In a move designed to increase safety, communication and oversight, the Philadelphia Fire Department is putting more chiefs in the field through the restorations of Battalions 5 & 6 and Division 3. In the same way police operate in districts, the Fire Department divides the city into battalions. Each one is led by a Battalion Chief, who responds on emergency calls to supervise firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: City of Philadelphia

Remember those annual reminders to check your smoke alarm batteries when you turn your clocks back? Those will become a thing of the past when a new state law takes effect April 1. The law requires that all new or replacement smoke detectors sold in New York state be either powered by a 10-year, sealed, non-removable battery, or hardwired to the home.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Elmira Star Gazette

Deputy Police Chief Jason Viada extinguished a fire atop a wood stove that was generating 1-foot flames, he said. The house in the 100 block of East 12th Street suffered smoke damage but the flames did not reach a nearby wall during the fire Monday morning, Assistant Port Angeles Fire Chief Mike Sanders said.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 10:23:03 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Deputy Police Chief Jason Viada extinguished a fire atop a wood stove that was generating 1-foot flames, he said. The house in the 100 block of East 12th Street suffered smoke damage but the flames did not reach a nearby wall during the fire Monday morning, Assistant Port Angeles Fire Chief Mike Sanders said.
- PUB DATE: 1/30/2019 10:23:03 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

City of Beacon (NY) Fire Department pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank.