The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards Council approved a plan to consolidate the information currently contained in 114 NFPA Emergency Response and Responder Safety (ERRS) standards, guides, and recommended practices into 38 overarching standards. The move will not only provide emergency responders with easier access to well-rounded safety information, but also improve the standards development experience for more than 2,000 principle and alternative NFPA Technical Committee Members.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NFPA.org

In a move West Shore Fire Department Commission Chairman Robert Bruneau called “phenomenal” and “unheard of,” the firefighters union in that district unanimously agreed to defer a contractual raise for two years to ease the burden on taxpayers. “I think it’s big,” Bruneau said. “I think they want to do what’s best for the district.
- PUB DATE: 4/30/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Haven Register

St. Clair (MI) Area Fire Department pumper. Commander 3000 cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSUC20 1,500-gpm pump.

Two people were found dead in a crashed plane near La Center, Washington, Monday afternoon. The Clark County Sheriff's Office said the single-engine plane crashed into a pond south of the East Fork Lewis River off NE 269th Street. It's unclear exactly when the plane crashed but investigators believe it happened recently.
- PUB DATE: 4/29/2019 7:43:00 PM - SOURCE: KOIN-TV Portland

Human error may have caused a crane collapse that killed four people and injured four others over the weekend, experts said Monday. Don't focus on the weather as the key reason why a construction crane toppled over, killing four people, attorney David Kwass said. He has litigated construction crane accidents in the past.
- PUB DATE: 4/29/2019 3:45:08 PM - SOURCE: KING 5 News