Every firefighter knows a call can come at any time. But the Rev. Dave Driesch and the Rev. Tim McGill serve a God as well as their community — meaning their pagers go off while they’re praying or leading a service. Driesch, a veteran firefighter and Catholic priest who is prior of Daylesford Abbey, is helping newbie firefighter and Southern Baptist minister McGill, pastor of Paoli Community Church, balance both worlds.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Metered Site

The union representing Chicago firefighters wants a Cook County judge to halt the promotion of more than a dozen department members to battalion chief. The Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 filed a motion for an injunction in Cook County Circuit Court on Tuesday that seeks to stop the promotions — set to take effect Dec.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chicago Sun Times

Unable to find a candidate willing to take on the role as their new fire chief, the city of Falcon Heights voted Wednesday to have Rose­ville’s fire department assume the chief’s responsibilities for one year. The unanimous vote by Falcon Heights’ City Council comes several weeks after Roseville’s council agreed to the $40,000 contract, in which they would take responsibility for all administrative and command services, as well as a department-wide audit.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Twin Cities Pioneer Press

In the 30 years dispatcher Melissa Thomas has worked at Cowlitz County’s 911 center, it has been fully staffed once, and only for six months. But since the call center became an independent agency almost a year ago, the dispatch staff has increased 50%, reducing the some of the stress and overtime involved in a high- intensity job.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily News

At least one person was injured in a two-alarm fire that broke out Friday in a Kent apartment complex. Firefighters responded to the scene, the Woodland Estates in the 4800 block of South Kent Des Moines Road, at around 9 a.m. after receiving reports of smoke and flames in the building. A second alarm was sounded soon afterward.
- PUB DATE: 12/13/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000