Port Angeles ranks No. 95, and that suits the fire chief right down to the ground. In the continuing Internet cavalcade of “best places” to live, work, hike and bike, Port Angeles late last month fetched up in the top 100 cities to be an emergency medical technician (EMT) or the more highly skilled paramedic, according to the data-analyst firm www.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2015 3:42:56 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Several of the rural firefighters and paramedics who first confronted the carnage at Umpqua Community College haven't returned to work yet or else they've tried to return only to request time off. Some can't shake the smells and sounds they encountered in classroom 15 in Snyder Hall last Thursday. One described having to help move a lifeless body to get to someone who was still alive, said Rob Bullock, deputy fire chief of Douglas County Fire District 2.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the oregonian

The Board of Public Safety is considering cutting funding for the Burrville Fire Department for the rest of the fiscal year upon the recommendation of Corporation Counsel Raymond Rigat, following the unauthorized purchase of a fire truck by the head of the department earlier in the year. Rigat made the recommendation Wednesday evening as part of the regular meeting of the board.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Torrington Register Citizen

Deputy U.S. Fire Administrator Glenn A. Gaines had a thirst for knowledge. He was a familiar face in classrooms at the National Fire Academy. Often, he wasn’t there as the instructor or guest lecturer, but as a student. The retired Fairfax County Fire and Rescue chief’s passion for education never waned.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

A document obtained by WUSA9 indicates Engine 28 had an air leak on the day it crashed into a police car, breaking the arm of a firefighter and hospitalizing a police officer. The 30-ton fire truck relies on air brakes to operate safely. "It should have been taken out of service we believe there was a braking issue that occurred," said Scott Hudson with the firefighters union said when told about the log.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wusa 9