Posted: Sep 21, 2016
New Lincoln fire stations will have an extra room to store the heavy gear that firefighters wear on the job. The gear -- coats, pants, overboots, gloves, a helmet and headsock -- is known as turnout gear, or bunker gear, or personal protective equipment.
After a call, the gear is sometimes covered in soot, or a hazardous material, which is one of the reasons blamed for firefighters being twice as likely to get some kinds of cancer, according to research.
Turnout gear is currently stored in the bay areas of Lincoln stations where the trucks, engines and ambulances are parked. That keeps it away from the stations' dining and living areas.
But it also means less room for vehicles. And those areas are not ventilated to protect employees from potential airborne carcinogens.
A special room in new fire stations will have its own ventilation, to dry out the gear more quickly and to vent the air outdoors -- away from the men and women who live in the station 24 hours at a time, said Fire Chief Micheal Despain.
A new room -- the size of a small bedroom -- will be part of all new fire stations, starting with Station 11, which is replacing an older Air Park station.
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Posted: Sep 21, 2016
A federal appeals court is considering whether authorities violated the constitutional rights of two Unified Firefighters whose prescription drug history was accessed during a criminal investigation.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in Marlon Jones and Ryan Pyle’s lawsuit against Cottonwood Heights, who accuse authorities there of violating their Fourth Amendment rights against search and seizure.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSTU-TV Fox 13 Now Salt Lake City
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Posted: Sep 21, 2016
Lebanon has fired its embattled fire chief after the city manager said the chief again failed to follow policies and procedures.
Capt. Steven Johnson was named acting chief, replacing Perry Gerome on Monday.
Gerome was replaced after investigation of an accident involving one of the Lebanon Fire Department’s engines, according to a statement issued Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hamilton Journal-News
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Posted: Sep 21, 2016
There's a unique relationship among the Milwaukee Fire Department's staff that we want to share with you. Two co-workers were brought together for a unique opportunity.
Inside any firehouse, you'll find firefighters with a close connection -- but this relationship is deeper than most. "I'm standing next to my daughter, Maria Gaenslen," said Steve Gaenslen, MFD heavy equipment operator.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI Fox Channel 6
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Posted: Sep 21, 2016
The North Carolina Department of Labor has fined Sherills Ford-Terrell Fire & Rescue in connection to the death of a rescue diver.
Newton firefighter, Bradley Long, died in early-June while searching for the body of a drowning victim in Lake Norman.
Long was working as part of the dive team at Lake Norman through Sherills Ford-Terrell Fire and Rescue to recover the body of Isaiah Cruz, who had drowned in the lake.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCNC-TV NBC 6 Charlotte
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