Posted: Sep 18, 2018
Citing a campaign of harassment, antagonism and bullying, Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District Chief Dennis P. Reilly, is stepping down from the position he has held since 2012.
In a letter dated Sept. 14 to the SBFPD Board of Directors, Reilly announced his intention to relinquish his duties effective on or about Oct.
- PUB DATE: 9/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lake News Online
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Posted: Sep 18, 2018
On Sunday, Fire Chief Teddy Stamatis had just left his home to go shopping when a fire call came in for a working fire at the Macclesfield Rural Fire Department's station.
On arrival Stamatis found heavy fire showing in the firehouse. He was able to get one of the apparatus bay doors open and remove one of his tankers to safety.
- PUB DATE: 9/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse
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Posted: Sep 18, 2018
Norwich Township Fire Chief Jeff Warren was happy to be wrong. He thought the number of people enrolled in his fire department’s collaborative program with National Church Residences was around 100.
Actually, it’s already grown to 120. Not far off, but he still underestimated it, which meant more people were getting help than he figured.
- PUB DATE: 9/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbus Dispatch
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Posted: Sep 18, 2018
More than 17 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, EMTs sickened at the World Trade Center are still fighting for unlimited sick time due to resistance, they say, from Mayor de Blasio.
Lawmakers and union leaders ripped de Blasio Monday for his opposition to legislation that would expand unlimited sick time — already available to NYPD officers and FDNY firefighters, and to first responders from outside the city — to another about 4,000 city workers, including FDNY EMS workers.
- PUB DATE: 9/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
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Posted: Sep 18, 2018
First responders were honored Friday at a U.S. Postal Service stamp ceremony in Montecito.
The firefighters, law enforcement officers and emergency medical personnel who assisted during the Thomas Fire and Jan. 9 mudslide were specifically recognized as a new, commemorative "First Responder" Forever stamp was dedicated.
- PUB DATE: 9/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSBY.com
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