Posted: Sep 22, 2017
A fired East Greenwich firefighter testified Wednesday that he learned of his termination during an emotional late-night call from his brother.
James Perry said he was in bed when his brother, William Perry, called his cellphone around 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 19. “He said, ‘I got an email you were terminated tonight,’” James Perry said.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal
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Posted: Sep 22, 2017
San Bernardino County Fire’s union has put undisclosed sums of money into the campaign opposing the city’s proposed half-cent sales tax for public safety, the Daily Press has learned.
The contribution by Professional Firefighters Union, Local 935 — confirmed recently by the organization’s president and by the taxpayer group leading the anti-effort — forges a potentially awkward dynamic moving forward since the union represents one of two reported agency benefactors of the November ballot measure.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Press
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Posted: Sep 22, 2017
Eight decades after a New York City firefighter's death, his family says the Fire Department needs to finally acknowledge his sacrifice — and they're ready to take their case to court.
Firefighter Thomas O'Brien responded to a two-alarm blaze on W. 26th St. in October 1935. He returned to Engine Company 3, and was found dead in his bed at the W.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Daily News
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Posted: Sep 22, 2017
Several escaped a burning apartment home Thursday morning, just three months after Springfield firefighters installed smoke alarms in the structure.
The smoke alarms sounded, notifying residents in two first-floor apartment of a fire that engulfed the second floor apartment Thursday morning.
During a safety canvass in June, firefighters installed a new smoke alarm and replaced a dead battery in another alarm in that building.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com
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Posted: Sep 21, 2017
PHOTOS - One person is dead in a crash involving a car and a Louisville Fire & Rescue fire truck.
The crash happened on Algonquin Parkway near McCloskey Avenue about 8:45 a.m. Thursday.
Louisville Metro Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell says the fire truck was headed to an emergency with lights and sirens, when it collided with a green car.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDRB-TV Louisville
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