Fire news

... yesterday's launch of the city's "rolling brownouts" - a rotational schedule in which three companies are closed during the day, and three at night - "is dangerous, is mistaken and is undertaken without any regard to its impact," said bill gault, president of local 22 of the international association of fire fighters ... related column: for a safer (though less frugal) philly, let's listen to firefighters       (Source: Philly.com (PA) N/A )

... the head of a team of national fire service experts that examined the operations of the charleston fire department after a 2007 fire claimed nine firefighters remains steadfast that the panel was objective and professional ...    (Source: Firehouse Magazine (NAT) 81500 )

... city paramedics have begun a pioneering program to treat some cardiac arrest victims in ambulances with a body-chilling therapy that can increase survival rates without brain damage ...    (Source: New York Daily News (NY) N/A )

... baltimore city police and fire unions are complaining directly to the public with a new weapon -- advertising -- in what union leaders said is only the beginning of an assault on city hall. ...    (Source: WBAL-TV NBC 11 Baltimore (MD) N/A )

... a group of volunteers attempting to help locals protect their homes from a wildfire in russia were caught in the epicenter. footage from a youtube video posted thursday shows the four men inside an suv coming upon a wall of flames. ... related: death toll rises as russian wildfires spread    (Source: Fire Rescue (NAT) N/A )

... eager to save the jobs of 49 firefighters who were just laid off, san jose fire fighters local 230 on sunday unveiled a new proposal that union officials claim will save the city at least $5.3 million ...    (Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) 234770 )

... the new york city fire department is set to reduce staffing in 60 engine companies from five firefighters to four. with a summer marked by several intense heat waves, sources tell ny1 that medical leave levels have risen above 7.5 percent in the last 30-day period. that is the threshold which contractually allows the city to reduce staffing to help control overtime. ...    (Source: NY1-TV (NY) N/A )

... heroic firefighters crawled through a maze of debris in the wake of a blast that leveled a norfolk condo project yesterday, braving heavy fire and dense smoke to search for a missing construction worker. er 20 minutes of picking through jumbled wreckage, they heard a voice. "get me out of here!" cried the worker, trapped from the waist down under busted lumber, flooring and household fixtures ... related: worker trapped in condo explosion dies       (Source: Boston Herald (MA) 132551 )

... two pilots were confirmed dead sunday in the crash of a canadian waterbombing plane that was fighting a forest fire ...    (Source: CBS (NAT) N/A )

... almost from the outset of their investigation three years ago, a group of experts concluded that charleston's fire department was a mess and that its chief needed to go for the organization to rise from "the dark ages." that theme emerges in hundreds of newly released e-mails from consultant gordon routley and his team of fire experts, who were paid $284,000 by the city to investigate the deadly sofa super store blaze and recommend changes ...    (Source: Charleston Post & Courier (SC) 88939)

... a bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by world trade center dust fell short in the house on thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts. the bill would have provided free health care and compensation payments to 9/11 rescue and recovery workers who fell ill after working in the trade center ruins. ...    (Source: CBS (NAT) N/A )

... raw video hundreds of firefighters worked early today to keep a chaparral-fueled wildfire from reaching homes in the west palmdale area, as tanker plane pilots and helicopter crews prepared to join the battle at first light ...    (Source: Torrance Daily Breeze (CA) 72200 )

... in a house filled with smoke may 22, shawnee firefighter john glaser became sick in his breathing mask, removed it and died, investigators reported ...    (Source: Kansas City Star & KansasCity.com (MO) 216446 )

... thursday, some clark county firefighters will hit the pavement. they're going door to door in commissioner rory reid's district to talk about some county fire services that were recently eliminated ... related:  clark county fires back at firefighters     (Source: KLAS-TV Channel 8 Las Vegas (NV) N/A )

... mayor bloomberg declared war on a cherished benefit for cops and firefighters: line-of-duty injury awards for some illnesses without proof they happened on the job. ....    (Source: New York Daily News (NY) 535059)

... a federal judge has ruled that the federal forest service's plan for using fire retardant to fight wildfires violates the law because it does not ensure protections for threatened and endangered species of fish and other animals. ...    (Source: New York Times (NY) 951063 )

... the flash and explosion that smashed windows, hurled doors and threw people several feet in tempe on saturday was one of the worst nightmares firefighters face. in days gone by, the back-draft-driven blaze that caused a flash and explosion in a 1940s house on south mill avenue could have spelled disaster. ... related background: house fire in tempe sends 3 firefighters to hospital    (Source: Arizona Republic (Phoenix) & AZCentral.com (AZ) 433731 )

... the rocky mount fire chief who was killed with a fellow firefighter in monday's fire truck wreck tried to persuade the town council to install devices that change traffic lights to give emergency vehicles the right of way through intersections ... related: virginia town in shock after firefighters' deaths    (Source: Roanoke Times (VA) 97300 )

... buffalo firefighters faced a lot of challenges when they responded to a porch fire that quickly extended into a home in the city's east ferry-moselle area early tuesday morning ...    (Source: Firehouse Magazine (NAT) 81500 )

... but with this new societal free flow of "information sharing" comes legitimate patient privacy and business concerns for the public safety employer. departments and agencies " both public and private alike " have a legitimate business interest to ensure that social networking is used in a way that does not violate patient confidentiality, harm the organization's reputation and business interests, or interfere with the work of others ...    (Source: Fire Rescue (NAT) N/A )