Fire news

... video  wharton firefighters early sunday recovered the body of a fellow volunteer hours after he became trapped while battling a massive blaze at an egg farm just outside boling that took scores of firefighters all night to extinguish ... related: wharton firefighter's widow speaks out    (Source: Houston Chronicle (TX) 503114 )

... columbus has collected almost $69 million over the seven years the city has charged patients for ambulance rides to the hospital. the program is generating more money than expected, and ems crews want the cut they say they were promised to buy high-tech medicines and medical equipment ...    (Source: Columbus Dispatch (OH) 261566 )

... as with most close calls, things unfolded quickly. it began with a seemingly routine monday morning call – a possible gas leak just up the road from oak park's fire station 6.  within 10 minutes, four firefighters lay injured, faces and arms burned by an explosion and emotions frayed by what fire officials said was a tragedy averted ...    (Source: Sacramento Bee (CA) 279032 )

... they were knocking down a wall in the attic when a flashover occurred. flashovers are basically explosions of flames that happen with an influx of oxygen. at least two of the crew were in the space when it happened ... related: flashover injures two minneapolis firefighters                2 firefighters burned in mpls. fire id'd    (Source: KMSP-TV UPN 9 (MN) N/A )

... as capt. perri hall watched helplessly, a blaze that had appeared containable erupted into the devastating station fire. a report by hall, obtained by the times, contradicts key assertions by the u.s. forest service about its response to last summer's disaster. ...    (Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) 773884 )

... photos: a wildfire burned more than 680 acres and at least 15 buildings thursday in moapa, including the warm springs ranch once owned by howard hughes the fire, which started about 10 a.m., burned palm trees and vegetation at the ranch about 55 miles northeast of las vegas. ...    (Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal (NV) 174350 )

... granberry lit the roman candle, which launches exploding shells, as part of an annual media day about fireworks, gray said. it was the third firework he lit and it exploded in place rather than shooting one of its shells...    (Source: Redding.com (CA) )

... video: it's called 911 eta and involves software that can be downloaded to a smart phone or in-car gps unit. the technology indicates on a map where an emergency vehicle is located, notifying the driver to pull over or avoid an area ...    (Source: KMGH-TV ABC 7 Denver (CO) N/A )

... video: the luther, oklahoma volunteer fire department has turned their firehouse into dance club and plastered it on the internet for all to see. they are line dancing on youtube to get votes in a nationwide contest to win a new $170,000 fire engine ...    (Source: KCBD.com )

... a midland volunteer firefighter was driving up to 75 mph last year and passing vehicles with his emergency lights activated " even though there was no fire " when he struck a motorcycle head-on, killing the driver, state police reported ...    (Source: Beaver County Times (PA) 40800 )

... the alleged failure of a city police dispatcher to immediately send firefighters to the aid of a 79-year-old woman who had activated a medical-alert device on easter sunday was not the only thing that went wrong as the woman lay dying in her apartment. even once firefighters were eventually dispatched to the woman's homethey discovered they didn't have a key that could have given them easy access ... related stories: lowell dispatcher fired over fatal 911 call                           transcripts: calls for help a laughing matter     (Source: Lowellsun.com (MA) )

... the louisville fire union has filed a grievance with the city, saying firefighters have battled sweltering heat in recent weeks because of a malfunction in the air conditioning in the new building that houses engine 6 in portland ... related:  firefighters hot under collar over broken air conditioning     (Source: Louisville Courier-Journal (KY) 215350 )

... after months of wrangling " and even declaring an impasse in may " las vegas firefighters and the city reached a tentative pact late tuesday afternoon that's expected to save the city $6.5 million during the next two years ...    (Source: Las Vegas Sun (NV) 35000 )

... mr. tees, his family, and former coworkers believed that his cancer was the result of exposure to burning toxic chemicals. on feb. 2, 1978, he was among the 200 firefighters, police, and paramedics who answered the call when fire erupted in chester in what was later discovered to be one of the worst illegal chemical dumps in the nation ...    (Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) 352593 )

... unlike most fire services, toronto firefighters speeding to a call have no access to critical building information like the location of water, firefighting equipment or hazardous materials, a secret consultant's report says ...    (Source: Fire Rescue (NAT) N/A )

... mayor francis slay is challenging a bill, signed by governor jay nixon on friday. the bill changes the rules about where city firefighters can live. "obviously illegal," said jeff rainford, mayor slay's chief of staff. "we are a charter city and unless there's a compelling state interest, this is none of their business." ...    (Source: KSDK-TV NBC 5 St. Louis (MO) N/A )

... photos: one of the residents, ricky hamric, pleaded with his brother, darryl, who lived with him, to leap from the second-floor window of the 465 e. 31st st. darryl would not jump because he was trying to help his girlfriend get out of the smoke and flames ...    (Source: North Jersey.com (Bergen County Record & Herald News) (NJ) 163300  )

... nyack fire department firefighter renaldo louis checks his mask before he begins tuesday's fire drill at congregation sons of israel in upper nyack. the county's volunteer firefighters will have to pay $30 per person to have their face masks inspected for proper fit after the county stops offering the service for free...    (Source: NY Journal News (Lohud.com) (NY) 108100 )

... john coleman has fought fires for 35 years, and knows his days of running into a burning building are probably over. a volunteer with the wrightsboro volunteer fire department, coleman said he's too old and not fit enough to pass fitness tests and fight fires any more. he knows change is coming, that the old days of volunteers rushing to put out a blaze at a neighbor's house are over, and the time of paid firefighters is at hand ...    (Source: Wilmington Morning Star (NC) 53500)

... he got punked -- by himself. an ems lieutenant with a sick sense of humor is likely to lose his fdny job thanks to a tasteless joke that violated federal medical-privacy law. michael palleschi, 36, posted details online of a 911 call he found hilarious -- a woman complaining of a swollen ...    (Source: New York Post (NY) 724748 )