Posted: Nov 15, 2018
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Chief Charles Gordon is ending his tenure as the city’s 21st fire chief.
Gordon, 57, will retire effective Dec. 28 after 30 years with department. However, his last day on the job will be next Tuesday. Gordon joined the department in January 1989 and rose through the ranks until he was appointed chief by former Mayor William Bell in September 2014.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AL.com
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Posted: Nov 15, 2018
A woman with developmental disabilities who befriended a Portland firefighter but then was ordered to stay away from him and certain fire stations under threat of a criminal trespassing charge is suing the city for alleged discrimination.
Brandy Tuchscherer first encountered firefighters while rowing with the Wasabi Paddling Club’s “Special Dragons’’ team.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com
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Posted: Nov 15, 2018
As multiple devastating wildfires raged across California, a private firefighting crew reportedly helped save Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s home in Calabasas, TMZ reported this week. The successful defense of the $50 million mansion is the most prominent example of a trend that’s begun to receive national attention: for-hire firefighters protecting homes, usually on the payroll of an insurance company with a lot at risk.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Atlantic
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Posted: Nov 15, 2018
For 43 years, Spokane Fire Department Capt. Greg Borg, 68, has answered the call – actually thousands of calls.
This week he served his final shift, like all the ones before it, scrambling into his turnout gear and into the rig at Station 18 in North Spokane, heading out with lights flashing and sirens blaring, to help those in need.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review
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Posted: Nov 14, 2018
Naples News
Plans for land slated for a future fire station in North Naples are still up in the air, even after the North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District board voted to sell the property in October. Â
The purpose was to build a fire station and emergency services facility in cooperation with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office and Collier Emergency Medical Services. The property, in a residential area, would need to be rezoned by Collier County for a fire station to be built there. Â
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However, some residents who live on or near Orange Blossom Drive have said they don't want to see a fire station built on the property. They think it would increase traffic and noise in the area, said John Garbo, president of the Orange Blossom-Pine Ridge Community Alliance, which represents all of the homeowners associations on or adjacent to Orange Blossom Drive. Â
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