| |
| |
| Mesquite Fire Department mourns loss of a firefighter who died from degenerative brain disease The Mesquite Fire Department is mourning the loss of a brother firefighter who lost his fight for life last night. Officials say Jody McPherson was at a nursing home in Grand Saline after a long battle with degenerative brain disease known as vCJD, or a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Officials say it's hard to say when McPherson was infected because experts know the infectious agent can remain dormant in the body for many years before making a person feel ill. McPherson was 47 years old and worked for Mesquite Fire Department for 17 years. Friends say he was a teacher before that. McPherson is survived by his wife and three children, a son and two daughters. It's too soon to know anything about services but Mesquite fire commanders say that will all be announced when arrangements are final. KRLD-AM 1080 DALLAS San Marcos Fire Department receives best practices designation For the first time, the San Marcos Fire Department has received the stamp of excellence from a statewide accreditation association. According to the city of San Marcos, this is the first time a public safety department in the city has earned a third-party accreditation. Fire departments must demonstrate evidence that they excel in all aspects of fire service operations. After three years of gathering data on training, records keeping practices, fire operations, emergency medical service and other aspects of running a fire department, the Texas Fire Chiefs Association awarded the department with its Best Practices designation. "While most communities believe their local fire department is an excellent fire department, elected officials, city managers, fire chiefs and citizens can verify this belief by their fire department attaining the best practices designation," said Seguin Fire Chief Dale Skinner, who is also the south region director for the TFCA. COMMUNITY IMPACT Numerous departments fight sawmill fire in Corrigan The Trinity Fire Department responded to a sawmill fire in Corrigan Wednesday morning. It happened at Roy O. Martin OSB Plant at 1923 US-287. According to the Trinity Fire & Rescue page, many other units were called out to the scene including the 356 Fire Department, several Polk County Fire Departments, Walker County Fire Departments, as well as the Angelina County Fire Department. A total of 12 to 15 departments worked the scene, consisting of about 50 firefighters. According to the Corrigan fire chief, the department received the call around 11:38 p.m. Tuesday. The chief said the fire seemed to have started in the sawmill's "dry bins." The fire continually caught due to the abundance of dry material, the chief said, and took until around 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. Wednesday to get under control. KTRE-TV ABC 9 LUFKIN Fire burns southeast Austin apartment; firefighter hospitalized Austin-Travis County EMS took an Austin firefighter to the hospital following a fire at a southeast Austin apartment complex Thursday morning, according to the Austin Fire Department. AFD said the firefighter's injury was non-life threatening and was not smoke or fire-related but gave no other details. According to AFD, fire crews were called to the Solaris Apartments on Burton Drive at Woodland Avenue just before 6 a.m. for a report of a roof on fire. AFD said the fire was contained to one apartment unit and no one was displaced. According to AFD, the apartment manager said the unit was not currently rented but AFD also said it was not known if the apartment was empty. AFD said an investigation is underway into where the fire started and how it started. KXAN-TV NBC 36 AUSTIN PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
|
|
| |
| VIDEO: 7 injured, including child and first responders, in Pennsylvania rowhome fire Firefighters responded to a rowhome fire in Northeast Philadelphia on Thursday morning. The fire started at about 8 a.m. at a home on the 6300 block of Cardiff Street. When crews arrived, heavy smoke was pouring out of the two-story home and flames were seen at the back of the house. Initial calls were that someone was trapped inside the home, so firefighters made entry on the second floor. A firefighter was trapped for a brief time, and a mayday call was issued, but that firefighter was rescued. Firefighters rescued four additional people from inside the home and everyone made it out safely, said Derek Bowmer, executive chief of the Philadelphia Fire Department. Two police officers, a firefighter and four people from inside the home - including a small child - were taken to an area hospital for treatment. WPVI-TV ABC 6 PHILADELPHIA Drones offer a new dimension of public safety for Colorado firefighters VIDEO: Three major structure fire responses in just four days got support from the Colorado Springs Fire Department's new Special Operations Division. The support from the division formed back in August is visuals and infrared images from drones. "We have just been evolving pretty much every week since we've been stood up," said Captain JJ Halsey with Colorado Springs Fire Department. Drones add highly useful information very quickly. Firefighters stay at a safe location while the drone shows views from around and above an incident. "Allows us to be better at what we do, allows us to be quicker, and allows us to you know, mitigate those hazards earlier than when we didn't have it," said Halsey. Because of a drone overhead, incident commanders get a better idea of what is burning and what is threatened. KOAA-TV NBC 5 PUEBLO Bystanders, firefighters rescue 3 from sailboat stuck off shore in Massachusetts VIDEO: With the help of helpful local residents, three people were pulled from a sailboat in distress close to the shore in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, firefighters said. Video from the scene shows the sailors jumping into the choppy surf, where people bundled in cold weather gear were waiting in the water to shuttle them to the beach. It was a cold day, and was snowing in parts of the Greater Boston area.The incident unfolded off the Center Hill Preserve. A 911 caller reported the sailboat was in distress and close to the shore near 92 Center Hill Road about 7:30 a.m., according to Plymouth fire officials. One of the bystanders who helped the two men and a woman before firefighters arrived was retired Plymouth Fire Battalion Chief Michael Roy. WBTS-CD NBC 10 NASHUA Kentucky firefighters embracing peer support training to cope with difficult calls VIDEO: Firefighters in Louisville are getting tools to help them have better ways to cope with the difficult calls they respond to. This week on Monday and Tuesday, firefighters with Louisville Fire and civilian employees participated in an International Association of Fire Fighters training focused on peer support. "Firefighters love their jobs, but they affect them every day," said Danny Adams, a master peer support trainer. "They see things everybody else would not see." Adams said this training is highly sought after nationally. Louisville Fire had the training booked well in advance of Dec. 4, not knowing that day would include a deadly house fire in Louisville's Chickasaw neighborhood that left a 7-year-old boy and 65-year-old man dead. WDRB-TV FOX 41 LOUISVILLE PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
|
|
| | | All-In-One RMS Solution EPR Systems, FireWorks provides a complete records management solution. Our all-in-one software includes Inspection, Property, and Hydrant databases, ePCR, LMS, & Staffing management. We customize & integrate our software to fit the exact needs of each agency. Schedule a demo with our team today. Learn more |
|
| | | Audio & CAD Dispatch to Phone eDispatches includes tone-out notifications, CAD messaging and live streaming to wireless devices w/o dispatcher involvement. Our app functions similar to a voice pager w/ mapping/routing, hydrant/POI mapping, document storage, mass messaging & availability/response functions. Equipment is included for no charge. Free Trial (973) 453-5810. |
|
| | | We do RFPs so you don't have to. Sourcewell’s cooperative purchasing contracts help fire-rescue leaders get the apparatus, equipment and services they need faster, meeting procurement requirements without going through their own lengthy RFP process. Learn More. |
|
|
| |
| L-O-D-D Tennessee - Henderson County Fire Department, Lexington, Tennessee L-O-D-D Ohio - Concord Green Township Fire Department, Washington Court House, Ohio L-O-D-D Ohio - Concord Green Township Fire Department, Washington Court House, Ohio L-O-D-D Texas - Whitney Fire Department, Whitney, Texas The Daily Dispatch Office will be closed Dec. 22, 2023 - Jan. 1, 2024 - In observance of Christmas and New Year's Day Lebanon Fire District (Oregon) and WesternU COMP-Northwest students publish white paper Help WFCA Improve Its Two Most Popular Services: Cooperative Purchasing & the Daily Dispatch Newsletter - Submit your answers by Dec. 14 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 |
|
|
| | | Sourcewell, your FireRescue GPO - Leverage the power of group purchasing for the products and services your department needs. Sourcewell is the largest government-based cooperative in North America. Sourcewell offers over 600 competitively awarded contracts - Sourcewell contracts are created through a government solicitation process designed to satisfy your procurement requirements and are currently used by over 50,000 agencies across the United States and Canada. ADS, Inc - Equipment & Kitted Solutions, Procurement Support, Program Management, & More NCL Government Capital - Helping communities do more with less. Competitively bid financing solutions for municipalities Draeger - Quality manufacturer of SCBA, respirators, gas detection devices, firefighting training systems and more E-One - Industry leader in the engineering, manufacturing, and delivery of fire trucks including pumpers, tankers, rescue, wildland, boom, ladder, platform and ARFF vehicles |
| | | ALL FEATURED SUPPLIERS |
|
| Resident Firefighter / EMS Program - Columbus Fire Rescue - Columbus, MT Community Risk Reduction Division Manager - City of Meridian - Meridian, ID ***Confidential Deputy Fire Chief Recruitment*** - City of Pasco - Pasco, WA Fire Marshal - Durango Fire Protection District - Durango, CO Firefighter/EMT - City of Bethel - Bethel, AK Fire Lieutenant - City of Bethel - Bethel, AK Deputy Fire Chief - Snohomish County Fire District 17 (Granite Falls Fire) - Granite Falls, WA Firefighter EMT / Firefighter Paramedic - Spokane County Fire District 8 - Valleyford, WA Lateral Captain - Caldwell Fire Department - Caldwell, ID (closes: Dec 01, 2023) Fire Marshal - UC Davis Medical Center - Sacramento, CA (closes: Dec 07, 2023) Ambulance Operator-Paramedic - San Bernardino County Fire Protection District - Throughout San Bernardino County, CA (closes: Dec 11, 2023) Deputy Fire Chief of Administration - Lake Havasu City Fire Department - Lake Havasu City, AZ (closes: Dec 12, 2023) Community Resource Paramedic (Single Role Paramedic) - Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue - Ridgefield, WA (closes: Dec 15, 2023) Lateral Firefighter EMT & Lateral Firefighter Paramedic - Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One - Gig Harbor, WA (closes: Dec 15, 2023) Entry Level Firefighter/EMT - Vashon Island Fire & Rescue - Vashon, WA (closes: Dec 17, 2023) Firefighter - Clackamas Fire District #1 - Milwaukie, OR (closes: Dec 17, 2023) Firefighter Academy - Idaho National Laboratory - Idaho Falls, ID (closes: Dec 18, 2023) Division Chief - City of Boulder - Boulder, CO (closes: Dec 18, 2023) Strategic Planning Coordinator/ Assistant Chief - California Governor's Office of Emergency - Mather, CA (closes: Dec 29, 2023) Firefighter – Entry Level - City of Hillsboro - Hillsboro, OR (closes: Dec 31, 2023) Firefighter Cadet - Corpus Christi Fire Department - Corpus Christi, TX (closes: Jan 11, 2024) Firefighter/EMT & Firefighter/Paramedic (Entry Level & Lateral) - Umatilla County Fire District #1 - Hermiston, OR (closes: Jan 26, 2024) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
|
|
| |
| HAZWOPER Training - Fowler Fire Education & Certification - On-Site Courses Provided - HAZMATCON - A Brand New Online Conference for Haz Mat Responders - $125 Per Person, 10% off for 5 or more - Virtual - 24/7 access - May 1 - June 30, 2023 Sourcewell Webinar - Register to learn how to strengthen disaster planning and recovery with cooperative contracts. - Webinar - December 8, 2023 AT&T FirstNet: Response Operation Group Webinar - Hosted by WFCA - Online - December 11, 2023 Wildland Fire Training at TMCC - More than 40 courses available! - Reno, NV - January 8 - May 2, 2024 Fire Officer 4 - Fowler Fire Education & Certification - On-line Delivery | On-site Test Location – Union, WA - January 8-15, 2024 Leadership Development Symposium - Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service - San Marcos, TX - January 8-10, 2024 2024 Annual Health & Safety Conference - FDSOA - Phoenix, AZ - January 14-18, 2024 Fire Apparatus, Specification, Maintenance & Fleet Management Conference - FDSOA - Gilbert, AZ - January 17-19, 2024 Vision 20/20 To Select One Fire Department to Participate - in Onsite Community Risk Reduction Project - Murfreesboro, TN - February 20-22, 2024 National Fire Service Staff and Command Course - Annapolis, MD - March 3-8, 2024 POST EVENT MORE EVENTS |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
