The FDNY swore in a new chief diversity officer Thursday along with its youngest-ever deputy commissioner during a ceremony on Randall's Island. Cecilia Loving, 56, an attorney who works for the FDNY, was recently named as the FDNY's chief diversity officer. In that court-mandated role, she will be in charge of ensuring all new recruitment and strategic initiatives comply with Department of Citywide Administrative Services and Law Department guidelines.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york daily news

Liz Trokey says it’s a lucky thing a fire that broke out at her senior apartment complex on Wednesday didn’t start any later than it did. “It was like an hour before my nap time,” she told CBS4. “If I had been napping, I never would have woke up, because when I take a nap, I’m out.” Trokey, 81, says the emergency stairs weren’t an option when the fire alarms started sounding in her apartment on the fourth floor of the Southview Place Towers.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCNC-TV CBS 4 Denver

While looking for an SOP on a large metropolitan fire department's website, I stumbled across something unrelated that caught my eye. This SOP was from a fire department I highly respect as leaders in safety and employee health. To my surprise I noticed an SOP allowing for firefighters to remove their SCBA if the carbon monoxide level is less than 50 ppm in the sampling.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

West Seneca (NY) Fire District No. 5, rescue/command vehicle. Gladiator cab and chassis; Cummins ISX 550-hp engine.

EMS service in the West Richland is on the line. Tonight is the last chance for those in the district to give their input on an EMS levy before the fire district commissioners vote on it. Currently Benton County Fire District 4 is paid to provide EMS and transport services from an EMS levy that past in 2010.
- PUB DATE: 4/7/2016 8:32:34 PM - SOURCE: KVEW-TV ABC 42 Kennewick