Glendale is getting a new fire chief. Terry Garrison, who has served as the fire chief for the Houston Fire Department since 2010, will be taking over as fire chief for the Glendale Fire Department on Nov. 2, city officials announced Tuesday. Garrison replaces Mark Burdick, who retired in May after 32 years with the department and 12 years as the chief, and Chris DeChant, who was serving as the interim fire chief.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Republic

An investigation into a Eureka Springs firefighter’s injury showed that mechanical failure was the issue. Rod Wasson was injured while working a fire on Aug. 29, sustaining respiratory injuries and spending weeks in a burn unit. Eureka Springs Fire and EMS interviewed Wasson and tested his equipment to determine what caused the injury.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFSM-TV CBS 5 Fort Smith

Medicare paid $30 million for ambulance rides for which no record exists that patients got medical care at their destination, the place where they were picked up or other critical information. The mystery ambulance rides are part of a bigger problem with Medicare payments for transporting patients, according to a federal audit being released Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: cbs news

The chest pains started not long after firefighter Joe Dipple arrived at the scene. Laden with gear, fully exerted as he walked past the burning home, he suddenly couldn't carry a ladder through the 10 inches of snow on that afternoon in February 2014. Sit down, another firefighter told him. You're going into an ambulance.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com

Urban explorers who may need complicated rescues will now have to pay a hefty fine for the service. In response to recent deaths and injuries due to falls in restricted spaces — including one in Southeast Como’s abandoned Bunge grain elevator near the University of Minnesota — the Minneapolis City Council approved an ordinance Friday that gives the city the authority to charge rescue fees to trespassers.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Minnesota Daily