Dighton’s Board of Selectmen moved Wednesday to terminate the town’s fire chief as he faces criminal charges. Fire Chief Antone Roderick, Jr. was suspended by the board in November amid accusations he used public funds to buy personal items, specifically clothes for his girlfriend. Chairman Dean Cronin said it’s alleged Roderick used his own and other firefighters’ clothing allowances to buy almost $239 worth of women’s clothing.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12

Fire departments in nearly every pocket of Iowa have members who were awarded nationally recognized certifications by the state fire academy despite failing their tests, according to documents released Wednesday. The Fire Service Training Bureau has sent letters to 560 departments, a majority of those in the state, to notify them that "one or more firefighters on your department may have been" erroneously granted certificates in recent years and will be expected to undergo retesting.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Des Moines Register

The top three emerging trends in EMS grants reflect the shift in health care toward value amid political uncertainty. EMS organizations will need to adapt, innovate and build new programs. This is a different approach for EMS providers who are widely seen as transport for emergent and non-emergent patients to the hospital.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

Plantation (FL) Fire Department pumper. Quest cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 400-hp engine; E-ONE 1,500-gpm pump.

The Jan. 19 meeting of the North Whatcom fire commissioners needed to be recessed “until order could be restored” after embattled commissioner Dean Berkeley took to the microphone during public session. Berkeley accused district staff members present of lying and he showed “threatening and disruptive behavior” at the Odell Road fire station, according to a resolution of censure against Berkeley passed by commissioners a week later.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2017 6:51:25 PM - SOURCE: Lyndentribune