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| Round Rock firefighters begin training on safer, more efficient equipment The City of Round Rock has a new tool for fighting high-rise building fires, and it was recently installed at Round Rock's training facility. The equipment is called a Firefighting Air Replenishment Systems (FARS). The system is a standpipe that allows firefighters faster and safer access to breathing air that they can use to fill their air bottles. Thursday, Round Rock firefighters demonstrated the equipment at its training facility by trekking up a five-story building to put out a fire inside a room. "We're going to burn through our air bottles rapidly," said Captain Mike Gagliano with the Firefighter Air Coalition. "Those air bottles have to be replenished somehow. We have to go down the stairs, find it and the whole time the fire is still burning." By using the FARS system, firefighters can avoid trekking down five flights of stairs to fill up their air tanks. KXAN-TV NBC 36 AUSTIN Follow Up: McAllen's new $1.6M fire truck expands capabilities The McAllen Fire Department has added a new upgrade that's extending their capabilities and allowing them to rescue people more efficiently. Fire Station 5 is home to the city of McAllen's newest fire truck. The $1.6 million truck is equipped with new gear, including cameras, lights, and a 100-foot aerial platform, a feature their previous truck didn't have. "The aerial apparatus has what we call a basket," said McAllen Fire Chief Jim Schultz. "Where you can have three or four people operating at the tip of that ladder, 100 feet in the air, which gives us a great aerial view of any incident that's going on." Not only is the 'basket' more efficient, but it's also safer for the victims that firefighters rescue. According to McAllen Assistant Fire Chief Juan Gloria, the new truck also has an impressive water pump. KRGV-TV ABC 5 WESLACO Dallas Fire-Rescue launches new pilot program to staff ambulances more efficiently The pandemic has put more burden on first responders answering emergency medical calls. Dallas Fire-Rescue is hoping to cut down on burnout, response times and overtime with a new approach to staffing its ambulances. A new pilot program will run for six months. At first, DFR will use internal staff to determine if the model works. If so, they will begin recruiting and hiring single-role paramedics. According to the fire chief, the department averages 210,000 calls for EMS service every year. He says the numbers keep going up, especially during the pandemic. It's spreading EMS resources thin. "We have to think outside of the box see how we can be more efficient with the resources that we have," said DFR Chief Dominique Artis. KDFW-TV FOX 4 DALLAS Eagle Pass Firefighter Matthew Fuentes Dies In Accident Authorities reported a major motor vehicle accident that claimed the life of a local Eagle Pass resident identified as Matthew Fuentes. The accident took place in an area along US Highway 57 near Frio County at around 4:30 pm on Wednesday September 15,2021 when Fuentes was aboard a private ambulance traveling to Eagle Pass. The ambulance crashed head on into an 18 wheeler truck. Mr. Fuentes is reported to have died at the scene of the accident. Two other Individuals are reported to have been taken to a hospital for treatment. Fuentes was 22 years old and was part of the Eagle Pass Fire Department Family. He will be greatly missed. NEWS GRAM Related: Eagle Pass community mourns loss of fallen EMT first responder Funeral arrangements set for Denton County Fire Marshal who died from complications with COVID-19 The funeral for Chief Roland Asebedo is set for this week. He served as Fire Marshal and Director of Development and Emergency Services in Denton County. Asebedo, 56, died on Sept. 13 from complications with COVID, county officials said. The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sept. 20 at First Baptist Church of Lewisville, 1251 Valley Ridge, Lewisville, TX. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park, 3801 Roselawn Drive, Denton for family, friends, coworkers and public safety personnel only. Asebedo was a 23-year veteran law enforcement officer with more than 30 years in emergency services also as a firefighter/EMT, Chief Asebedo saved countless lives in his dedication to serving others, officials said in a statement. WFAA-TV ABC 8 DALLAS Lost elderly man gets help from big-hearted first responders in Hood County A lost and confused elderly man got help from some big-hearted Texans when he found himself far from home. The man nearly ran into a Hood County Sheriff's deputy's car while going the wrong way on a road Tuesday morning. The sheriff's office said he was confused and told the deputy he had left home in New Mexico just to go to the store. A volunteer firefighter in Cresson, southwest of Fort Worth, flew the man back to New Mexico in her family's private airplane. "I got a request yesterday about 10:30 in the morning could I take this man back to Alamogordo," Valerie Steen said. "We try to help out the fire department as much as we can, and we said yes." The man also got an escort to his house from the sheriff's office. KDFW-TV FOX 4 DALLAS PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Missouri firefighters reinforce swift water skills at Six Flags PHOTOS: The looping and twisting cobalt blue rails of the Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast loomed above the trees. The iconic siren of the ride occasionally blared through the warm September air as maintenance worked on the ride in the closed park. Below the steel supports, firefighters donned in orange and neon yellow wet suits, whitewater helmets and red personal flotation devices hung onto rescue boards through the class-four rapids of the Thunder River ride at Six Flags. "It's like riding a bull," said MU Fire and Rescue Training Institute instructor Roger Meyer. For the past 28 years — beginning in the wake of the Great Flood of 1993 —Six Flags' Thunder River has been a training site for Missouri firefighters to test their confidence with floating through swift currents, trust the havens of swirling eddies and practice diving like a Labrador, the proper technique of leaping toward a victim. COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN Old Virginia fire station becomes themed Airbnb PHOTOS: Inside the garage of the firehouse, a 1956 pumper and ladder combination fire truck from Glasgow Volunteer Fire Department is the newest addition to the Fire Station 4 Airbnb on Rivermont Avenue. The restored truck still runs but didn't fit inside the Glasgow department so the Woodland family opened up his home to it recently. Tim Woodland and his wife, Shannon, purchased the circa-1905 fire station at 1210 Rivermont Ave. adjacent from the Exxon station at the corner of Bedford Avenue in 2018. The couple has been renting out the bottom as a short-term rental since May 2020. "We took off like grease lightning," Woodland said. "People were sick of being isolated and kept inside and they wanted to get out. Lynchburg is a great place for hiking and outdoor activities and it really took off." THE NEWS & ADVANCE Oldest living member of Kentucky fire department looks back on station's 150 year history For 150 years, the people of Lexington have called on the members of the Lexington Fire Dept. to come to their rescue in an emergency. The brave men and women always run toward the danger to save lives. Their sacrifice doesn't go unnoticed, and was formally recognized Thursday by the Lexington-Fayette County Urban County Government. One man who was honored is Major Orville Cook. He served for 28 years with the department, the largest in Kentucky, from the 1950s to the 1980s. At 91, Cook is the oldest living member of the fire department. He says since his days, the industry is very different, and safer. "Equipment was rather bad, until NASA came into being," Cook recalled. "Some of the things that they developed certainly helped the fire service. Breathing apparatus for one. The coats that we now wear can turn a lot of heat." WKYT-TV CBS/CW 27 LEXINGTON Texas fire department's new $1.6M fire truck expands capabilities VIDEO: The McAllen Fire Department has added a new upgrade that's extending their capabilities and allowing them to rescue people more efficiently. Fire Station 5 is home to the city of McAllen's newest fire truck. The $1.6 million truck is equipped with new gear, including cameras, lights, and a 100-foot aerial platform, a feature their previous truck didn't have. "The aerial apparatus has what we call a basket," said McAllen Fire Chief Jim Schultz. "Where you can have three or four people operating at the tip of that ladder, 100 feet in the air, which gives us a great aerial view of any incident that's going on." Not only is the 'basket' more efficient, but it's also safer for the victims that firefighters rescue. According to McAllen Assistant Fire Chief Juan Gloria, the new truck also has an impressive water pump. KRGV-TV ABC 5 WESLACO New York Governor signs legislation to support 9/11 and communications for first responders New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recognized the New York National Guard on Saturday afternoon, 20 years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Hochul spoke at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City, and announced that she signed three pieces of legislation to support 9/11 and communications for first responders. To mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11 , Governor Hochul signed these pieces of legislation to ensure all first responders who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery, and cleanup operations can access benefits available to them. The bills make it easier for WTC first responders to apply for WTC benefits, by both expanding the criteria for defining WTC first responders and allowing online submissions of notice that members of a retirement system participated in WTC rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations. WHAM-TV ABC/CW 13 ROCHESTER PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| Firefighter I / EMT III / Paramedic - Central Emergency Services - Soldotna, AK Fire Chief - City of Ketchikan - Ketchikan, AK Assistant Fire Chief - City of Manitowoc - Manitowoc, WI Emergency Vehicle Technician I - City of Frisco - Frisco, TX Deputy Fire Marshal - Pierce County Department of Emergency Management - Tacoma, WA Confidential Recruiting: - What is it? Fire Chief - Town of St. Johnsbury - St. Johnsbury, VT (closes: Sep 17, 2021) Assistant Fire Chief - City of Pearland - Pearland, TX (closes: Sep 19, 2021) Emergency Medical Services Specialist - County of San Bernardino - San Bernardino, CA (closes: Sep 23, 2021) Fire Chief - Town of Granby - Granby, MA (closes: Sep 27, 2021) Lateral Firefighter/Paramedic - North County Regional Fire Authority - Stanwood, WA (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Fire Captain - Campbell County Fire Department - Gillette, WY (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic (Full-time) - City of Pearland - Pearland, TX (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - Teton County Fire & Rescue - Teton Valley, ID (closes: Oct 01, 2021) Firefighter EMT / Pending Paramedic / Firefighter Paramedic - Kansas Fire Department - Kansas City, KS (closes: Oct 06, 2021) Fire Chief - City of Webster Groves - Webster Groves, MO (closes: Oct 15, 2021) Firefighter - City of Beaumont - Beaumont, TX (closes: Oct 17, 2021) Structural Firefighter/ Heavy Fire Equipment Operator - Eagle Fire Department - Eagle, ID (closes: Oct 29, 2021) Firefighter - Olympia Fire Department - Olympia, WA (closes: Nov 15, 2021) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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