Posted: Sep 26, 2018
Since 2005, the Orlando Fire Department has trained its paramedics on how to work with police officers to rescue victims from active shooter situations. In 2013, administrators began updating the department’s policy and buying equipment.
But the project wasn’t finished until after the June 12, 2016, shooting at the Pulse nightclub.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Propublica
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Posted: Sep 26, 2018
Metropolitan fire chiefs from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom met last week for the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) annual Urban Fire Forum (UFF) aimed at reinforcing the critical role urban chiefs play in ensuring safe communities.
The forum was held at NFPA headquarters in Quincy, MA, and featured special guests such as the head of the U.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com
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Posted: Sep 26, 2018
Martin Pang, who set fire to a Seattle warehouse in 1995 in hopes of collecting an insurance payout — a blaze that killed four firefighters in the worst loss of life in the department’s history — will be released from prison on Thursday.
Pang, now 62, set fire to a frozen-food warehouse owned by his parents in the Chinatown International District on Jan.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times
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Posted: Sep 26, 2018
Crawfordsville (IN) Fire Department 107-foot Ascendant aerial ladder quint. Enforcer cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 470-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump.
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Posted: Sep 25, 2018
Martin Pang, who set fire to a Seattle warehouse in 1995 in hopes of collecting an insurance payout — a blaze that killed four firefighters in the worst loss of life in the department’s history — will be released from prison on Thursday.
Pang, now 62, set fire to a frozen-food warehouse owned by his parents in the Chinatown International District on Jan.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2018 5:37:13 PM - SOURCE: Seattle Times
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