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| WFCA Announces New Podcast: Fire Headlines
Author: Bob Horton, WFCA Deputy Director
What happens when you combine the most popular fire service news with commentary from two experienced fire chiefs, our “outsider view” host, and additional subject matter experts? You get bold conversations, data-informed insights, and a timely assessment of current trends. This is Fire Headlines, a new podcast brought to you by the Western Fire Chiefs Association. Chief Jeff Buchanan and I aim to unpack the events, technologies, and changes in today’s fire service, with guidance from our host, Inanna Hencke. We hope you will join us for the discussion. read more |
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| Film Honoring America's Volunteer Firefighters Recently Screened In Moline "Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat." That's a new film that honors volunteer firefighters. It premiered over the weekend at Deere and Company world headquarters in Moline. The goal is to encourage more people to volunteer. Jacob Smith is a "product dissolve specialist" at John Deere in Silvis. He also volunteers for the Hillsdale and Coal Valley fire departments. And Jacobs is featured in the film. "If I don't answer the call, who's going to do it ? So when someone calls 911 they don't care who comes, they just expect that somebody is coming and I guess that should be me." His fire department is also feeling the effects of the firefighter shortage. Smith says an important part of his mission is to attract more volunteers. WVIK-FM 90.3 DUBUQUE Related: Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat 6 children rescued from locked hot car in Des Plaines, taken to hospital; father charged Six children were taken to the hospital after being found locked in a hot car in a parking lot in Des Plaines Monday afternoon. The North Maine Fire Protection District said they were called to a wellbeing check at the Park Colony apartment complex in the 9100-block of Lincoln Drive in Des Plaines around 12:35 p.m. When they arrived in the residential complex, they found six children in a van in the parking lot. The property manager of the complex said she was alerted by a tenant about a van in the parking lot with six children in it, including two babies in car seats. The property manager said she could not see any food or water in the van, so she called 911. She said two windows were slightly open, but she said the kids were crying and clearly in distress in the locked car. WLS-TV ABC 7 CHICAGO PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: Firefighters battle large blaze at Maryland home PHOTOS: First responders were working to battle a large house fire in Anne Arundel County on Monday. Firefighters were called to 100 block of Wallace Manor Road in Edgewater, officials said. Everyone inside made it out safely, according to the Anne Arundel County Fire Department. Residents were asked to avoid the area. As of 2 p.m., the fire had been contained, officials said. A possible cause for the fire remains unclear. WJLA-TV ABC 7 WASHINGTON, D.C. Related Video: Massive 2-alarm fire consumes Edgewater home President Biden nominates Anna Gomez for fifth FCC spot, renominates Carr, Starks President Joe Biden yesterday nominated telecom attorney Anna Gomez to be the fifth FCC commissioner and renominated current commissioners Geoffrey Starks and Brendan Carr to serve additional five-year terms on the FCC. "I thank President Biden for this honor," Gomez tweeted yesterday. "I am humbled and grateful. If confirmed, I look forward to working with Chairwoman [Jessica] Rosenworcel and my fellow commissioners to bring the benefits of modern communications to all." If the nominations of Gomez, Starks and Carr are confirmed by the U.S. Senate, the FCC would have five commissioners—three Democrats and two Republicans—for the first time during the Biden administration. The FCC has been deadlocked 2-2 along party lines as Gigi Sohn, Biden's previous FCC nominee, failed to secure Senate confirmation during two different sessions of Congress. IWCE'S URGENT COMMUNICATIONS Film Honoring America's Volunteer Firefighters Recently Screened In Illinois "Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat." That's a new film that honors volunteer firefighters. It premiered over the weekend at Deere and Company world headquarters in Moline. The goal is to encourage more people to volunteer. Jacob Smith is a "product dissolve specialist" at John Deere in Silvis. He also volunteers for the Hillsdale and Coal Valley fire departments. And Jacobs is featured in the film. "If I don't answer the call, who's going to do it? So when someone calls 911 they don't care who comes, they just expect that somebody is coming and I guess that should be me." His fire department is also feeling the effects of the firefighter shortage. Smith says an important part of his mission is to attract more volunteers. "We don't have a lot of people knocking on the doors to volunteer." WVIK-FM 90.3 ROCK ISLAND Related with Video: Odd Hours, No Pay, Cool Hat Denver Health EMS program educator helps make learning very realistic in a cost effective way VIDEO: EMS national week is May 21 through May 27, and it is an opportunity to celebrate emergency medical services staff and the work they do in our communities. In Denver alone, paramedics at Denver Health respond to more than 120,000 calls every year. But it would not be possible to do without proper training. One local educator and paramedic for the EMS program has found a way to make learning very realistic in a cost-effective way. For more than 20 years, Christy Allen has been helping train EMT students at Denver Health Paramedics - EMS education school. "I like to teach people how to save lives," said Allen. Ten years ago, Allen was asked to find a cost-effective way to make this experience of teaching students realistic, while also saving the school some money. CBS COLORADO Fire and EMS in Virginia confirms Pentagon explosion not real VIDEO: Arlington County Fire and EMS addressed an image showing an explosion near the Pentagon Monday, tweeting that there was no credibility to the picture. The photo was posted on Twitter and circulated across social media platforms. Some news outlets, including Russia Today, were among the organizations and people who shared the image, which appeared to show a large cloud of smoke rising near a building. A more thorough examination of the image calls into question its authenticity. Arlington Fire said there was no explosion or incident taking place at or near the Pentagon. DC News Now's Max Marcilla reached out to public information officer Nathaniel Himer with Fairfax Fire and EMS who said he recognized the incident as false almost immediately. DC NEWS NOW PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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