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| Fire damages 2 Lake Barrington apartments A fire rendered two apartments unlivable Wednesday in northwest suburban Lake Barrington. About 9:20 p.m., crews with the Wauconda Fire District arrived to a four-unit building in the 1300 block of Oak Hill Road and found "heavy fire" burning out of the rear, Wauconda Fire Chief David Geary said. Other crews soon arrived to the scene and conducted a search of all four units, while also working to put out the blaze, Geary said. They found the fire coming from a fireplace chase shared by two of the apartments. The fire was under control after about half an hour, but crews stayed on the scene until nearly midnight putting out hotspots and conducting overhaul, Geary said. CHICAGO SUN-TIMES DeKalb Fire Department celebrates 150th anniversary Saturday, DeKalb Firefighters celebrated 150 years of serving the city. The five hour event was held in the Barsema Alumni Center from 5 to 10 p.m. Firefighters, friends and family gathered to commemorate past and current firefighters. Attendees stepped into a cocktail hour as soon as they entered the foyer. Guests and firefighters milled about the foyer with plenty of beer, cocktails and laughs. Cocktail hour preceded speeches and a PowerPoint presentation. Fire Chief Jeff McMasters, police captain and DeKalb mayor Jerry Smith were among those who spoke on behalf of the fire department. The presentations took place in a dining area with a dance floor, a DJ booth and a station where food would be served to guests. In this room, a slideshow was shown showcasing DeKalb firefighters' many accomplishments and great improvements, in addition to speeches from current members. NORTHERN STAR ONLINE Pontiac firefighters extinguish fire at Interlake Mecalux A fire that started in the ventilation system of a steel roll machine was extinguished quickly Thursday morning, said Pontiac Fire Chief Jacob Campbell. In a statement, Campbell said the fire department was called at 7:06 a.m. to Interlake Mecalux, Inc., a warehouse metal racking and shelving manufacturer located at 701 N. Interlake Drive. A fire was found in the ventilation system of a steel roll machine in a large industrial building. Employees had already been evacuated. The fire was out by 7:43 a.m. After the building was ventilated, it was turned back over to the company. The Fairbury Fire Department and Cullom Fire Protection District assisted the Pontiac Fire Department on scene with operations. The Pontiac Police Department and Livingston County Sheriff's Department provided traffic control while Duffy Ambulance Service was placed in staging for firefighter rehabilitation, Campbell said. BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL PANTAGRAPH Fire in Marble Works warehouse limited to central part of building, South Elgin assistant fire chief says A fire at the center of the Marble Works warehouse in South Elgin Tuesday night did not structurally damage the 15,000-square-foot building, Assistant Fire Chief Mike Rothecker said. South Elgin and Countryside First District were notified of the fire about 8:30 p.m., which Rothecker said was contained to rack unit and extinguished in about 40 minutes. Marble Works officials are determining the extent of the damage caused by the blaze, which is under investigation, he said. The fire was potentially dangerous because hazardous chemicals were in close proximity to where it started. No one was injured in the incident and the chemicals did not ignite, Rothecker said. ELGIN COURIER NEWS PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Three Texas first responders struck, killed by vehicles in separate incidents in week's time Three Texas first responders were struck and killed by vehicles while on duty in a week's time — prompting officials to remind motorists to move over and slow down for roadside emergency vehicles. On October 7, 2019, two Louise Volunteer Fire Department firefighters, having cleared a previous call, stopped in their lane of travel on Farm-to-Market (FM) 647, south of Highway 59 near Louise, Texas, to check the fire engine's front tires, believing something was wrong. Both firemen were struck by a Dodge dually pickup truck traveling southbound on FM 647. Firefighter Steven Henderson was airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas, where he succumbed to his injuries on October 12, 2019. On October 11, 2019, Falls County Sheriff's Department K-9 Deputy Matt Jones was assisting a motorist on Highway 6 in between Riesel and Marlin, Texas, when a vehicle hydroplaned and struck him and Riesel Police Department Chief Danny Krumnow. MY TEXAS DAILY Massachusetts female firefighter/paramedic commands incident, makes history Full-time firefighter/paramedic Wendy Ashworth made history last week in the Acushnet Fire and EMS Department when she became the first female member of the department to command an incident. Ashworth, 56, is the only full-time female firefighter in the department, according to Chief Kevin Gallagher. As of Aug. 1, there were 48 employees, 11 of them women including Ashworth. They are on-call firefighters and part-time paramedics and EMTs. Recent changes that took effect July 1, such as the fire and EMS departments officially merging to combine unions, contracts, and budgets, helped make way for this bit of history, Gallagher said. Ashworth, along with a few others, went from being a full-time paramedic to a full-time firefighter/paramedic and got specialized training to be incorporated into the command system and work firefighter shifts. THE STANDARD-TIMES Allerio Launches New Secure Mobile Hub Enabling Seamless Rich Data Integration From The Field To The ER Created by former FirstNet senior executives and P3 Group North America engineers, Allerio is a smart mobile connectivity company that is taking emergency medical services (EMS) and telemedicine to the next level with next generation connectivity solutions built with meeting the needs of responders in mind. The start-up is dedicated to bringing the best technology for first responders to meet the current and future needs of the global public safety community. Allerio is a joint venture between the Public Safety Network, LLC (PSN) and P3 North America Inc. (P3 NA) and was founded in 2019. The co-founders of PSN, TJ Kennedy, former President of the FirstNet Authority, and Jason Karp, former Chief Counsel of the FirstNet Authority, founded PSN to help bring to market the best technology and communications solutions to meet the mission critical needs of public safety. CISION PRWEB Stress-related disability claims filed by police, firefighters expected to increase under new Oregon law Portland's public safety disability fund expects to receive 10 new claims a year from police or firefighters seeking benefits for two types of stress disorders as the result of a new state law that went into effect last month. Lawmakers this summer approved Senate Bill 507 to define post-traumatic stress and acute stress disorders as occupational diseases for full-time police, firefighters, 911 emergency dispatchers, corrections officers and emergency medical service providers. "There's a lot of work we need to do in the mental health field," said Alan Ferschwiler, president of the Portland Fire Fighters Association. "The city needs to take care of our members in a way we haven't in the past." Ferschwiler cited examples of past rejected claims that he said should have been approved: a firefighter's stress claim after being pulled out from a collapsing building and a firefighter who raced into a fire wearing no mask to rescue a woman. PORTLAND OREGONIAN, HILLSBORO ARGUS, OREGON LIVE.COM The San Francisco Fireboat That Saved the Neighborhood After The 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake VIDEO: It was 5:04 p.m. on October 17, 1989, when a powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook the soft soil of San Francisco's Marina District, crumpling the neighborhood's old wooden buildings like paper, and sending a cascade of splintered wood and glass into the streets. Neighbors who were there at the time recall that something else went flying into the air in those moments: natural gas. The shaking had twisted and snapped underground gas lines, and as the smell of sulfur began to blanket the neighborhood, fire broke out at the corner of Beach and Divisadero streets and rapidly began to spread. The fire department responded, but soon discovered another problem: The earthquake hadn't just broken gas lines. It had also broken the water pipes feeding the neighborhood's fire hydrants. KNTV NBC 11 SAN JOSE PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| L-O-D-D Texas - Steven Paul Henderson, Firefighter, Louise Volunteer Fire Department, Louise, TX L-O-D-D Texas - Greg Garza, Firefighter, San Antonio Fire Department, San Antonio, TX L-O-D-D New York - Dale Jaynes, Firefighter, Burdett Fire Department, Burdett, NY L-O-D-D Washington - Christian Dean Johnson, Assistant Fire Chief, Okanogan Fire Department/Okanogan County Fire District 3, Okanogan, WA L-O-D-D California - Paul Rotondaro, Fire Captain, CAL FIRE, Merced County Fire, Gustine, CA L-O-D-D South Carolina - Paul E. Quattlebaum, Fire Engineer, Lexington County Fire Service, Lexington, South Carolina Now Accepting Nominations for 2020 Wildfire Mitigation Awards - IAFC NFPA Research Foundation Receives Grant to Research Economic & Emotional Impact of Active Shooter/Hostile Events - NFPA Atascocita Fire Department and ARES Implement Joint Formal Procedures Request for Proposals: Fire Services Study - City of Mercer Island, WA - Proposals due by 11/8/19 With Halloween On The Horizon, Halt Hazards With These Tips - NFPA Vision 20/20 Project Invites Proposals For Presentation - 6th National Model Performance Vision 20/20 Project Awarded Two-Year FEMA Grant - Promoting Integration of CRR in the Fire Service Crisis in the Streets: Fire Department Response to Homeless Individuals. FREE ON-DEMAND WEBINAR Request for Proposal: SAFER Grant Administrator - Bids due by 11/5/19 Request for Quote by the RIAFC Foundation for the management of SAFER Grant - Responses due by October 31, 2019 Strategies for conducting pre-employment screening in public safety. ON-DEMAND WEBINAR Vision 20/20's latest episode of CRR Radio - CRR Tools from the U.S. Census Bureau 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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| Fire Science and Maritime Fire Instructor - Clatsop Community College - Astoria, OR Lateral FF/EMT and a FF/Paramedic list. - Treasure Valley Fire Cooperative - Meridian, ID Paramedic Program Director - University of Washington - Seattle, WA Deputy Fire Chief, Operations - South Whidbey Fire/EMS - Freeland, WA Inspector/Investigator - Pike Township Fire Department - Indianapolis, IN Fire Chief - Town of Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill, NC Firefighter / Paramedic or Firefighter / EMT - Frenchtown Rural Fire District - Frenchtown, MT (closes: Oct 18, 2019) Lateral Firefighter - City of Caldwell - Caldwell, ID (closes: Oct 25, 2019) Firefighter - City of Midland - Midland, MI (closes: Oct 28, 2019) Firefighter/Paramedic - City of Wausau - Wausau, WI (closes: Oct 31, 2019) Part-Time Fire Chief - Harvard Fire Protection District - Harvard, IL (closes: Nov 01, 2019) Fire Chief - North Whidbey Fire and Rescue - Oak Harbor, WA (closes: Nov 07, 2019) Deputy Fire Chief - City of Rocklin - Rocklin, CA (closes: Nov 08, 2019) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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