As the D.C. Fire and EMS Department handles a growing number of 911 calls, officials are examining whether taxis or Uber drivers' cars could be used to transport callers who do no have true emergencies. D.C FEMS Chief Gregory Dean told News4 on Monday that the department and other D.C. officials are considering adding nurses to the 911 call center to evaluate medical needs and using vehicles other than ambulances to transport people who need to go to a doctor's office -- but not to an emergency room.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbc washington

Recently I was chatting with several public safety women regarding the lack of sufficient numbers of women in firefighting and law enforcement. A number of us who have been in the public safety arena for many years expressed frustration over a common piece of advice that we hear from many inside public safety and public management: "Don't worry.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firechief.com

A 16-year Columbia Fire Department captain was fired Monday from his $53,722-a-year job for making threatening remarks against people in a Black Lives Matter protest that on Sunday night closed down a major interstate corridor into Columbia, city officials said Monday. On Sunday night, in apparent reaction to a S.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the state

It was a special reunion for a group of firemen at Fire Station 83 in the city of Sammamish Monday morning. It was the first time three firefighters who helped deliver a baby at the side of the road on June 7 were able to meet the little boy who came into the world unexpectedly, surprising everyone, including his parents.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2016 9:36:55 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

The fire started in one of the units of a fourplex off 13th Avenue and Olympia. Kennewick's Fire Department got to the scene Sunday night and fought the flames to keep them from spreading into the other units. Fire Captain Cary Cole tells us, " there is moderate damage to the apartment unit, but we were able to keep the fire spreading to the other units.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2016 9:11:57 PM - SOURCE: kndo