A 28-year Portland fire veteran will soon take over as chief of Clark County Fire & Rescue. John Nohr, chief of the emergency operations division for Portland Fire & Rescue, starts his new job on May 1, according to Clark County's interim chief, Ron Oliver. Nohr was one of five finalists for the job, which will pay him about $133,000 a year, Oliver said.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the oregonian

At a press conference Tuesday, Mayor Kenney officially named his new fire commissioner, a Virginia transplant, and his pick for chief of prisons, a local veteran of the system and the first woman to hold the post. The pick for the fire department, Adam Thiel, elicited some displeasure from firefighter's union officials, who said they would have preferred an internal pick but were eager to work with Thiel, as well as the black firefighter's alliance, who said they wanted Acting Commissioner Derrick Sawyer to stay at the helm.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: philly.com

Firefighters can do more to protect themselves from getting occupational-related cancer, the Boston Fire Department preaches in a new video aimed at raising awareness and curbing deaths. “We made this a priority,” Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn said in an interview with the Globe, “because of skyrocketing cancer rates within the department and the need for us to take some proactive steps to try to mitigate some of these cancers.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: boston globe

A former Camden firefighter was convicted Tuesday of stealing more than $80,000 in state disability pension payments at the same time he earned his black belt in jiu-jitsu and competed in a mixed martial arts tournament, state authorities said. A Camden County jury on Tuesday found Shane Streater, 41, of Camden, guilty of second-degree theft by deception, which carries a sentence of five to 10 years in state prison and up to $150,000 in fines, according to the state Attorney General's Office.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com

A 28-year Portland fire veteran will soon take over as chief of Clark County Fire & Rescue. John Nohr, chief of the emergency operations division for Portland Fire & Rescue, starts his new job on May 1, according to Clark County's interim chief, Ron Oliver. Nohr was one of five finalists for the job, which will pay him about $133,000 a year, Oliver said.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: oregonian