Posted: May 8, 2018
Trailblazing FDNY Lt. Adrienne Walsh is making history — again.
Walsh, 51, on Monday became the first woman to serve in a position of rank in one of five of the department's elite rescue companies.
Serving as a lieutenant in Rescue Company 1, which covers Manhattan, Walsh is joining one of five highly technical emergency response units that race to large fires or other high-risk situations where specialized training, skills and equipment are required.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
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Posted: May 8, 2018
A bright red firetruck, a firefighter in full gear, and a fireman’s pole are visible through the picture windows of the brick building, along with lockers full of equipment and a waiting stretcher.
Instead of a fire-company name or logo, however, the lettering on the building in Rockville, Md., announces that this is not a real, live firehouse – but a recruitment center.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Philly.com
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Posted: May 8, 2018
St. Joseph County Undersheriff Mark Lillywhite said 66-year-old Patricia Frye was killed instantly around 7:30 p.m. Saturday when her motorcycle was rear-ended by the driver of a minivan while stopped at the intersection of Broadway and U.S.131 in Three Rivers.
Her husband, 55-year-old Mike Frye, chief of Fabius & Park Townships Fire Department, was also struck and airlifted to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo and is currently listed in critical condition.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWMT-TV Kalamazoo 3
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Posted: May 8, 2018
The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation’s (NFFF) Everyone Goes Home® program is conducting a needs assessment to build effective suicide prevention and awareness programs. The NFFF has partnered with Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas, a leading suicidologist with experience in developing innovative programs for first responders.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
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