The city is pumping $30 million into FDNY and EMS operations in the Bronx, officials said Monday. The investment will include funding for new ambulances and equipment, as well as $17 million toward construction repairs to EMS Station 17 at 109 Ogden Ave., which has been experiencing structural deterioration and lacks sufficient space for crew and equipment, according to a joint statement by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post

A Macon County volunteer firefighter is in critical condition after he was struck in the head by a fire hose. According to Macon County Fire Chief Micah Kauffman, it happened around 4 p.m. Saturday. Macon County firefighters are keeping vigil at the hospital after one of their men suffered a traumatic brain injury Saturday afternoon.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Telegraph

A King County Superior Court jury on Thursday awarded $9.5 million to the family of a Kingston man who died in a collision with a fire truck. On the morning of July 4, 2014, Jason Foster was was riding a motor scooter on Miller Bay Road, approaching its intersection with West Kingston Road. The traffic signal turned yellow, and he continued.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun

Atlantic City firefighters rescued more than a dozen people trapped in an elevator. The Atlantic City Fire Department posted on Facebook that 14 people were stuck in an elevator for several hours at the Tropicana Casino & Resort on Saturday. The elevator suddenly stopped between the sixth and seventh floors.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS Philly

A mother from Mamaroneck, New York has decided to reinvent herself in a field dominated by men, most of whom are a whole lot younger. Suburban mom Robin Nesdale showed CBS2’s Lou Young some of the new equipment she’s learned to use to rescue other people, and perhaps, herself. At 57 years old, she’s decided to play against type and become a volunteer firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 5/23/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS New York