More people in Champaign County could survive cardiac arrest with the help of a free smartphone app designed to mobilize the public to start treatment in the first critical minutes. The PulsePoint Respond app was launched Monday in Champaign County by Presence Regional EMS and METCAD, the local emergency dispatch agency.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News-Gazette

A former firefighter recruit is suing San Diego for discrimination, harassment and retaliation because she was fired last year after speaking up about lewd comments and penis drawings in the Fire Academy locker room. Nicole Pappas, 31, claims male members of her 2015 recruiting class criticized her weight, commented on her butt and forced her to look at penis drawings by taping them on the wall, emailing them and posting them on social media.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune

Orange Township Fire Department, Rome City, IN, pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; UPF Poly 1,300-gallon tank; Waterous CSUC20 1,500-gpm pump.

Orange Township Fire Department, Rome City, IN, pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; UPF Poly 1,300-gallon tank; Waterous CSUC20 1,500-gpm pump.

No one is injured in a truck fire that spread to a garage Tuesday morning. Firefighters arrived at 308 S. 9th Street to find a vehicle on fire which had spread to a garage which was converted to a living space around 8:12 a.m. Tuesday. A father and his four-year-old son were inside the home at the time, but firefighters said they were both able to escape uninjured.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2017 4:45:10 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima