Pittsburgh officials reversed course on a controversial decision Friday to take away a lifesaving opiate antidote from firefighters who often are among the first emergency personnel to respond to 911 calls. Pittsburgh Public Safety Director Stephen Bucar ordered fire officials to suspend issuing naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan, from fire trucks because the city paramedics union threatened to file a grievance, said Ralph Sicuro, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local No.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

A Gloucester County judge has sided with the borough's mayor and council in a lawsuit over the ownership of equipment in the town firehouse. The case, which was settled on Friday by Superior Court Judge Georgia M. Curio, decided the ownership of a wide array of items left in the firehouse after volunteers with the Newfield Volunteer Fire Co.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com

Controlling behavior, not following protocol and people in positions not asking hard questions enabled the now imprisoned former Farmington fire chief to misappropriate more than $270,000 over a number of years that should have gone into town coffers. Richard Fowler was sentenced July 1 in Strafford Superior Court to New Hampshire State Prison for 3 to 6 years and ordered to pay restitution for the amount he used personally, which is believed to be $216,109.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: seacoast online

A fire burning since Monday caused the partial collapse of the 85-year-old Portland & Western railroad trestle overnight. On Tuesday morning, a firefighter was lightly injured while battling the blaze. Alisa Cour, the Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue Spokesperson tells KOIN that the firefighter was injured when a log or piece of wood from the trestle fell onto him.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: koin-tv 6 Portland

No one would would have blamed Tommy Hemphill if he retired after undergoing surgery for a brain tumor. The Columbia fire chief, 56, has served his hometown for nearly 30 years, rising to the top position after a distinguished career in the field. He has nothing to prove, as he’s been reminded repeatedly, to his peers, his colleagues or the citizens of Columbia.
- PUB DATE: 8/11/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Daily Herald