Mayer Fire Captain Jeffrey A. Vollmer died early Tuesday at his home from an apparent heart attack. He was 40. Captain Vollmer passed suddenly after returning home from a training exercise. Captain Vollmer was a second-generation firefighter and a 12-year veteran of the Mayer Fire Department. He was a graduate of Ortonville High School and the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KARE11.com

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill this week that allows the Yonkers Fire Department to tap into a controversial fund used for a variety of department expenses. The fire union and Democrats in the state Legislature pushed for the law after the union stopped spending the cash when Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli found the spending flouted state law.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin

The U.S. Senate Thursday night passed the United States Fire Administration, AFG, and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4661). The House of Representatives passed the same bill Monday. As a result, the measure is on its way to the president’s desk, saving the FIRE and SAFER Grant programs from expiring on January 2 and pushing their sunset dates out to September 30, 2024.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

It is with a shared vision, to save lives from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) by stimulating effective community, professional and citizen action, that the PulsePoint Foundation and the Citizen CPR Foundation announce Sonoma County EMS/Save Lives Sonoma as the inaugural winner of the 2017 PulsePoint Grant Competition.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Citizen CPR Foundtion

VIDEO - Rob Hecksel, a retired firefighter diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February, was hoping for a long second career as a social worker. He’s trying to compress that mission into his remaining time. Hecksel, 51, of Lansing was a battalion chief with the Lansing Fire Department. He retired three years ago after a 25-year career but wanted to find another job that he loved and that improved the lives of others.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lansing State Journal