The alert flashed over Brockton Firefighter John McLaughlin’s phone: there was a reported building fire at 63 Woodward Avenue, just a few streets away from where he was driving on his way to work. He took a left turn onto the street, then noticed the handicapped access ramp attached to the front of the building in question.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Brockton Enterprise

A resident at a North Miami apartment building that caught fire early Wednesday shot at firefighters, believing that someone was burglarizing his home, Local 10 News has learned. The fire started about 3 a.m. at La Castellana apartments near Northeast 135th Street and Northeast Seventh Avenue. Dozens of residents were forced out of their homes because of the dryer fire on the second floor.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPLG-TV ABC Local10.com - Miami & Fort Lauderdale

FirstNet public-safety subscribers in the “primary” user category—law enforcement, fire, EMS, 911 and emergency-management personnel—now have preemptive access across AT&T’s network, FirstNet and AT&T announced today. Implementing ruthless preemption throughout the AT&T network marks the on-time fulfillment of a major technological feature.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Urgent Communications

An Atlantic County Superior Court judge has delayed a second round of state-mandated salary cuts to the city Fire Department. Judge Julio Mendez ruled Monday that an 11.3 percent salary cut can’t go into effect until he hears the department’s injunction requests Jan. 10, because irreparable damage could result before the hearing.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press of Atlantic City

Changes in the past two years have improved Bloomington Fire Department's response times, but Fire Chief Brian Mohr said the changes also have increased the use of other vehicles and crews on medical runs that is taxing the understaffed department. "Our benchmark is the six-minute response time. Our goal is to be doing that at 90 percent of the time," said Mohr.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Pantagraph