fire District 2 - Wenatchee, WA (closes: Oct 13, 2021) Fire Chief - Worley Fire Protection District - Worley, ID (closes: Oct 14, 2021) Fire Chief - City of Webster Groves - Webster Groves, MO (closes: Oct 15, 2021) Division Fire Chief - City of Marina - Marina, CA (closes: Oct 15, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - City of Bend - Bend, OR (closes: Oct 15, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - Novato Fire District - Novato, CA (closes: Oct 15, 2021) Structural Firefighter - Eagle Fire Department - Eagle, ID (closes: Oct 29, 2021) Structural Firefighter/ Heavy Fire Equipment Operator - Eagle Fire Department - Eagle, ID (closes: Oct 29, 2021) Firefighter - Olympia Fire Department - Olympia, WA (closes: Nov 15, 2021) Lateral and Entry-Level Firefighter/Paramedic - Umatilla County Fire District #1 - Hermiston, OR (closes: Dec 18, 2021) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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New VFCA Online Event: Understanding and Navigating Generational Differences with Jan Spence - Online - September 22, 2021 IFSAC Fire Service Instructor 1 - South King County Fire Training Consortium - Kent, WA - October 4-8, 2021 Fire Officer 3 - Mason County Fire District 6 - Union, WA - October 11-20, 2021 IFSAC Fire Officer 1 - South King County Fire Training Consortium - Kent, WA - October 18-22, 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 First Responder Wellness, PTSD & Suicide in Public Safety - International Public Safety Leadership & Ethics Institute - Anaheim, CA - November 1, 2021 Fire Inspector 1 Boot Camp - Washington State Association of Fire Marshals - Virtual - November 1-4, 2021 IFSAC Fire Officer 2 - South King County Fire Training Consortium - Kent, WA - November 8-12, 2021 IFSAC Fire Service Instructor 2 - South King County Fire Training Consortium - Kent, WA - November 15-19, 2021 Fire Service Inspector 2 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - December 6-11, 2021 POST EVENT MORE EVENTS |
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