After three years, fire Chief Chris Breunig will step down from his position in order to receive a bigger salary, according to recent published reports.
However, city officials maintain that Breunig continues to lead the fire department. On Friday, July 31, city business administrator Jim Mallon told The Gazette that while he can’t comment on particular personnel matters, the mayor has not approved the demotion of Breunig.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: shore news today
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A police dive team suspended its search Saturday night for Southfield Fire Chief Keith Rowley, who jumped off a boat Friday night into Lake St. Clair, approximately 2 1/2 miles from shore in Harrison Township.
Macomb County Sheriff’s officials presume Rowley, 58, of Milford, has drowned.
Divers called off their search at 9 p.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: macomb daily
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A firefighter evaluating a Northern California wildfire was killed by the erratic, wind-stoked blaze while he was surveying an area to decide the best way for crews to handle the flames, a U.S. Forest Service official said Saturday.
Forest Service firefighter David Ruhl, 38, was in a vehicle in the Modoc National Forest and would have been scouting for ways to suppress the fire when crews lost contact with him Thursday evening, Forest Service spokesman Ken Sandusky said.
- PUB DATE: 8/3/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: u.s. news & world report
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While the Greek and Puerto Rican debt meltdowns command world attention, most American states are grappling with how to cover between $1 trillion to $4 trillion in unfunded pension and health care liabilities, according to experts.
The range of the unfunded liability number can be explained by variables like the assumed rate of return on pension investments and variations in economic forecasts.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: cbs news
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Lawyers for Rhode Island’s capital city have told a Superior Court judge they believe the city’s current firefighters’ union contract is invalid, arguing that the Providence City Council had no legal right to agree to a long-term deal in 2011.
In court documents filed late Wednesday evening, the Elorza administration asked Judge Jeffrey A.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12
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Galion City Council President Carl Watt shook his head Thursday night during a heated Police, Fire and Health Committee meeting.
“I thought I (saw) every low-down dirty trick,” Watt said, talking about his experience on Galion City Council and the Crawford County Commissioners Board. “But this tops them all.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: galion inquirer
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Deputy fire Chief Daniel Nolan, suspended with pay since April pending an investigation into his actions at a fire department task force hearing, has received a 30-day unpaid suspension following an administrative hearing.
Nolan, who runs the department's training, learned of his suspension via an email from Vincent Fusco, president of the Hartford Firefighters Association, according to Nolan's attorney, Mario Cerame.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: hartford courant
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A 53-year-old father who lost his right leg after a crash sent a fire truck careening into a restaurant last year is poised to receive a $15 million settlement from Alhambra and Monterey Park, according to court documents.
As Kenneth Thai of Monterey Park waited to cross an intersection on April 16, 2014, an Alhambra fire ladder truck heading south on Garfield Avenue collided with a Monterey Park fire engine going east on Emerson Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Gabriel Valley Tribune
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U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee's office sent an email Wednesday afternoon, July 29, proudly announcing Saginaw will receive a $2 million grant that will prevent 13 firefighters from being laid off this fall.
About 15 minutes later, about a dozen firefighters jumped into their turnout gear and sped toward a fire on Saginaw's East Side.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: mlive
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Albuquerque Fire Chief David Downey says 17-year-old Esperanza Quintero did everything right when she called 911 as part of a desperate attempt to save her friend who had been shot.
“The young lady … couldn’t have been doing it better. She was outstanding. The problem was she needed support,” Downey said in a Journal interview.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Albuquerque Journal
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