Federal workers scrambled on Tuesday to interpret how President Donald Trump’s hiring freeze of civilian employees might affect seasonal firefighters and other part-time employees. Trump’s order, issued Monday, stated “no vacant positions existing at noon on January 22, 2017, may be filled and no new positions may be created, except in limited circumstances.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Billings Gazette

Portsmouth will give police officers, firefighters and other emergency workers $1,000 apiece to keep working in the city. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to give the one-time stipend next month to those employees, as well as paramedics and dispatchers. The proposal, submitted to the council by human resources director Elizabeth Gooden, says Portsmouth will spend about $860,000 on the incentive without adding to its operating budget.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com

Murrieta Fire Department engineer Mike Macalinao and captains Sean DeGrave and Todd Bradstreet are certified swiftwater rescue technicians who each have trained for the risky missions for more than 10 years. They all have performed water rescues. But none, they said, matched the situation they encountered Sunday, Jan.
- PUB DATE: 1/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Bernardino County Sun

Boone County Fire Protection District, Columbia, MO, four quick-response flatbed units. Ford F-450 extended cabs and chassis; Ford 6.8-liter three-valve SOHC 362-hp engines; Darley 2BE 23 UHP-HV 8-gpm @ 1,200 psi/100-gpm @ 100 psi pumps.

 

The owner of a marijuana shop in Lake City is worried he may lose his business after an early morning fire. Firefighters responded to the alarm at Greenside Recreational at NE 98th St. and Lake City Way around 1:15 a.m. Smoke was billowing from the basement and flames were moving up into the main level.
- PUB DATE: 1/24/2017 9:55:53 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5