Posted: Apr 17, 2017
There's an unwritten rule at Milwaukee's Fire Station 13: Sit down to eat a meal, and the alarm signaling a call is guaranteed to go off. It's not only the busiest fire station in Milwaukee, but the busiest in the state, totaling 5708 calls last year.
Gauthier says between 85-90% of their calls are EMS related. Saturday morning, CBS-58 rode along, as they left the station at 30th and Locust and bounced from call to call. We watched them revive an unconscious diabetic, and help calm down a man who was having trouble breathing. One thing is clear: There's a lot more to being a Milwaukee firefighter, than just fighting fires.
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Posted: Apr 17, 2017
Wyoming Fire District Chief James “Jim” Benken and retired Milford Fire Chief John E. Cooper, Sr. died Friday.
Benken passed away suddenly, the City of Wyoming Fire & EMS posted Friday.
“(He) is being mourned by all who knew him,” they said, and they expressed condolences to family and friends. Cooper, 68, died at his Milford home Friday.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCPO-TV ABC 9 Cincinnati
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Posted: Apr 17, 2017
Santa Rosa firefighters are suing the city in federal court, claiming they’ve been systematically cheated out of overtime for years.
The city’s 118 unionized firefighters say the city is improperly calculating their overtime pay, and they now want to recoup their losses for the past three years, plus interest, costs and attorney’s fees.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Democrat
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Posted: Apr 17, 2017
This Bravest is the oldest.
Probationary firefighter Hazim Tawfiq has joined the FDNY at age 44 after a long battle over his rap sheet.
Tawfiq failed an FDNY entry exam in 1999, then joined a federal lawsuit that successfully accused the FDNY of racial discrimination. He won a cash settlement and a second chance to be hired, but the city rejected him because of his criminal record.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
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Posted: Apr 17, 2017
An emotional day in Prince George’s county, as a man who shot two firefighters, killing one, faces a judge for sentencing on gun charges. The welfare check turned shooting devastated the department, and one year later, they are still feeling the impact.
Darrell Lumpkin’s four-year sentence was handed down just on Friday evening, and so many firefighters showed up at the courthouse to support Lumpkin’s victims, the proceedings had to be moved to a bigger courtroom.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore
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