The Decorah (IA) Volunteer Fire Department deployed its drone at a recent fire to help find hot spots in the roof. This allowed the ventalation team to accurately vent the roof atthe hottest area of the structure. The department was able to purchase the drone through community support, donatinos, and fundraisers.

A firefighter who was run over by a pickup truck during last month's deadly Southern California wildfire was sleeping in an unmarked area but received prompt care for his minor injuries, a new state fire report said. South Kitsap Fire & Rescue Lt. Terry Geiselman, 46, was with a team from Washington state that had arrived to help battle the Woolsey Fire that ripped through communities west of Los Angeles from Ventura County southward to Malibu.
- PUB DATE: 12/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Luis Obispo County Tribune

Two Columbus firefighter-paramedics were suspended without pay for taking photographs of medical patients without their permission and sending them to others. The Department of Public Safety announced the suspensions Monday afternoon. Firefighter-paramedic Mike McConnell, an eight-year veteran of the division, admitted to taking photographs and video in 2016 of a patient.
- PUB DATE: 12/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbus Dispatch

When Christine Uhlhorn was in kindergarten and was asked to draw a picture of what she wanted to do when she grew up, she drew a firetruck. “My family has over 250 years in the fire service,” said Uhlhorn, 50. “I never questioned it. There was nothing else I ever wanted to do.” Uhlhorn, a third generation firefighter, was named Monday by County Executive Calvin Ball as the new fire chief of Howard County’s Department Fire and Rescue Services.
- PUB DATE: 12/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun