The Fire Commission Tuesday demoted the firefighters' union president from lieutenant to firefighter and suspended him five days without pay for his actions at a Jan. 1 fire after a hearing that lasted over five hours at Fire Department headquarters. Chad Cunningham, a 10-year veteran, also must undergo 40 hours of training if he wants to be restored as a lieutenant, the commission said.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Republican

Enabling interoperability between the FirstNet public-safety LTE core being built by AT&T and the LTE cores of Verizon or other carriers is feasible technically, but doing so would be a departure from the FirstNet request for proposals (RFP) and could introduce security issues for public safety, according to an AT&T executive.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Urgent Communications

A five-alarm fire at a College Park, Maryland, apartment building burned much longer than it should have, putting firefighters and the public at unnecessary risk, according to College Park Fire Chief Bill Corrigan. The Fuse 47 building on Berwyn House Road was still under construction at the time of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Washington

Kewanee (IL) Fire Department top-mount pumper. 1871W cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 370-hp engine; 794-gallon polypropylene tank; Hale Qflo 1,250-gpm pump.

The all-volunteer fire team from Franklin County Fire District 4 said they've timed it out and they think the Hanford Reach Fire in Franklin County might have started right around the peak of Monday's solar eclipse. Captain Michael Rattray said he knows how long it takes for wildfires to get going and the math checks out when compared it to the time they received the first call.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2017 7:49:17 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19