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| Kewanee Fire Department to receive $204,761 regional grant A $205,431 regional grant will be awarded to the City of Kewanee Fire Department through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. That money is expected to give firefighters new state-of-the-art training programs, as well as improved equipment and tools compliant with the National Fire Protection Association. U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) made the announcement in a press release. "Our firefighters and first responders put their lives on the line every single day to keep our communities safe," Bustos said. "This critical funding will ensure that they are well-equipped with up-to-date tools to protect Illinois' families and stay safe while on the job. This grant funding is a testament to Chief Kevin Shook's leadership and the strong efforts of the Kewanee Fire Department." CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD Follow Up: Fire At Joliet Speedway Auto Parts - 'We Were Very Lucky' Speedway Auto Parts has been on Joliet's east side for more than 50 years and Tuesday night's fire in the auto salvage yard left business owner Sean Krause thankful that the fire wasn't worse. The fire was contained to the auto salvage yard where Speedway recycles car parts. An estimated 200 to 300 crushed cars were damaged in the fire that began shortly before 7 p.m. Speedway is at 1301 Herkimer St., right off Collins Street and adjacent to the sprawling concrete fortress known as the Old Joliet Prison. Speedway's main building, encompassing 72,000 square feet, sustained no damage from the fire, remarked Sean Krause, who runs the business with his father, Paul. Sean Krause walked Joliet Patch's editor around the property Wednesday morning, showing where the fire originated. Besides Speedway, he and his father also own the Ashley's U-Pick-A-Part store on Collins Street. CHANNAHON-MINOOKA PATCH Chicago Heights Among 20 Towns Awarded Public Safety Grants ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus has announced it is granting a total of $170,000 in funding to 20 public agencies, including the Chicago Heights Police Department, through the annual ComEd Powering Safe Communities Program. The program aims to support crucial public safety initiatives and enhance the quality of life in communities across northern Illinois, according to a news release. The release states that this year, the program had a special focus on clean transportation projects, which can reduce carbon emissions, improve public health outcomes and advance community resiliency. The 2021 recipient projects range from the installment of electric vehicle charging stations, to flashing signs for high-traffic areas, to replacing outdated warning sirens that will alert residents of dangerous conditions even during a power outage, the release states. CHICAGO HEIGHTS PATCH 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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| L-O-D-D Kansas - Joshua Schwindt, Firefighter, Morton County Fire Department, Elkhart, KS L-O-D-D North Carolina - William Stalls, Firefighter/EMT, Oak City Fire and Rescue Department, Oak City, NC L-O-D-D North Carolina - Willie Bunch, Lieutenant, Oak City Fire and Rescue Department, Oak City, NC L-O-D-D Georgia - Tommy Allen Hopson, Deputy Chief, Carroll County Fire Rescue, Carrollton, GA L-O-D-D Texas - Dylan Rodiek, Firefighter/EMT, Jollyville Fire Department, Austin, Texas L-O-D-D Georgia - Timothy Watson, Firefighter/EMT, Barrow County Emergency Services, Winder, GA L-O-D-D Connecticut - Colin McFadden, Firefighter/EMT, Burlington Volunteer Fire Department, Burlington, CT L-O-D-D Maryland - Joshua D. Laird, Captain, Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services, Frederick, MD L-O-D-D Mississippi - Larry Dean Adams, Lieutenant, Yazoo County District 3 Volunteer Fire Department, Yazoo City, MS L-O-D-D Texas - Daniel "Danny" Ireton, Firefighter, Martin County Volunteer Fire Department, Stanton, TX The Fire Protection Research Foundation bestows its top honors During Campus Fire Safety Month this September - NFPA / CCFS urge college students to protect themselves & their peers from fire on campus Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association endorses Outthink Wildfire - NFPA initiative aimed at reducing wildfire risk to communities by 2050 Free psychological wellness resources for fire departments - National Volunteer Fire Council's Share the Load program CampHERO Celebrates 10th Anniversary - Monday, July 19th – Saturday, July 31st NFPA announces "Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety" - theme for Fire Prevention Week 2021 Vision 20/20's latest episode of CRR Radio - Wildland Firefighting in 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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| Assistant Fire Chief - City of Manitowoc - Manitowoc, WI Firefighter - City of Wyoming - City of Wyoming, MI Paramedic 911 Ambulance - Mount Shasta Ambulance - Mount Shasta, CA Part-Time Fire Inspector - Village of Oak Brook - Oak Brook, IL Fleet Maintenance Manager - Poudre Fire Authority - Fort Collins, CO Airport Fire Chief - Snohomish County Airport - Everett, 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 Firefighter/EMT - City of Bethel - Bethel, AK Confidential Recruiting: - What is it? Firefighter - City of Sparks - Sparks, NV (closes: Aug 19, 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 Chief/Director of Emergency Management - City of Monroe - Monroe, WI (closes: Aug 27, 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) Firefighter-Paramedic Recruit - City of Ventura - Ventura, CA (closes: Aug 31, 2021) Fire Chief - Village of River Forest - River Forest, IL (closes: Sep 03, 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) Firefighter/Paramedic - Palatine and Bartlett Fire Consortium - Bartlett, IL (closes: Sep 10, 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) Firefighter - City of Muscatine - Muscatine, IA (closes: Sep 23, 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 Springfield Area Memorial Stair Climb - 8:30AM – 11:00 AM - Springfield, MO - September 12, 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 Service Inspector 2 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - October 18-23, 2021 Fire Service Inspector 2 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - December 6-11, 2021 POST EVENT MORE EVENTS |
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