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| Elderly man dies in East St. Louis house fire One person died in a house fire in East St. Louis, Illinois Wednesday morning. The emergency call was made just before 6 a.m. The home is located in the 1600 block of North 36th Street. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they put the fire out and then found an elderly man. East St. Louis Fire Department's Assistant Chief George McClellan said the man could not exit the home and he was found in the front of the home. There were smoke detectors going off when McClellan arrived at the scene. He also said the victim was "handicapped." FOX 2's Bommarito Automotive Group SkyFOX helicopter was flying over the scene. When they arrived, flames were visible. It is unknown at this time how the fire started. FOX 2's Nissan Rogue Runner reporter Jason Maxwell was at the scene. KTVI-TV FOX 2 ST. LOUIS Illinois governor surveys damage at Amazon facility: 'A tragedy of enormous proportion' Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) assessed the damages from recent tornadoes and severe thunderstorms that took place over the weekend on Monday, calling it a "tragedy of enormous proportion." Pritzker visited the battered town of Edwardsville, where an Amazon warehouse partially collapsed, killing six. The governor lamented the deaths of the six workers at the warehouse during a news conference. "Six individuals clocked in on Friday, and they never came home," he said. "We are ensuring there is a full understanding of what happened to these individuals in their final moments. And while we cannot prevent natural disasters, we can strive to prevent future tragedies and ensure all Illinoisans make it home at the end of their shifts." THE HILL Chicago Firefighters Get Surprise Breakfast, Holiday Items From The Daisie Foundation VIDEO: A delicious surprise for three Chicago firehouses Tuesday morning to say thank you and happy holidays. The Daisie Foundation brought a Chick-Fil-A breakfast to the crew at engine company five in the west loop. it was a holiday surprise for our first responders. The bags also included a tie and socks for the men and a scarf for female firefighters. The group coordinated with the Chicago Fire Department to make surprise visits to Engine 120 in Morgan Park and Engine 34 in Archer Heights. WBBM-TV CBS 2 CHICAGO PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Dramatic moments as crews race to battle an oil tanker fire in Massachusetts Sky 25 captured a heart-stopping scene in Haverhill on Tuesday after a fire broke out at an oil company. It happened on Hale Street in Haverhill. Two workers had to race to pull away a tube that appeared to have been feeding the burning truck. The men raced up the stairs of the rig beside the tanker, and one of them climbed on board the burning tanker to free the tube and then stomped on an open hatch to make sure it was closed. The men were then able to get down off the rig as fire crews continued to pour water on the tanker. "I heard first an explosion that shook my whole house and then there were multiple explosions after I come out, and there are flames like 10 to 20 feet. It burned for about an hour and they were not getting it under control," said Richard Robinson, who lives nearby. Firefighters agree there was a risk of a major explosion. WFXT-TV FOX 25 BOSTON Related YouTube Video: Fire In Haverhill Destroys 7 Vehicles Florida fire rescue unveils new WeatherSTEM weather station network VIDEO: When deadly weather moves into the area, speed saves lives. That's why Tampa Fire Rescue just installed five brand new, state-of-the-art weather stations, scattered throughout the city. The department says the information gathered by the WeatherSTEM system will help protect first responders and the public by relaying potentially life-saving information about storms, changing weather patterns and dangerous lightning in our region – right down to the neighborhood level. "Now that we had these weather stations embedded at each of our fire districts, it's going to make us make better decisions," said Tampa Fire Rescue's John Antapasis. Tampa decided to look into the WeatherSTEM system after hurricane Irma. The storm taught city officials they needed a more localized way to monitor weather conditions so they could let first responder crews know when it was safe to go out and help people — and when they needed to get back inside to protect themselves. WTSP-TV CBS NEWS 10 TAMPA Oklahoma firefighters to be featured in Ragú commercial they inadvertently filmed on social media What started out as a team-building exercise landed the Tahlequah Fire Department in a TV commercial for the national company Ragú. Firefighter Anthony Margarit posted a video to his personal TikTok account, after he and his co-workers filmed a "commercial" wherein Margarit was cooking at Station 1 using Ragú sauce. Ragú's recent blurbs have shown people cooking with its sauces and saying, "Cook like a mother!" Margarit boasted in the video that he is, in fact, cooking like a mother. "Ours doesn't follow the Ragú commercial exactly; we just took bits and pieces we thought were fun, and we wanted everybody to be included in it," said TFD Capt. Jody Enlow. Enlow came up with the idea as a team-building exercise for his shift. His brother-in-law emailed the TikTok video to Ragú, and a company representative contacted Margarit directly on the social media app. TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS Man rescued from within chemical transport tank in Utah PHOTOS: A male worker that was reported unconscious within a chemical transport tank was rescued Tuesday afternoon. According to a tweet from Salt Lake City Fire Department, heavy rescue and hazmat teams arrived on scene for rescue efforts. SLC Fire Captain Anthony Burton said they responded to a situation around 2 p.m. when they became aware of a worker that had entered a transport tank to service it. Although he was following most their safety procedures, the man ended up unconscious and became trapped. Hazmat arrived on scene first and monitored the atmosphere in the tank, finding dangerous factors including the size of the space, and the presence of unknown substances that could cause harm to victims and rescuers in addition to low oxygen levels. Then heavy rescue arrived with firefighters and performed a "confined space rescue." Captain Burton said the tank typically hauls methane and they often purge those tanks with nitrogen. KSL-TV NBC 5 SALT LAKE CITY COVID-19 hospitalization hot spots across the U.S., in five charts COVID-19 hospitalizations are once again ticking upward after a lull in October and early November, with tens of thousands more Americans filling hospital beds across the country in the past four weeks. The increase is particularly noticeable in the Rust Belt and the Southwest. As of Wednesday, Michigan's population-adjusted rate is highest in the nation, followed by Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. States along the East Coast, from Massachusetts to North Carolina, are seeing the greatest percentage increase in hospitalizations in the past two weeks. More than 600 people are hospitalized with COVID in Connecticut as of Wednesday; that's up from 374 people two weeks ago, an 82 percent increase and highest in the nation. NBC NEWS PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| L-O-D-D New Jersey - John T. Ruddy, Battalion Chief, Jersey City Fire Department, Jersey City, NJ L-O-D-D Arkansas - Wesley "Wes" Adams, Chief, Sedgwick Volunteer Fire Department, Sedgwick, AR L-O-D-D New York - Vincent Malveaux, Probationary Firefighter, Fire Department of New York, Brooklyn, NY L-O-D-D Illinois - Garrett Edward Ramos, Lieutenant, Sterling Fire Department, Sterling, IL L-O-D-D Texas - Ross Darren Estabrooks, Assistant Chief, Tri-Lakes Volunteer Fire Department, Pittsburg, TX NFPA releases its Fifth U.S. Needs Assessment report - showing both progress and continued gaps in U.S. fire departments' needs and resources St. Petersburg Fire Rescue's Inclusive Recruitment Video Wins Award NFPA releases Drone Knowledgebase - Encourages U.S. fire departments to provide local insights to help inform best practices Fire Safety Resources: December - Put a Freeze on Winter Fires COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandates for EMS agencies Registration Opens for 2022 FDSOA Conferences - January 9-12, 2022 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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| | | 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 suppliers - 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. Icom America - Featured Supplier - Communications equipment including amateur, avionic, land mobile, marine, and network handhelds and products Husqvarna - Featured Supplier - Supplier of a full range of tools including chainsaws, trimmers, brush cutters, axes, and hand tools |
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| Deputy Fire Chief - Enumclaw Fire Department - Enumclaw, WA Deputy Fire Chief - City of Beverly Hills - Beverly Hills, CA EMS Division Chief - Washington Township/Avon Fire Department - Avon, IN Fire Division Chief - City of Corvallis - Corvallis, OR Entry-Level Firefighter, Lateral Firefighter, and Paramedic Firefighter - Caldwell Fire Department - Caldwell, ID Fire Plans Examiner - City of Palm Beach Gardens - Palm Beach Gardens, FL Firefighter/Paramedic - North Las Vegas Fire Department - North Las Vegas, NV Firefighter - DeKalb County Fire Rescue - DeKalb County, GA Deputy Fire Marshal - Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue - Ridgefield, WA Fire Chief - City of Ketchikan - Ketchikan, AK Confidential Recruiting: - What is it? Fire Chief - City of Madison - Madison, WI (closes: Dec 15, 2021) Fire Chief - Village of Richton Park - Richton Park, IL (closes: Dec 17, 2021) Fire Chief - Itasca Fire Protection District - Itasca, IL (closes: Dec 17, 2021) Fire Chief - Town of Cohasset - Cohasset, MA (closes: Dec 20, 2021) Firefighter - Redding Fire Department - Redding, CA (closes: Dec 22, 2021) Fire Chief - Spokane Valley Fire Department - Spokane Valley, WA (closes: Dec 29, 2021) Fire Chief - Spokane Valley Fire Department - Spokane Valley, WA (closes: Dec 29, 2021) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Education Specialist - Poudre Fire Authority - Fort Collins, CO (closes: Dec 31, 2021) Mechanic - Poulsbo Fire Department - Poulsbo, WA (closes: Jan 05, 2022) Firefighter/Paramedic - La Grange Fire Department - La Grange, IL (closes: Jan 07, 2022) Deputy Fire Marshal I/II - Hillsboro Fire & Rescue - Hillsboro, OR (closes: Jan 09, 2022) Firefighter – Entry Level - City of Hillsboro - Hillsboro, OR (closes: Jan 09, 2022) Entry Level Firefighter/Paramedic - East Grays Harbor Fire and Rescue - Elma, WA (closes: Jan 14, 2022) Firefighter IV/III/II - City of Thornton - Thornton, CO (closes: Jan 14, 2022) Assistant Fire Chief - North County Regional Fire Authority - Stanwood, WA (closes: Jan 14, 2022) Firefighter Cadet - Corpus Christi Fire Department - Corpus Christi, TX (closes: Jan 14, 2022) Firefighter/Paramedic - Northern Lakes Fire District - Hayden, ID (closes: Jan 17, 2022) Deputy Fire Marshal - Spokane Fire Department - Spokane, WA (closes: Jan 18, 2022) Director of Fire Service Program - Bates Technical College - Tacoma, WA (closes: Jan 22, 2022) Fire Investigator II - King County Sheriff's Office - Seattle, WA (closes: Jan 22, 2022) Fire Chief - City of Lansing - Lansing, MI (closes: Jan 23, 2022) Deputy Chief - Kittitas County Fire District 7 - Cle Elum, WA (closes: Jan 31, 2022) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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| "CPAT" Candidate Physical Ability Test - Huntley Fire Protection District - Huntley, IL - December 18, 2021 - March 19, 2022 PHTLS Refresher 9e Hybrid Course - Jefferson Fire District - Online - January 8, 2022 PHTLS Provider 9e Hybrid Course - Jefferson Fire District - Online - January 9, 2022 Fire Officer I - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - January 10-14, 2022 Fire Officer 3 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Union, WA - January 10-19, 2022 Fire Officer 4 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Union, WA - January 31 - February 9, 2022 Fire Officer II - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - February 21-25, 2022 Fire Service Inspector 1 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - February 21-25, 2022 Fire Service Instructor 1 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - February 28 - March 3, 2022 53rd Annual Northwest Leadership Seminar - Register Online - Portland, OR - March 2-4, 2022 Hazmat Awareness/Operations - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - March 5-19, 2022 Fire Service Instructor II - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - March 28 - April 1, 2022 Fire Officer I - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - April 4-8, 2022 Fire Fighter 2 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - April 9-23, 2022 Fire Service Instructor 1 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - April 25-28, 2022 Hazmat Incident Commander - Academy - Mason County Fire District 6 - Union, WA - May 2-6, 2022 Fire Officer II - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - May 16-20, 2022 Hazmat Awareness/Operations - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - September 10-24, 2022 Fire Service Instructor 1 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - September 12-15, 2022 Fire Officer II - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - September 19-23, 2022 Fire Service Inspector 1 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - September 26-30, 2022 Fire Fighter 2 - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - October 1-15, 2022 Fire Officer I - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - October 3-7, 2022 Fire Service Instructor II - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - October 3-7, 2022 Hazmat Incident Commander - Academy - Mason County Fire District 6 - Union, WA - October 31 - November 4, 2022 Fire Officer I - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - November 28 - December 2, 2022 Fire Officer II - Fowler Fire Education and Certification - Online - December 5-9, 2022 POST EVENT MORE EVENTS |
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