The two Pensacola Fire Department chiefs placed on administrative leave earlier this week are not the focus of an investigation into the fire department, though it remains unclear what that focus is or how long the investigation might last. Local attorney Russell VanSickle of the Beggs & Lane law firm has been hired to perform the investigation, and interim Fire Chief Matt Schmitt and Deputy Fire Chief Joseph Glover will remain on paid administrative leave until the investigation in concluded.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pensacola News Journal

Fire Chief Murray Gordon drank a glass of cabernet at a restaurant before the New Year’s Eve fire along W. Casino Road, but he was not intoxicated, according to an outside investigation paid for by the city. The longtime chief, 61, admitted that his actions that night may have shown “poor judgment” and “may not have been prudent,” according to the report.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Herald Net

Fire Chief Murray Gordon drank a glass of cabernet at a restaurant before the New Year’s Eve fire along W. Casino Road, but he was not intoxicated, according to an outside investigation paid for by the city. The longtime chief, 61, admitted that his actions that night may have shown “poor judgment” and “may not have been prudent,” according to the report.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Herald Net

Portland (CT) Volunteer Fire Department, rescue-pumper. Spartan Gladiator cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSC20C 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank.

A hazardous materials crew from Snohomish County Fire District 1 was dispatched to Swedish Edmonds hospital Monday afternoon after a nurse discovered a suspicious white powder in a bathroom. The call generated a large response of emergency vehicles to the hospital, but the powder was determined not to pose a threat and was disposed of through the hospital’s existing chemical disposal system, said Fire District 1 spokeswoman Leslie Hynes.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2016 8:49:52 PM - SOURCE: My Edmonds News