A Fairborn firefighter-paramedic driving a suspected overdose patient to the hospital Thursday night began showing symptoms of an overdose himself, prompting his partner to jump into action and stop the ambulance in the middle of the road. This is the latest — and perhaps most dramatic — case of a public safety employee exposed to an opioid.
- PUB DATE: 11/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: mydaytondailynews.com

Federal authorities knew technology used to broadcast official emergency warnings from cell towers was outdated years before deadly fires ignited last month in Sonoma County and throughout Northern California, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee for their lives, many with no warning. Messages were too short, didn’t support web links and had the potential to be broadcast too widely, according to Federal Communication Commission members charged with regulating how cellphone companies issue government warnings.
- PUB DATE: 11/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Democrat

When EMT Yadira Arroyo was killed March 16 by a crazed man who stole her ambulance and ran her down, she didn’t qualify for line-of-duty death benefit. Arroyo, 44, a veteran of 14 years, left behind the five boys she was supporting on her Emergency Medical Service salary: $48,000 base pay, $66,000 with overtime.
- PUB DATE: 11/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

At 64, Jim Aulbaugh has long been eligible to retire from Dallas Fire-Rescue. He loved working too much to call it quits, but he says he might have to now. A new state law aimed at fixing the ailing pension fund contains a provision -- a vestigial part of the original proposed fix -- that could cause him and dozens of other police and firefighters to finally leave their shrinking departments in January.
- PUB DATE: 11/13/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas News

Westmont (IL) Fire Department 105-foot aerial ladder quint. Velocity cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 525-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump.