Posted: Feb 3, 2017
STEWIACKE: The new medical/light rescue truck for Stewiacke was looking nice and shiny under the overcast skies on Jan. 28. Of course, it helped that it had been washed three times already, and it had yet to see the road for a call. Stewiacke Volunteer Fire Department took possession of its new medical/light rescue fire ...
There are few things that boost the morale of firefighters like the arrival of a new fire apparatus. Such was the case for members of the Stewiacke District Fire Department when members met for breakfast and to transfer from its existing rescue truck, a 1999 rig, to its new rescue unit built on a Ram 3500 chassis. According to the department's chief, the truck is paid in full--not a common occurrence for departments today.
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Posted: Feb 3, 2017
Drug overdose deaths were the leading cause of injury death in the U.S. surpassing motor vehicle crashes, according to the FDA. In response to these numbers, the Kern County Fire Department has added nasal naloxone to their fire engines. Naloxone, generic for Narcan, is a life-saving medication that can stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
With deaths resulting from drug overdoses outpacing deaths by vehicle crashes (according to the FDA), the Kern County (CA) Fire Department is now carrying the inhaled antidote, nasal naloxone. Nasal naloxone is a generic for Narcan.
In many municipalities, EMS and police vehicles have already carried an antidote for opioid overdoses, but in recent months, we have seen more and more fire apparatus carrying the antidote as well.
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Posted: Feb 3, 2017
An Irondale house suffered moderate damage after fire broke out in a bedroom Thursday morning.
No one was home and there were no injuries, said Bill Beezley, spokesman for East Jefferson Fire-Rescue.
Firefighters were called to the house on West Swaney Street at 9:57 a.m. after a passer-by saw smoke coming from the eaves and called 9-1-1 emergency dispatchers.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2017 2:48:44 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News
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Posted: Feb 3, 2017
U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer has joined other members of the House of Representatives to ask President Donald J. Trump’s administration to specify whether the federal hiring freeze affects seasonal firefighters.
In a letter sent to the Office of Personnel Management, the bipartisan group of nine representatives requested clarity on whether the freeze prevents the U.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2017 2:48:38 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News
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Posted: Feb 3, 2017
Fans flooding into Houston for Super Bowl LI could land in hotels and motels that have not been fully inspected, a local critic of the Houston Fire Marshal's office said Thursday.
Randall Kallinen, a civil rights attorney who has represented fire inspectors, said the department scaled back inspections about a year ago in favor of self-inspection forms that could be filled out by the facilities.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle
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