The Mukilteo Fire Department has welcomed a new firefighter. Jacob Taylor, of Lake Stevens, was sworn in as an officer by Mayor Jennifer Gregerson on Sept. 6. He was hired by Fire Chief Chris Alexander. Taylor was most recently a volunteer and then part-time firefighter and emergency medical technician for the Snohomish County Fire District 4, for which he served three years.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2016 1:17:05 PM - SOURCE: Mukilteo Beacon

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill—Honeywell and DuPont Kevlar recently announced that applications are now being accepted to award 20 outstanding firefighters, EMS, and hazmat responders with expenses-paid scholarships to attend FDIC International 2017. Candidates must be nominated by a fellow firefighter or departmental peer. For further details and applications, visit the FDIC Web site at: http://landing.penngage.com/honeywell-fdic-2017-scholarship.

“The FDIC scholarship program, sponsored annually by Honeywell First Responder, provides firefighters with life-saving tools and training that they can take back to their communities,” says Bobby Halton, FDIC International Education Director. “Thanks to Honeywell’s and DuPont’s generosity, dozens of talented and dedicated firefighters have had the opportunity to expand their circle of brothers and sisters and to impact their departments’ ability to save lives and protect firefighters.”

FDIC International is the largest and most important North American firefighter training event and tradeshow in the fire service industry with more than 32,000 attending the 2016 event. Hosted every year in Indianapolis, Indiana, the FDIC International 2017 event will take place April 24-29.

The scholarship is available to residents of the United States and Canada only, and career and volunteer firefighters, EMS, and hazmat personnel are eligible. Examples for consideration: extensive or superior work in his/her role within the fire department; distinguished leadership; remarkable devotion to the community or crisis management; helping up-and-coming members of the firefighting profession; and a history of attending training seminars/classes and implementing best practices from his/her training that benefit the department.

For more information, visit http://landing.penngage.com/honeywell-fdic-2017-scholarship.

Holden, LA—The City and County of San Francisco, California, has awarded Ferrara Fire Apparatus a contract for five years to build triple combination pumpers. The pumpers will be built on the Igniter chassis and will carry 500 gallons of water.

Chris Ferrara, president and CEO, states, “To be awarded a contract by the City of San Francisco is an honor and reward for this company, and we are excited to start building the first round of eight trucks for the city.”

Ferrara Fire Apparatus custom manufactures a complete line of heavy-duty fire, emergency, and rescue vehicles. The custom chassis selection includes the Ultra, Inferno, Igniter, and Cinder. Ferrara’s line of fire apparatus includes the MVP rescue pumper, custom and commercial pumpers and tankers, rear- and midmount aerial ladders and platforms, walk-in and walk-around rescues, incident command trucks and trailers, wildland interface, and the Inundator high-flow industrial pumper. 

Ferrara offers safety items such as on-site tilt table testing, cab and body ECE-29 crash testing, independent front suspension, Complete Airbag Protection, and the SmartWheel steering system.

For more information, visit www.ferrarafire.com.

Dallas Fire-Rescue officials are sick of ever-increasing ambulance runs. But they say they have two remedies coming: a new dispatch system and an expansion of a program in which the department's paramedics make house calls. Fire officials told members of the City Council's Public Safety Committee on Monday that they are nearly ready to buy new dispatch software that will help separate true emergencies such as heart attacks from routine medical issues such as stubbed toes.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dallas Morning News

A headhunter hired by the city to help find a new fire chief has referred more than 12 candidates, according to Public Safety Commissioner Steven M. Pare. But 14 months after the departure of Fire Chief Clarence A. Cunha, the search continues. “The process of identifying and recruiting the right fire chief is still underway,” Pare said.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Providence Journal