The professional service contract promoting Interim Chief Noel Monin to Chief of San Juan Island Fire and Rescue was passed on Tuesday, Feb.13 by the commissioners of San Juan Fire District 3. Monin took the Interim Chief position in early November following former Chief Norvin Collins' retirement, and as the commissioners began drafting an Interim Chief contract for Monin, they decided to elect Monin as Chief and draft a contract to reflect the organization’s structural changes.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal of the San Juan Islands - Metered Site

A 500-gallon underground propane tank was found at a Virginia home that exploded Friday, killing one firefighter and injuring others, officials said Saturday. Loudoun County Fire and Rescue were called to the home in Sterling around 7:40 p.m. for a gas leak, Chief Keith Johnson said at a news conference.
- PUB DATE: 2/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

VIDEO: The City of Tampa unveiled eight new vehicles on Monday as part of a multi-million dollar investment in fire safety. “We’ve been waiting for quite some time and it really is a milestone,” Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said. The city showed off eight new additions to its fleet, including three new fire engines, three advanced life support ambulances and two new Ambu-buses that can be used for mass casualty events and evacuations.
- PUB DATE: 2/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFLA-TV NBC 8 Tampa

VIDEO/PHOTOS: The New York Rangers decided to arrive in New York style at MetLife Stadium ahead of their Stadium Series game against the New York Islanders on Sunday afternoon. The Rangers arrived in East Rutherford, New Jersey, accompanied by members of the FDNY and NYPD while wearing jerseys for each first responders’ hockey clubs.
- PUB DATE: 2/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

PHOTOS: The Antique Toy and Firehouse Museum on Patterson Road is home to more than sixteen-thousand firefighting and construction toys as well as sixty firefighting buses and other equipment. What began as Jim Dobson's personal collection of firefighting memorabilia in the 1950s has blossomed into a treasure trove of over 16,500 firefighting and construction toys, complemented by a collection of 60 firefighting apparatus.
- PUB DATE: 2/20/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEYI-TV NBC 25 Saginaw