Posted: Apr 11, 2019
Arkansas legislators passed Crump’s Law on Monday, granting municipal firefighters across the state an extra six months of paid sick leave when they are being treated for cancer contracted on the job.
Members of El Dorado Professional Firefighters Local 1704, a labor organization representing 90 percent of the paid firefighters in El Dorado, lobbied at the state Capitol in February for the bill’s passage.
- PUB DATE: 4/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: El Dorado News-Times
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Posted: Apr 11, 2019
Santa Rosa is on track to settle a 2-year-old lawsuit over firefighters’ overtime pay after the City Council approved a deal Tuesday to boost pay for 118 unionized firefighters.
The council unanimously approved without discussion Tuesday a deal to increase salaries, expand pension contributions and provide one-time lump-sum payments of at least $5,000 to firefighters while reducing the city’s maximum health insurance contributions to those employees.
- PUB DATE: 4/11/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Democrat
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Posted: Apr 11, 2019
The City of Pullman declared a state of emergency today after major flooding caused damages to local businesses and cars on the road.
Pullman Firefighter Mark Johnson said he helped other firefighters clean up and aid affected locations.
He said the flood came down from the north of Missouri Flat Creek because of the flash floods and rain all day Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2019 10:43:12 PM - SOURCE: Daily Evergreen
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Posted: Apr 11, 2019
When he found out earlier this year that the state Fire Training Academy would not be available to the department’s five recruits, Camas-Washougal Fire Battalion Chief Kevin Villines scrambled.
Villines learned that the academy in North Bend would be closed indefinitely for remodeling. He called nearly every department in the state to make arrangements at their facilities but found each one to be either cost-prohibitive or fully occupied.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2019 9:29:48 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian
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Posted: Apr 10, 2019
The Biloxi Fire Department's fire boat has been involved in more than 50 calls and has played a key role in several rescues for more than a year. The Serena G. is a multi-purpose vessel, and those who use it said the 33-foot floating fire truck has quickly become the department's workhorse on the water.
The fire boat works on many different projects, including putting out boat fires. The boat even did some special operations work during President Donald Trump’s visit to Biloxi last November.
"During a boat fire that we had about three weeks ago, it was able to supply enough water to actually put the boat out,” said Capt. Otto Vuyovich. “During the presidential visitation, we were able to turn the heat on and stay out of the weather. We were basically the last resort if an emergency came up.”
When emergencies do come up, the Serena G. has a climate-controlled cabin and two state-of-the-art water nozzles.
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