Menu

WFC News

Posted: Feb 2, 2018

Slagle-Harrietta Fire Department Receives Grant For New Turnout Gear

The department applied for the grant back in June.

They say they are in need of new turnout gear and that’s what the money will be going towards.

Secretary Treasurer Carol Haase says they have been making many improvements to the department and this is just another step in the right direction.

Read more
Posted: Feb 2, 2018

Johnson Siding Vfd Uses Anonymous Donation To Buy Protective Gear

The $30,000 donation will supply 15 firefighters with brand new turnout gear. Turnout gear is used to protect crews when they fight structure fires.

Each firefighter will receive a new coat, helmet, pair of pants, and set of boots. Turnout gear costs around $2,000 and typically lasts 8 to 10 years.

Read more
Posted: Feb 2, 2018

Virginia fire chief: No plans to resign in wake of harassment claims

Days after the head of a Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department advocacy group for female firefighters issued a resignation letter, charging lax attitudes toward sexual harassment, the chief says he doesn’t believe the department has major issues and that he has no plans to resign. “We take all claims seriously of bullying, harassment and retaliation,” Fire Chief Richard Bowers said at a Thursday afternoon news conference.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP-AM 1500 Washington
Read more
Posted: Feb 2, 2018

'Still haunting': Florida firefighter testifies about what they saw at nursing home where 12 died

Craig Wohlitka told a Broward courtroom Wednesday that he is still haunted by the dying nursing home residents he tried to save as they sweltered in a building with no air conditioning in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. In a span of about three hours on Sept. 13, the Hollywood firefighter/paramedic and fellow crew members treated two critically ill residents.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel & SouthFlorida.com
Read more
Posted: Feb 2, 2018

Phoenix firefighters deal with opioids every day. But do they fit into a solution?

Fire crews confront the opioid epidemic daily in the most personal of ways. They tend to the users who can't stay awake. They administer naloxone, the reversal drug that brings addicts back from a life-threatening overdose. And they answer the call when an unresponsive person is found in a parked car, a gas station bathroom or a neighborhood — impoverished or affluent.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix
Read more
RSS
First52845285528652875289529152925293Last

Theme picker

Search News Articles