After receiving a bicycle donation from a community member in March, North Whatcom Fire and Rescue (NWFR) identified a deserving owner. Pictured from l.: firefighter Kenneth Cunningham, firefighter Chris Hollander, captain Craig Johnson, firefighter Danny Jensen and the recipient of the bike donation, a fifth-grader from Birch Bay.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 1:47:32 AM - SOURCE: Northern Light

A veteran firefighter from a community south of the New York state capital has died after responding to two fires the previous day. Hudson volunteer firefighter Mark A. Graziano, 47, was found unresponsive at his home shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday, less than 12 hours after he responded to a fire call that was his second in the 24 hours preceding his death.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

In Chula Vista, firefighters and paramedics respond to low-priority 911 calls even though less than one percent of those calls require emergency medical services. By not sending firefighters to those calls, the Chula Vista Fire Department believes it can respond to high-priority calls faster. The department is currently considering sending only ambulances to what are officially known as level three calls.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune

Fire Chief Mike Beyerstedt will keep his job after an internal investigation over a head-butting incident reported at Central Fire Station downtown. The city released a short statement Wednesday morning: "The administration has completed its investigation of the incident involving Fire Chief Mike Beyerstedt and two other firemen from the department.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sun Herald

Wildland firefighters operate in a difficult environment where a variety of factors including topography, vegetation and quickly changing weather and fire conditions can lead to great risk of injury or death from burnovers or entrapment. There are various models that provide firefighters with estimates of safe separation distance: the distance between themselves and the flames necessary to reduce the risk of burn injury.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: U.S. Fire Administration