Posted: Aug 9, 2018
Newsday
Ridge fire district voters on Tuesday approved a $14 million bond proposition to build a new firehouse. District residents voted 527-104 to replace the fire department's Francis Mooney Drive headquarters, which Ridge officials said posed a danger to firefighters because of narrow truck bays and other problems. Jeffrey Campo, chairman of the Ridge board of fire commissioners, said Wednesday construction is expected to start next summer on the new 24,000-square-foot facility.
The current 19,000-square-foot headquarters will be demolished. District officials have said the facility, built in 1941 and expanded in the 1960s and 1980s, is obsolete, cramped and prone to roof leaks. Firefighters currently change into their gear in bays, just a few inches from trucks as they prepare to respond to calls, officials said.
The new firehouse will be constructed on the site of the current facility and will have new storage space and a separate room where firefighters can change into their gear, district officials said.
Campo said the new facility will have a training room and space for the department's emergency medical technicians. Truck bays will be wider, and the new building will have a washer and dryer system to clean fire gear of contaminants that collect on firefighter uniforms.
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Posted: Aug 9, 2018
A DeKalb County firefighter was found dead at a Stone Mountain fire station during a shift change Wednesday morning, an official confirmed to the AJC.
Barry Everett, 42, a nine-year veteran of the department, was discovered about 8 a.m. at Fire Station 25 on Rockbridge Road. He was assigned to the station’s B shift, fire Capt.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSB-TV ABC 2 Atlanta
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Posted: Aug 9, 2018
In the early morning hours of September 6, 2017, a two-alarm fire erupted blocks away from Clackamas, Oregon, Fire District #1. As flames engulfed a two-story dwelling, Heavy Rescue 305 (HR305) was first to respond. Reaching the top floor, they broke a window and deployed a personal bail-out system to lower a woman to safety as the fire flashed inside.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs
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Posted: Aug 9, 2018
State-imposed guidelines on staffing levels and scheduling are causing fire company shutdowns and creating a potential threat to public safety, according to department officials.
Chief Scott Evans filed a certified affidavit in Atlantic County Superior Court that details his concerns that the state-mandated changes to the firefighter schedule, as well as department-wide reductions in staff, salaries, benefits and compensation time, are “unsafe and unreasonable” and “will not permit ACFD to efficiently provide fire protection services to the City of Atlantic City.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City
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Posted: Aug 9, 2018
Joseph Trama has resigned less than four months into his role as fire chief amid accusations that he stole money from the Irvington Fire Company.
The company's board said in a statement last week that Trama had withdrawn or transferred money from company bank accounts in multiple unauthorized moves in July.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News (Lohud.com)
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