Clark County officials are looking to national authorities for guidance on how safety standards might be improved in light of the mass shooting Oct. 1 at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. And the two leading associations that craft the safety policies adopted by most municipalities across the country are looking right back at Las Vegas.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Vegas Sun

The turnout gear that firefighters are encouraged to wear for protection against toxic chemicals at fire scenes could itself be a hazard, according to a lawyer who's demanding a study be done for a group with "unusually high rates of cancer." Cincinnati lawyer Robert A. Bilott notified U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt last month that he intends to sue the government unless work begins on developing the study.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

Two fire trucks sustained "extensive damage" after crashing into each other at the intersection of Passaic and Calhoun streets Saturday morning, city fire Battalion Chief Todd Willever said. Eight firefighters from two companies sustained minor injurers after a Trenton ladder truck and a Hamilton engine collided around 10:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

Firefighters were able to resuscitate three children after rescuing them from a house fire Sunday morning. The Prince George’s County Fire Department reports the fire occurred just after 7 a.m., at a home in the 4700 block of Alcon Dr. in Temple Hills. A woman called 911 and said that her house was on fire and her children were trapped on the second floor.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore

A private ambulance company about to begin service in Pend Oreille County says they're being told not to respond to calls local fire volunteers can handle on their own. One fire chief said it's a matter of saving resources, but the company says it won't be able to survive. When Pend Oreille paramedics begin service in Pend Oreille county, they will be the only first responders licensed to transport patients requiring advanced life support.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY.com