They’re not the Bravest when it comes to the coronavirus. The FDNY won’t dispatch its firefighters to potential coronavirus patients, leaving its paramedics and EMTs to handle them alone, The Post has learned. The department issued an order Friday temporarily relieving firefighters from responding to calls of the second highest priority for patients with fever, coughing, difficulty breathing or even those who are unconscious.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

When the Jaws of Life don’t work and a man is dying, a little ingenuity and a big engine could prove to be the best combination. West Springfield and Westfield firefighters pulled a crashed vehicle apart with a fire truck to extricate a seriously injured driver Wednesday, said West Springfield Lt. Andrew Lyne.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Republican - MassLive

Some residents in northeast Albemarle County are concerned about a proposal to move daytime fire-rescue staff farther away from their area. As part of County Executive Jeff Richardson’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021, Albemarle County Fire Rescue would reallocate weekday, daytime fire-rescue staff from Stony Point Volunteer Fire Company and East Rivanna Volunteer Fire Company to the Crozet Volunteer Fire Department and Pantops Public Safety Station to meet system-wide response time standards and call volume.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily Progress

Florida lawmakers were on the verge of sending Gov. Ron DeSantis legislation Friday that requires panic buttons at every school, the latest security measure being implemented on campuses after the Parkland school shooting two years ago that killed 17. The measure, known as “Alyssa's Law,” would establish an electronic link between schools and law enforcement — and reduce the confusion that became so apparent as a gunman roamed the grounds of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine's Day 2018.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

The 2020 Firefighter Stairclimb in Seattle has been postponed because of the coronavirus, but some firefighters from around the Inland Northwest made the event happen in their own way on Sunday. Spokane Fire Department firefighter Joanna Balin's team started training for the Seattle Firefighter Stairclimb back in September.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2020 8:41:15 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6