Posted: Apr 12, 2018
A firefighter who was standing on a telescoping ladder when it collapsed onto a three-story building in Boston suffered no serious injuries.
Boston Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn said the firefighter was suspended about two feet above the building Wednesday night when the ladder buckled. He was able to safely climb out of the ladder's bucket onto the roof.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston
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Posted: Apr 12, 2018
Suicides left more officers and firefighters dead last year than all line-of-duty deaths combined — a jarring statistic that continues to plague first responders but garners little attention.
A new study by the Ruderman Family Foundation, a philanthropic organization that works for the rights of people with disabilities, looked at depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other issues affecting first responders and the rates of suicide in departments nationwide.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today
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Posted: Apr 12, 2018
The San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association submitted three petitions to potentially change the city charter.
On Wednesday morning, the fire union held a press conference on the back steps of city hall before submitting the signatures.
The first petition is to reduce City Manager Sheryl Sculley's salary and only allow a city manager to serve a maximum of eight years.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KENS5.com San Antonio
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Posted: Apr 12, 2018
The widows of two York firefighters who died from injuries they suffered in a building collapse have initiated legal action against C.S. Davidson Inc., which the city contracts with for engineering services.
Casey Flanscha and Allison Hoffman, who are also the administrators of the estates of York City Fire/Rescue Services firefighters Ivan Flanscha and Zachary Anthony, respectively, each filed court documents on Tuesday in the York County Court of Common Pleas.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: York Daily Record
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Posted: Apr 12, 2018
Federal investigators have concluded the Georgia Department of Transportation is partly to blame for the fire that destroyed part of I-85 in Atlanta and crippled the region’s traffic for weeks.
Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board released a report that found the department’s decision to stockpile construction materials under I-85 contributed to the inferno that destroyed a section of the highway in Buckhead.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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