Posted: May 18, 2017
VIDEO - An alert Cleveland EMS crew discovered three garbage trucks on fire just after 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
The fire was burning at Republic Services on Jones Road just north of the intersection of Broadway and Harvard Avenues when the EMS crew saw flame and smoke from Broadway Avenue.
The three trucks were spewing thick black smoke and a few explosions were seen and heard in the area.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WEWS-TV IBS 5 Cleveland
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Posted: May 18, 2017
During a brief 10 minute meeting on May 16, the Mesquite City Council cast a split vote to terminate Fire Chief Kash Christopher “without cause.” Three councilmen, David Ballweg, George Rapson and Brian Wursten, voted in favor of the action. Councilman Rich Green voted no and Councilman Geno Withelder voted to abstain from the proposal.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mesquite Local News
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Posted: May 18, 2017
Mandy Gould has spent nearly 13 years as a volunteer firefighter in Caledon, Ont. – a sprawling municipality northwest of Toronto – following her father into a vocation that she aspired to since high school.
For the past 11 years, Ms. Gould has also been a full-time firefighter in nearby Brampton, a suburban city of more than half a million.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Globe and Mail
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Posted: May 18, 2017
For most, a mid-life crisis consists of buying a sports car, or burying yourself in some expensive new hobby.
For Jeffrey Williams, his involved a change of career into the fire service.
And moving into the fire service presents some unique challenges for him, seeing as he was born with only one hand.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona City Independent
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Posted: May 17, 2017
Now that Jackson Hole Fire/EMS has the budget to renovate its headquarters in downtown Jackson, fire officials have to figure out where they’re going to work during the 18-month construction window.
Battalion Chief Matt Redwine presented four temporary station options to town and county officials this week, hoping for a vote. But elected officials continued the discussion, saying they want more time to discuss it.
"I recognize this is very complicated," Redwine told the Teton County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday morning.
Of the four temporary station options, fire officials recommended permanent upgrades to the Teton County Fairgrounds livestock pavilion. That would allow the building to be used as an exhibit hall once firefighters are done with it, they said.
"We simply need a secure building that's safe for our trucks and our people," Redwine told the Jackson Town Council on Monday night.
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