Posted: Nov 28, 2017
Professional Firefighters of Kokomo Local 396 and the city of Kokomo likely are moving headlong into a court saga, after city officials denied a grievance filed by the union relating to collective bargaining efforts.
The Kokomo Board of Public Works last week denied the union’s grievance, saying in a findings-of-fact document no articles or sections in the previous agreement between the two sides were violated.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kokomo Tribune
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Posted: Nov 28, 2017
A fire department is working to reduce the negativity surrounding mental health issues by changing firefighter culture with peer support teams.
News-Herald reported that the Euclid Fire Department’s peer-to-peer support program is made up of firefighters who are trained in active listening and crisis intervention, and Ohio Association of Professional Fire Fighters director of operations Lt.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
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Posted: Nov 28, 2017
A litany of complaints levied against St. Tammany Parish District 12 Fire Chief Stephen Krentel, whose wife was killed in a mysterious, high-profile slaying in July, will be the subject of a full scale investigation by the district's board of commissioners, a civil service panel determined Monday (Nov.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com
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Posted: Nov 28, 2017
No firefighters were harmed in the making of this calendar.
Worth noting because, well ... bare skin ... razor-sharp claws ... things can go wrong.
"The cats were all well-behaved — pretty mellow and chill," said Burbank Paradise Fire Department firefighter Chris Parnell, one of the men featured in the Firefighters & Felines 2018 calendar from Cat Network of Stanislaus.
- PUB DATE: 11/28/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Modesto Bee
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Posted: Nov 28, 2017
Mt. Vernon (IN) Fire Department PUC pumper. Pierce Enforcer cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 505-hp engine; Pierce 1,500-gpm single-stage pump.
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