Posted: Mar 18, 2019
Firefighter Thomas Harwell says it's always been in his blood to help people, and not just when he's on the clock.
He, his wife Shayla and their 2-year-old daughter were at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo featuring Brad Paisley Saturday when they saw an elderly woman struggling to get down the stairs of the stadium with her daughter and two granddaughters.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
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Posted: Mar 15, 2019
A crane hoisted two heroic figures back into place on the Cleveland Fire Fighters Memorial Tuesday morning, completing restoration of the colorful fiberglass sculpture honoring Cleveland firefighters killed in the line of duty.
The memorial, which was installed in 2007 on Erieside Avenue, outside FirstEnergy Stadium and the Great Lakers Science Center, will be rededicated at 12:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cleveland.com
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Posted: Mar 15, 2019
VIDEO: The Batesville Fire and EMS Department, established in 1887, hired its first full-time female firefighter — the first in the department’s history.
Several women have worked as part-time EMTs or volunteer firefighters, according to a news release, but Lisa Jennings will be first to serve as a full-time firefighter/paramedic.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCPO Cincinnati
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Posted: Mar 15, 2019
The Village Board on Tuesday denied a request from the Caledonia Fire Department to apply for a grant that potentially could have helped fund the addition of six firefighters to its staff.
Instead of authorizing the department’s application for a federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response — or SAFER — grant, the village trustees agreed to create an ad hoc committee to look into various options for financing and staffing at the department.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal Times
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Posted: Mar 15, 2019
VIDEO: Together, they are making history in Howard County: Lisa Myers, the county’s first female police chief, and Christine Uhlhorn, the first female fire chief.
ABC7 recently spoke to the two women about what it took to break the glass ceiling.
"It's an amazing opportunity," Myers said. "I think we both realize it's much larger than who we are.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJLA.com
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