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| Firefighter Shot While Responding To A Call On Chicago's Northwest Side Chicago police are searching for the person who shot a firefighter who was responding to a call in the Northwest Side's Albany Park neigborhood. The firefighter was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the left leg. Doctors say he is in fair condition and in pain, but with physical therapy he is expected to make a full recovery. "Expecting a full recovery in six to eight weeks," said Dr. Juan Santiago-Gonzalez. "At this time the patient is in good spirits. We'll continue monitoring him and hopefully be able to send him home soon." Firefighters responded to the car fire around 1 a.m. at Wilson and Kimball avenues when they heard gunshots and took cover, but one of the bullets struck the firefighter in the leg. The wounded firefighter is 36 years old and has been with the Chicago Fire Department for six years. CBS CHICAGO 1 dead after Aurora apartment fire A man was found dead after a fire in a high-rise apartment in west suburban Aurora Monday morning, police said. Authorities responded to the fire at the Constitution House senior apartment complex at 401 North Constitution Drive just after midnight. Firefighters quickly called for more equipment because of the size of the residence. After searching the building, an 85-year-old man was found dead inside a fourth floor unit, authorities said. The fire was contained to a single apartment. "It's a shame. You know we're all senior citizens here and I certainly hope that it wasn't because somebody was smoking," said resident Ann Bolden. "You got to follow the rules here." No one else was injured and no one was displaced in the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation. WLS-TV ABC 7 CHICAGO Du Quoin: 'Lateral' hires could speed up getting new police, firefighters on the job Du Quoin's police and fire departments will soon be able to hire qualified applicants from other departments, ultimately cutting the amount of time between when a new officer or firefighter is hired and when they are ready for full duty. With the support of Fire Chief David Durkota and Police Chief Steve Ingram, the Du Quoin city council on Monday supported the initial reading of an ordinance allowing a "lateral transfer policy." The policy is on display on city hall for the public to read, and is expected to be approved at the Feb. 10 council meeting. A "lateral" transfer refers to a police officer or firefighter from one community who applies for a job in a different community. They have already gone to academy and been field trained, and probably had on the job experience, meaning their new employer would not have to wait for all that to be done. THE RANDOLPH COUNTY HERALD TRIBUNE Danville Fire Department starts Narcan program Beginning today, the Danville Fire Division in partnership with the Champaign Health Department and Prompt (Partnership to Reduce Opiate Mortality and Prompt Training) will begin a Narcan Leave Behind Program. The services are supported in-full or in-part by a contract to the Champaign Health Department from the Illinois Department of Human Services, Department of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery, as part of the Illinois Opioid-State Targeted Response Grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration. According to the National Safety Council, deaths from opioid overdose have tripled in the last 20 years, reaching more than 43,000 in 2017. For the first time in history an American is more likely to die from drug overdose (1 in 93) than a car accident (1 in 103). DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS Joliet: Malnar's Tap Destroyed By Fire Saturday morning's structure fire at a neighborhood bar on Clement Street in Joliet's Cunningham Neighborhood has left Malnar's Tap in ruins. The inside of the two-story building sustained heavy fire, smoke and water damage to the bar area and upstairs apartment units. Two people who lived upstairs made it out safely before the fire engines arrived. The neighborhood bar is at 1123 Clement St. The Joliet Fire Department got the first call about the fire at 7:05 a.m., Fire Chief Greg Blaskey told Joliet Patch. Blaskey said that fire engines from Stations 5, 1, 4 and 6 all responded to the call and saw heavy smoke and lots of fire coming from the first floor of the business. The fire also left significant damage to the bar, the second-floor apartments and the attic area. CHANNAHON-MINOOKA PATCH.COM PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Bringing Tech to the Table: Welcoming WFCA’s New Senior Technology Advisor, David Blankinship
Author: Daily Dispatch
David Blankinship has joined Western Fire Chiefs Association (WFCA) as its new Senior Technology Advisor, and will be at the forefront of Western's work to prioritize technological progress in emergency response. Daily Dispatch had the opportunity to speak with David about his new role and what the future could hold for tech in public safety. read more |
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| After line of duty death, Massachusetts city to hire consultant for Fire Department review The city intends to hire a professional fire service consultant to conduct an examination and analysis of the administration, operations, training and deployment practices of the Fire Department. The study will include a master plan for the Fire Department that will assess its internal operations and staffing, and provide a gap analysis of its current situation against national standards and best practices, according to City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. Simultaneous with that study, Augustus said, he will conduct a review of the Division of Inspectional Services, since it works with the Fire Department to ensure the safety of all buildings in the city. The manager said a coordinated approach by both departments is critical to keeping residents and first responders safe. TELEGRAM & GAZETTE Fire Department in South Carolina introduces virtual reality for community engagement, training VIDEO: It's not just for video games anymore. The Myrtle Beach Fire Department is now using virtual reality as a way to better educate the community on what it's like to be a firefighter. Firefighters plan to debut the technology to students at Pathways to Possibilities next week at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. The hope is to get younger kids interested in a career in the fire service. When the headset is put on, the video immerses the viewer in a 360-degree video, taking the viewer from sitting at a table preparing for the day inside Fire Station 1 to rushing out on a call. Myrtle Beach fire Capt. John Evans said that they received money from the Horry Georgetown Fire Chiefs Association and worked with the IT department in the city of Myrtle Beach to get the 360-degree camera and make it happen. Evans said when they were first researching ideas on how to use new technology, he noticed other departments weren't using this. WMBF-TV NBC 32 MYRTLE BEACH Washington DC Fire recruit class cleared of wrongdoing after internal investigation into hand symbols shown in photo After a photo believed to have been taken last year of a D.C. Fire recruit class showed three white men making what looked like an "OK symbol" with their hands, an internal investigation found they were not aware the hand gesture is associated with white supremacy. Weeks before an internal investigation cleared three members of recruit class 387, D.C. Council member Charles Allen, D-Ward 6, asked about the photo in question at a council committee hearing. "I see diversity in the class, but I only see the symbol being displayed by white men, so that to me gives me major cause of concern," Allen said. D.C. Fire Chief Gregory Dean said, "Racist symbols are not consistent with our core values." The internal investigative report obtained by WTOP found the symbol was part of a game that some members of the class would play called the circle game, where they would display an upside-down OK hand gesture below their waist. WTOP-AM 1500 WASHINGTON Fire department in Missouri finds TV spotlight, but privacy concerns linger Paramedic Trent Bowers received a call on a recent January night: A woman had been beaten at a St. Louis Family Dollar store. When Bowers arrived, the woman showed him injuries across her body. "This looks like it's out of place," he said, looking at her knee. He suggested she take the ambulance to the hospital, but the woman said she couldn't afford it without insurance. In less than an hour, a recording of the exchange reached hundreds of thousands of viewers on national TV's "Live Rescue," an A&E reality series that features "almost live" feeds of fire crews and emergency medical service units in seven U.S. cities. Since its premiere in April, the St. Louis Fire Department has been one of the show's most reliable stars. Last month, fire officials agreed to participate in a third season. ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Pennsylvania firefighters recall 1985 fire at YMCA that killed 4 people When firefighter Richard "Dick" Boyer responded to a fire call at the Reading YMCA on a bitter cold morning in January 1985, he immediately sensed something wasn't right. "The fire hose on the sidewalk was burning, and the handle on the Knox box had melted," recalled Boyer, 76, a retired Reading fire chief. In the moments that followed, Boyer would discover the tragic reason that caused a fire so intense it consumed a hose intended to destroy it. A flashover, a type of incendiary explosion that erupted in the kitchen, unleashed a firestorm that swept down a hallway, through the lobby and up the stairways of the first three floors of the six-story structure at Washington and Reed streets. In its wake, the killer fire claimed the lives of a firefighter and three YMCA residents, and badly burned two other firefighters. READING EAGLE PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| | | Rosenbauer Touts WFCA and Sourcewell Partnership Rosenbauer America congratulates the Western Fire Chief Association’s recently announced partnership with Sourcewell. The WFCA-Sourcewell partnership will provide members the ability to maximize their department budgets. Rosenbauer is the most experienced Sourcewell vendor in the fire-rescue sector |
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| L-O-D-D North Carolina - Corbin Rogers, Firefighter, Spring Lake Fire Department, Spring Lake, NC L-O-D-D Georgia - John Kevin Cash, Firefighter, Roswell Fire Department, Alpharetta, GA L-O-D-D Alaska - Roger D. DeLongchamp, Driver-Operator, Willow-Caswell Fire Department, Willow, AK L-O-D-D Connecticut - Timothy P. Smith, Fire Marshal, Orange, CT Fire Marshal's Office, Orange, CT Coronavirus: Resources for Fire Chiefs - IAFC AFSA Announces Schedule for 2020 - Beginning Fire Sprinkler System Planning School NFPA urges teens not to participate in trending social media challenge - TikTok's #outletchallenge Massachusetts is first state to officially update to the 2020 edition of the NEC - NFPA 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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| | | FireRescue GPO - is now partnering with Sourcewell, one of the largest cooperative purchasing organizations in North America. Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) - is a government organization providing cooperative purchasing solutions across the United States and Canada to over 50,000 public-agency members. Membership is free with no obligation to purchase. With over 400 competitively awarded vendors - members have access to contracts for fire apparatus, ambulances, fleet vehicles and products, facilities (MRO), furniture, office supplies, leasing services, and more. Learn more about the new partnership. |
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| Fire Chief - Sni Valley Fire Protection District - Oak Grove, MO Fire Marshal - Weber State University - Ogden, UT Firefighter - South Metro Fire Rescue - Centennial, CO Fire Chief - Arvada Fire Protection District - Arvada, CO Fire Chief - City of Lincoln - Lincoln, NE Paramedic Firefighter - Delta Township Fire Department - Lansing, MI Firefighter/Paramedic - Westland Fire Department - Westland, MI Fire Chief - City of Redlands Fire Department - Redlands, CA (closes: Feb 07, 2020) Firefighter/Paramedic - Bartlett Fire District - Bartlett, IL (closes: Feb 10, 2020) Fire Chief - City of Kenai - Kenai, AK (closes: Feb 12, 2020) Firefighter - Paramedic - Boulder Rural Fire & Rescue - Boulder, CO (closes: Feb 14, 2020) Fire Chief - Village of Menomonee Falls - Menomonee Falls, WI (closes: Feb 26, 2020) Fire Chief - City of Menomonie - Menomonie, WI (closes: Feb 28, 2020) Deputy Chief - Hoodland Fire District #74 - Welches, OR (closes: Feb 28, 2020) Deputy Fire Chief - City of Redmond - Redmond, WA (closes: Mar 01, 2020) Firefighter - Entry Level - City of Hillsboro - Hillsboro, OR (closes: Mar 01, 2020) Deputy Fire Chief of Operations - City of Medford - Medford, OR (closes: Mar 09, 2020) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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| Model Performance in Community Risk Reduction Symposium - Murfreesboro, TN - February 18-20, 2020 PPE symposium / HSO & ISO classes - Mather, California - February 19-21, 2020 Ice Rescue Instructor Academy - Lifesaving Resources, LLC - Portland, ME - February 20-23, 2020 Public Fire Safety Education Summit - by Chicago Fire Department - Chicago, IL - February 21, 2020 TEEX Spring Fire School - College Station, TX - March 1-6, 2020 Annual CPSE Excellence Conference - Impact–Inspire–Influence - Orlando, FL - March 3-6, 2020 Northwest Leadership Seminar - Portland, OR - March 4-6, 2020 Huntley Fire Protection District Winter Lecture 2020 - The Functional Fire Company - Huntley, IL - March 13, 2020 Data Analysis and Presentation for Fire and EMS Classes - Several Locations - March 18 - May 18, 2020 Wildland-Urban Interface Conference - IAFC - Reno, NV - March 21-26, 2020 2020 IFE-USA AGM And Educational Conference - Indianapolis, IN - April 20, 2020 VCOS in the Spring - IAFC - Minneapolis, MN - April 30 - May 2, 2020 Water Rescue Instructor Academy - Lifesaving Resources, LLC - Portland, ME - May 14-17, 2020 International Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference - IAFC - Baltimore, MD - June 4-7, 2020 TEEX Municipal Fire School - College Station, TX - July 19-24, 2020 FFABCs Diversity Workshop - 50th Convention IABPFF - Hartford, CT - August 2-7, 2020 Fire-Rescue Med Conference - IAFC - Phoenix, AZ - August 17-18, 2020 Fire-Rescue International Conference and Expo - IAFC - Phoenix, AZ - August 19-21, 2020 POST EVENT MORE EVENTS |
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