Posted: Oct 16, 2018
The city has suspended an improper practice at the Fire Department involving calculations of unused sick time and payment for that time to firefighters, according to Mayor Joseph J. Solomon.
“Activities that may have occurred in the past, when brought to the attention of our fire chief and myself, were suspended way back in July,” Solomon said.
- PUB DATE: 10/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Providence Journal
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Posted: Oct 16, 2018
Firefighters who worked in and around the site of a massive natural gas leak sued the Southern California Gas Co. on Monday, saying the utility knowingly let them be exposed to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals.
A blowout in a well at the underground Aliso Canyon storage field about 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Los Angeles was discovered on Oct.
- PUB DATE: 10/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles
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Posted: Oct 15, 2018
A firefighter survived a frightening fall off a ladder on Sunday night.
The incident happened on Mayflower Avenue in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx at around 9 p.m. The firefighter, who was rushed to Jacobi Hospital, was said to have suffered back and neck injuries after falling off a ladder that was propped next to a third-floor window, CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge reported.
- PUB DATE: 10/15/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS New York
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Posted: Oct 15, 2018
A firefighting family is dealing with the loss of their own home after a fire on Friday night. The Oraville home of Vergennes Fire Chief Chad Sherman is a total loss, firefighters say. His wife, Trish, and oldest son, Hunter, are also volunteers with the Vergennes Department.
“We all practice fire safety and prevention, it’s our number one job,” said Travis Skinner, an area firefighter who knows the family.
- PUB DATE: 10/15/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Belleville News-Democrat
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Posted: Oct 15, 2018
VIDEO - Both directions of Highway 1 near Bodega Bay in unincorporated Sonoma County have reopened after a solo-vehicle crash involving a Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle and a house fire, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash occurred shortly after 5 a.m. in the 600 block of Highway 1 near Smith Brothers Road, authorities said.
- PUB DATE: 10/15/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco
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