Firefighters across Minnesota are increasingly responding to 911 calls to lift elderly people off the floor, even at some senior care facilities with their own staff. More than 7,100 times last year, fire departments across the state were dispatched to assist frail but uninjured people, a nearly threefold increase from a decade prior.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Four Manchester firefighters injured while battling a fire Sunday afternoon went back into the Seventh Avenue home to continue the firefight. They were also back on the job on Monday. “You're right next to each other but you can't see each other,” Capt. Pete Franggos, of the Manchester Fire Department, said.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester

VIDEO - The Pitcairn Council voted Monday night to disband the #2 Volunteer Fire Department during a heated meeting. The borough currently has two separate volunteer fire departments, but the #2 Department will be disbanded at the end of the year. After the decision was announced, there was an altercation between several people that ended with one firefighter being shocked with a Taser and arrested by police.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPXI-TV NBC 11 Pittsburgh

The song lyrics say, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” So maybe it’s an appropriate time to talk about grant seekers that confuse Uncle Sam, the personification of the American government, with Santa Claus. He gives presents and fulfils requests for those who deserve them. How many times have we heard someone say, “Oh don’t worry about how much it costs it’s a grant application.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue 1