“He was just a good dog,” Corye Ramsey of Monroeville Volunteer Fire Department No. 6 says. “More than a dog. He was one of our kids.”
Ramsey is talking about Denver, the Great Dane that had been the firehouse’s mascot until recently. At eight years old, Denver had underwent several surgeries and between complications [...]
Colorado is one among of handful of states where hundreds of firefighters, paramedics, police, and even corporate employees are being trained to hunt down and report a broadly defined range of “suspicious activities.” They’re called Terrorism Liaison Officers. The federally supported initiative trains them to look out for “observed behavior that may be indicative of intelligence-gathering
(Los Angeles, CA) Firefighters are reminding parents to keep a close eye on their children at the pool after two near drownings. Suzie Suh reports.
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Firefighters battled a major fire Wednesday on Mount Hymettus on the outskirts of Athens that burned through one of the Greek capital's last forests but posed no threat to homes."We are trying to contain the fire, a very difficult blaze which moved with incredible speed," fire department spokesman Yiannis Kapakis told the Mega television channel.Thirty-seven fire engines, 150 firefighters, 100 sol
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Just passing the six year mark of the 9-11 terrorist attack in NYC, brings back to mind some of the devastation and heart ache as Americans suffered not so very long ago.
Although it has been long back, in our hearts, the pain is sometimes as fresh as just the other day. There [...]
When we think of firefighters we think of regular people who are doing a great service for our community but did you ever stop to think about what kind of traits and characteristic that person has to have to do a great job? Not everyone can do the job or has [...]
An airport is a busy place, with the planes and people coming and going, traffic in and out, what happens when there is an incident that involves chemicals, fire, or danger? They call the fire department, just as we do, but it makes you wonder just how quickly they could respond to [...]
I have confirmed by phone that the Baskin Robbins at 711 Prince Avenue in Athens, GA 30606 will be particpating in the 31 cent scoop night to honor America's Firefighters! That is really affordable ice cream in support of a good cause! What's you favorite flavor? The place: Baskin Robbins on Prince Avenue, Athens, GAThe date: Wednesday, 4/30/2008 The time: from 5pm until 10pm
Don't miss it!REALTORS® in Athens Georgia support the Georgia Burns Foundation (a GA Firefighter Charity) through many volunteer effforts - mark you calendars now and plan to join us at the REALTORS® Family Fun Day this fall on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at the Athens Area Association of REALTORS® office located on Meriweather Drive -
Firefighters battle blaze in North Front Street triple-decker (1 ...SouthCoastToday.com, MA - Apr 27, 2008By Staff report A Fire Department dispatcher reported the address as 310 N. Front St., but no other official information was available either by telephone ...
In the old days, firefighters were there to help when the call came in. The only thing between them and the fire was a thin helmet and a hose pumping a weak amount of water as compared to the hoses of today.
The smoke and flames were not something that were a concern [...]
There has been a lot of talk in the news lately about firefighters saving not only the lives of two-leggers, but their canine pals too!Not too long ago there was a great story in the news about firefighter Stephen "Odie" Odom. The Ouachita Parish firefighter went above and beyond the call of duty, performing CPR on a dog and ultimately saving its life.I'm sure that saving a pups life isn't something they are trained for, but translating their training to help pups is an incredibly admiral thing to do - we salute all the firefighters, trainers and the fire fighting equipment manufacturer, like FireBlast 451, for all chipping in when needed - no matter what.
One night , in a sleepy town a huge chemical plant exploded into flames. The alarm went off and departments from miles around raced to the scene. After fighting the fire for over an hour the chemical company president approached the fire chief, "All of our secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the plant. They must be saved! I will give $50,000 to the engine company that brings them out safely!"At that,the firemen attacked with a renewed gusto. Two hours later they still had not gained any ground. At that, the company president offered $100,000 to the engine company that brought out the company's secret files.In the distance, the wail of yet another siren was heard and soon another fire truck came into sight. The fire chief shook his head, aware it was that little rinky-dink vol
If you're looking to get your car washed this weekend then why not get a proper job done by the local fire service. The team from Crewe Fire Station will be getting lathered up from 10.30am until 4pm this Saturday, 22nd March, on the forecourt of their Macon Way base. Cash raised will go towards the Fire Service Benevolent Fund, but the day also gives the service a great opportunity to chat to the public and raise awareness about safety issues. Give them your support...
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All for charity, the Crewe firefighters were outside ASDA tonight belting out a few Christmas favourites. A good effort in the cold but I reckon most would agree that they shouldn't give up their day/night jobs! Good sports though...
I’m surprised that Team Bush didn’t think of this one sooner. Or maybe they did, and simply decided that it would be best to allow adequate passage of time following the big nine-eleven-aught-one calamity for a bit of that national firefighters-as-gods fervor to fade before redrafting their job descriptions, so as not to besmirch their [...]
A group of 9/11 firefighters and victims' family members with eyes on derailing Republican Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign is close to a decision on forming an entity that would run issue ads in key early nominating states. "TV made him a hero, and we'll use TV to take him down," New York Fire Chief Jim Riches told ABC News.read more | digg story
Emmitsburg, MD, (Nov. 5, 2007) - Families of firefighters who lost their lives during the September 11th tragedy gathered together today at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Park in Emmitsburg, Md. to unveil a 40-foot-tall bronze monument created to honor those heroes. (Slideshow of the dedication available)
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As amateur photographer, you are being invited to put your skills to the test in a new global photography competition as part of the World Firefighters Games 2008. The photography competition is open to everyone and participants do not need to have a direct link with Fire and Rescue Services. The contest is sponsored by Sigma photographic equipment, the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers (SWPP), and the British Professional Photographers Association (BPPA).
There are two age categories (under 16s - young photographers and over 16s). Each submissions is accepted with an entrance fee of £10. The closing date is 12pm on June 1, 2008, and the winners will be announced on August 24, 2008. The winners, runners-up and second runners-up in each age group will be awarded with a genuine World Firefighters Games 2008 medal, plus the competition sponsors have donated a number of outstanding prizes including a Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG MACRO Standard Zoom Lens (worth £349.99 from Sigma
Filmmaker Robert Greenwald has released another explosive short documentary film about Rudy Giuliani, this time highlighting the former New York City mayor's controversial handling of radios used by the city's fire department on Sept. 11. Hit the jump to read the full article.read more | digg story
Well, it looks like firefighters are next in line for a new cooking show. A Boise film crew shot a pilot entitled ‘America’s Firehouse Chefs’ yesterday with firefighters showing their courage in the kitchen. Once the show is edited, it will make the rounds with various networks to see if it can find a home. “It’s ‘America’s Firehouse Chefs’ and that says it all, we want to criss-cross the country highlighting the locations people are in, the kind of firefighting people do at a particular station and then the local cuisine, we want to highlight that,” said Jerry Long, show producer. The pilot is being shot at station number 7 in Boise and they have selected Brian Martin as their first firehouse chef. “I’m somewhat surprised and excited and honored,” said Martin. “Brain’s an excellent cook,” said Dave Hanneman, Boise deputy fire chief. “When he’s cooking, everyone’s thinking about what’s going to be on the plate for dinner.” Martin delighted ever
September 1, 2007- 9:28 pm Goosecreek Rd. just off of 250, A fire broke out in a garage under a house. The cause was a hot weed eater and fumes from gas cans in the garage. There was no one home at the time of the fire, a dog was in the home witch was not harmed. The fire could have been a lot worse, a water line broke witch helped in containing the fire. Fishersvill, Starts Draft, and Augusta co. put out the fire and Waynesboro Rescue assisted. Photo/Story Nathan Combs
They've been called the Green Berets of the wildfire fighting brigade.When flames are chewing up rugged mountain slopes, they helicopter in behind enemy lines with chain saws and flares.Sometimes, after 16 hours of cutting lines through the forest and setting backfires, they'll simply wrap a space blanket around themselves and sleep on the ground before waking up and doing it all over again.For six months straight, 14 days at a time, they go wherever they are needed — Montana, Alaska, Wyoming, or this week, Ventura County.They are the Hotshots."We definitely get to do the cool stuff," said Jamie Miller, a member of the Laguna Hotshots. Her crew was digging a line around the Zaca fire Thursday in a remote northwestern corner of Ventura County.The Laguna team is one of a handful of Hotshot crews called in to do some of the most dangerous, remote frontline work in the Zaca fire. More than 100 such teams exist around the country, constantly being called in to whatever fire or natural d
August 23, 2007 - 7:00 pm Old Churchvill Rd. 35 firefighters showed up to a fire that was in a house with a accidental fire that started in the living room. The Firefighters from Stauton, Swoope, and Churchvill where able to get the fire uncontroll in about 20 mints, saving the home. Churchvill rescue squad gave sport. There where no injuries.
One dark night outside a small town in Alberta, a fire started inside the local sausage plant and in a blink of an eye it exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all the fire departments from miles around. When the volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the sausage company president rushed to the fire chief and said, "All of our secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the plant. They must be saved and Il will give $50,000.00 to the fire department thatbrings them out intact." But the roaring flames held the firefighters off. Soon more fire departments had to be called in as the situation became desperate. As the firemen arrived, the president shouted out that the offer was now $100,000.00 to the fire department who could bring out the company's secret files. From the distance, a lone siren was heard as another fire truck came into sight. It was the nearby Mundare Rural Township Volunteer Fire Department, composed mainly of Ukrainian men over the age of 65
Firefighters battled dozens of land-clearing blazes in western Indonesia on Wednesday, officials said, as thick clouds of choking haze spread across parts of the region. Donny Osmon, the head of the local firefighting agency, said farmers and agricultural companies began setting the fires on Sumatra island on Sunday, at the start of the dry season, to clear brush and peat land. Haze from forest fires has become a major problem for large parts of Southeast Asia over the last 10 years and is a source of tension with Malaysia and Singapore, where air quality levels are drastically worsened because of the smoke.
Click Image or Link to Play Video:WCBS NEWS New York - Firefighters Rip Giuliani(CBS) NEW YORK The International Association of Firefighters has gone on the offensive against "America's Mayor" Rudy Giuliani, releasing a 13-minute video that viciously rips into the former New York mayor, who has been using his leadership demonstrated on September 11th to urge people around the country to support him in his quest to become President of the United States.The video, released early Wednesday evening, is titled "Rudy Giuliani: Urban Legend," and offers testimonials from various members of the organization and family members of firefighters lost in the terror attacks.“We have the remains of dead heroes at the garbage dump because of Giuliani and his administration and they’re still there today and they won’t remove them,” claims FDNY Deputy Chief Jim Riches on the DVD, which was released to CBS 2 HD before its public debut. New York City Housing Bubble - The BIG Picture
Charleston is a personal city for me. Growing up in upstate South Carolina, I enjoyed trips to what Carolinians often call “The Holy City.” We’d shop at the City Market, and enjoy walking along the Battery where old homes and inns bring history to the forefront. My husband and I spent a week in Charleston on our honeymoon. For many years my brother owned a small place on one of the islands near Charleston. My family spent many summer vacations there. When I read about the nine firefighters who lost their lives Monday, I felt a great sadness wash over me.
My father worked as a firefighter in the Naval Shipyard in Charleston when he was a young man. He was my grandmother’s only son to serve stateside in the war; her two other sons served in the United States Army and were stationed overseas. I still have the buttons from my father’s uniform. He was proud of his service as a young man.
We don’t often stop, on a daily basis, to think about men and women who are willing, for
Fire broke out in a building under construction above the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, the iconic offshore development. One person was hospitalized due to smoke inhalation.The construction materials that caught fire created huge dark clouds of smoke. A representative of Nakheel states that the fire broke out at 4pm in a building, currently under construction, owned by a third party developer, on the trunk of Palm Jumeirah. The fire spread within the building, setting fire to construction materials, and producing massive smoke.However, the permanent fire tender of the Palm Jumeirah, reached the scene within minutes, along with required support from Environmental Health and Safety, and the fire service of the Civil Defence. The necessary measures have been undertaken for the safety of public in the island. All workers have been asked for an explanation.The Palm Jumeirah, is one among the three major man-made islands, with Nakheel as its developer. Launched during 2001, it extends 522kms of th
Jeffrey Francis Cullen, a 59 year-old-man of Kingman, shot at firefighters because they refused to go and get the man’s cat out of a tree. He has been sentenced to five months in jail and will also have to be on intensive probation for the next five years.
This sentence was not enough for Lee Jantzen, who was the prosecutor in the case. He said, “The state’s position is that if it’s the first time or the 20th time, prison is appropriate.”
The man called the Hualapai Valley Fire Department and told them that there was a tree on fire, but once the firefighters got there he told them that he just wanted his cat rescued from a tree. The battalion chief told the man to either wait for the cat to come down or to call animal control for help. Apparently this wasn’t the response the man wanted because he went in his house, grabbed a handgun and came out shooting.
Before handing down the sentence, Judge Robert Moon told Cullen, “Firemen, they sh
According to Hotline, "It's the first bipartisan forum with the major '08 presidential candidates." On March 14th The International Association of Firefighters will be having an annual meeting and Chuck Hagel will be there to speak (he's scheduled for 1pm). For the full story check out the short piece at Hotline on Call.
A pact that would lift the wage freeze for firefighters in return for concessions faces rough sailing after union leaders stood firm Friday in a decision not to put the plan before rank-and-file members for consideration.
A ratification vote will only occur if the control board agrees to change “problematic” language in a resolution the panel approved Wednesday, union leaders said.
“Let the lawyers work it out,” said fire union Vice President Peter Margerum. “But if they can’t come to terms that are satisfactory, it might be over.”
Joe Foley, head of the Buffalo Firefighters Union, refuses to submit the proposed contract to a ratification vote by the members. He claims wording changed in a “whereas” clause, by the Control Board, alters the legal meaning of the original agreement.
City Corporation Counsel Alisa A. Lukasiewicz insisted that wording in the “whereas” section of the resolution is not legally bindi
The head of the Buffalo firefighters union Thursday told the rank and file that they will not be voting on a new five-year contract that was unanimously approved by the city’s control board Wednesday.
President Joseph E. Foley said the union was precluded from submitting the tentative agreement to its membership for ratification later this month because the resolution approved by the control board deviates from the agreement that was reached between the city and Local 282, Buffalo Professional Firefighters Association.
Foley objects to the fact that the Control Board wants the threat of litigation for back wages nullified. The proposed contract calls for a $5,000 raise, followed by subsequent 3.4% increases beginning in a few months. The overall pay increase over the terms of the contract would lead to a 34 - 40% increase for fighters, depending on the pay grade.
It would be fiscally irresponsible to permit the contract to be approved without assurances that furt
Below is an excerpt from today’s Buffalo News describing the proposed contract for Buffalo Firefighters.
Buffalo firefighters would see their salaries increase by more than 30 percent over the next 5½ years under a proposed contract settlement that will be sent to the Common Council and control board for immediate consideration.
In return, negotiators said firefighters would agree to numerous cost-saving concessions, including insurance givebacks, changes in injured-on-duty policies and a rule that all firefighters hired in the future live in the city for their first 15 years on the job.
Mayor Byron W. Brown said the contract will save the city $7.5 million by 2011.
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The entry level salary will increase about $6,326, or 18.61% on Feb 1, 2007. The top pay grade will increase about $6736, or 13.19% on Feb 1, 2007. All grades will then receive 5 annual 3.4% increase beginning this year on July 1. The final salaries w
Firefighters are always on high alert, in a state of readiness waiting to respond to an emergency. But with all that spare time, what is there to do to pass the time? Well, the firefighters in Mokdong, particularly Yangcheon-gu, love to play what I have termed, "Solleyball."
That's right...the ultimate sport combining the elements of soccer/football (choose whatever title you see fight) and
(Here is a link to all of the photos I took yesterday.)...how can you not love a firefighter? Is there someone who doesn't? I mean, that's like, illegal or something isn't it? They're always the good guys; rescuing children from burning buildings, pulling frightened kittens out of trees, posing suggestively for calendars...(sigh)Oh. Yeah, so anyway. I was driving today and stopped at an intersection where a dozen or more firefighters were lifting change off motorists in their annual "Fill the Boot for Burns" fund raiser. Naturally I wanted to help, so I waved the kind gentleman nearest me over and then demanded that he flex while I emptied my coin dispenser. It was, after all, for a good cause.Unfortunately for me, stopping at the intersection through four consecutive green lights became a tad ridiculous. I was finally obliged to drive off before I had convinced the young man who came to collect my change to take his shirt off. So as I drove down the road I did what any perfectly s
After clocking Ford's expanded recall for faulty cruise control systems (that could lead to vehicle fires), Florida's St. Petersburg Times asked local firefighters if they'd seen any evidence of Ford F-150s going up in smoke. Indeed they have. Pasco County fire investigator Don Campbell says he started noticing the problem about two years ago. "It's a staggering number now," Campbell said. "It probably averages about one a week in Pasco County." Hillsborough County fire investigator Dave Tucker also said he'd seem a rising number of incidents in recent months: "This has been a long-standing problem." Tucker described fires that burned a hole through the F-150's hood "the size of a basketball." While not exactly a scientific survey, if this pattern is repeated nationwide and receives more of the same sort of local coverage, Ford is facing another Explorer rollover-style PR debacle. Meanwhile, if you could call you local fire de
