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Posted: Jan 14, 2019

'They saved his life': New York firefighters rescue one of their own at house fire

As Engine 33 of the Buffalo Fire Department battled an intense fire in the attic of an East Side home Thursday night, a firefighter became separated from his hose, disoriented and couldn't find his way out. He tried to press the "man-down" button on his portable radio but was unable to. He took his gloves off in an effort to activate the button but could not, causing severe burns to his hands and wrists.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Buffalo News
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Posted: Jan 14, 2019

Pride on the line: Former Nebraska medic fights city over use of PTSD service dog

Paramedic Rob Ravndal went on hundreds of emergency calls before the one response that ultimately ended his career at Lincoln Fire and Rescue. The trauma of that call, a 3-year-old's drowning in 2015, sent the father of young children into a spiral. Nightmares. Breakdowns. A general sense of fear. Even after his bosses pulled him off the ambulance, Ravndal struggled at work and at home as he grappled with post-traumatic stress disorder.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lincoln Journal Star
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Posted: Jan 14, 2019

Detroit police, fire union officials wrangle over police officer response

A city medic is temporarily off the job after being bitten, kicked and spit on by a 17-year-old girl with reported mental issues, while police officials and the president of the Detroit firefighters union dispute whether there was a proper police response to the incident. Police on Tuesday were called about a woman causing a disturbance in the 16000 block of Washburn on Detroit's west side.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Detroit News
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Posted: Jan 14, 2019

Video: Illinois firefighters, police rescue child from frozen pond

An 11-year-old boy was rescued by Naperville firefighters and police officers after he fell through the ice of an artificial lake Sunday afternoon in the west suburb. At 4:49 p.m., first responders got a call from someone who saw a child slipping into the water of a frozen retention pond near an apartment complex in the 1300 block of McDowell Road, according to a statement from the Naperville Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLD-TV MyFox 32 Chicago
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Posted: Jan 11, 2019

OSHA cites utility contractors for 'serious' safety violations in 2018 Wisconsin explosion that killed firefighter

Two utility contractors faulted for contributing to an explosion that leveled part of downtown Sun Prairie and killed a volunteer firefighter in July have been fined for “serious” violations by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. In citation letters dated Jan. 4, OSHA said its inspectors found that Kansas-based Bear Communications and Michigan-based VC Tech failed to call a diggers hotline or utility owners to locate underground lines before starting work.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Journal
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