No details on when or where in Milwaukee this fire was. I do like the firefighter who provides prevention material to the neighbors while the house is still belching smoke. You certainly have them thinking about that topic. Talk about striking when the iron's hot.
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Early video from one Western, Maryland fire & three dead in another: Above is a fire early Sunday morning on Lower George's Creek Road in Barton, Maryland (Allegany County). The structure is an office and storage area. Less than an hour later and twenty miles to the east, in Cumberland, the county seat of Allegany, a house fire took the lives of three women. Pictures and story in the Cumberland Times-News.
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Dramatic video from Wilmington, Delaware: Thanks to one of our regular readers for alerting us to the video from Friday's fire on Pleasant Street that shows firefighters rescuing two children from a burning rowhouse. No update yet on the kids. If you haven't seen it, click here.
Two thumbs up in Stockton: The "trolls", as The Fire Critic likes to call the people who comment on STATter911.com, seem damn near unanimous in their praise for a video of the Stockton (CA) Fire Department rather rapidly putting out a house fire. Check it out.
Funerals in Worcester and Mount Vernon: Click here for details for the funerals of Worcester, MA Firefighter Jon Davies and Mount Vernon, New York Firefighter Kevin Townes who both died during fires on Thursday.
T-bone crash of fire engine in Channelview, Texas: Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com has this story.
Rubin lawsuit story brings comment from Ellerbe: We showed you the Washington City Paper story last week about the lawsuit over retirement benefits by former DC Fire & EMS Department Chief Dennis Rubin. The most interesting part of that story has now become the comments section which has people taking on a lot of issues the department faces. Current Chief Kenneth Ellerbe even posts (comment #53) responding to criticism of his 3-3-3 shift plan and the arrangement that allowed him to stay on as an employee of the department while working as a fire chief in Florida. Click here and scroll through the comments.
Where there's a will … : there's apparently a scandal. In Memphis, Tennessee two battalion chiefs and a firefighter/paramedic have been arrested and accused of forging a will belonging to a late state representative who was also a Memphis FD battalion chief. Quite an interesting story.
An email from Obion County, Tennessee: Actually two from Union City Chief Kelly Edmison in connection with the latest "pay for spray" incident. While Edmison says the area chiefs still want to get rid of the subscription service that puts firefighters in some awful situations, the chief gives us a reality check and new details about the most recent fire. Here's the update.
My old Kentucky firehouse: May be closed if it is in Lexington. Firegeezer posts on the battle firefighters are having over efforts to inform the public about rotating closures. Read the story.
Chief of the moonshiners: The Fire Critic has become TV critic as he looks at a Virginia fire chief's connection to a show about moonshiners. Check it out.
Helmet-cam in Linda, CA: Good quality interior video from a house fire.
Wyatt takes on the idiots: Will takes a look at some bonehead decision making about who can be firefighters. Here's his FireRecue1.com column. And don't forget Will's book And a Paycheck, Too! is a good holiday gift. Click here to buy one or ten.
Unable to reach 911: In Columbus County, North Carolina a couple whose home was on fire and neighbors couldn't reach the 911 center. New equipment had been added to the center a week earlier. The woman who lived in the now destroyed home had to call a firefighter friend to get help. Click here for the details.
Union gets department to back down on Facebook restrictions: Balancing presenting a good image for a department and protecting the First Amendment rights of firefighters isn't always easy. in Cape Coral, Florida the union was able to have a recent order lifted that restricted Facebook use. Here's the story and some insight from our friend Curt Varone at FireLawBlog.com.
NYPD has a similar Facebook problem: Read about the investigation of derogatory comments, possibly made by cops, on some Facebook postings about some officer's frustrations with an ethnic parade and a potential collision with free speech.
A volunteer fire company with lots of money but no active members: In Washington County, Maryland the South Hagerstown Fire Company says it may be able to help some of its cash strapped neighbors. The fire company has no debts and hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank but hasn't had a volunteer to respond on alarms since 2009. Here's the story.
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Two Memphis FD battalion chiefs & a firefighter arrested for forgery. Police & court say will of late BC & state representative Ulysses Jones is a fake.
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(Firefighter/paramedic) Avis Langford-Brannon, (Battalion Chief) Beverly Prye and (Battalion Chief) Sandra Richards have been indicted on charges of forgery, tampering with evidence and aggravated perjury.
All three — employees of the Memphis Fire Department — have surrendered to authorities. All three were jailed on bond of $20,000 each; Richards remained in jail Sunday.
Forgery charges have been filed relating to the will of the late state representative Ulysses Jones, Jr.
In May, the fight over Jones' will ended with a Probate Court judge ruling that the signature on the document was not Jones' and therefore not valid.
The fake will had left the bulk of the estate to a woman he lived with for the past 18 years.
From an article by Bonny Kinney WREG:
According to the document, Jones left his estate, worth about $100,000, to his longtime girlfriend, Sandra Richards. Jones and Richards had both worked as Battalion Chiefs within the fire department.
Jones' adult children later took legal action saying that the will was a phony. A judge agreed earlier this year.
FireTruckBlog.com: PA State Police say driver of fire truck at fault in Thursday’s fatal accident.
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From Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com a fire truck crash in Cumberland County that left a woman in an SUV dead has Pennsylvania State Police saying the driver of the rig is at fault. Click here for the story.
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This is a house fire handled by the Linda Fire Protection District in Linda, California. According to the department website:
The Linda Fire Protection District proudly serves the communities of Linda, West Linda, Arboga and Plumas Lake. The district covers approximately 52 square miles with 3 fire stations, 16 pieces of equipment, 16 full time personnel and 20 paid-call personnel.
Must see video: Wilmington, Delaware firefighters rescue two children from a rowhouse fire.
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From Chad Livengood & Damian Giletto, The News Journal:
Two young children were overcome by smoke and seriously injured Friday in a row-house fire in the city before being rescued by firefighters.
Both were suffering from severe smoke inhalation when they were pulled from the home in the 1100 block of Pleasant St. in the city's Hilltop neighborhood, said Cpl. Peter Small of New Castle County paramedics. Neither had significant burns, he said.
The injured children — a 3-year-old girl and a 1-year-old boy — were taken by ambulance to Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Rockland. The boy later was transferred to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was reported in critical condition Friday night, according to Wilmington Fire Department Chief Michael Harris. The girl was in serious but stable condition at A.I., Harris said.
Small said the girl was in respiratory arrest at the scene but paramedics were able to restore her breathing en route to the hospital.
Other occupants in the home got out safely and no firefighters were injured during the rescue, said Al Huelsenbeck, deputy chief of operations for the Wilmington Fire Department.
Neighbor Christopher Charles, 27, tried to enter the house, but was overcome by smoke. Witnesses said Charles and another man then scaled the front wall of the brick row home.
Wilmington police Officers Gerald Connor and Michael Rinehart were among the first on the scene and entered the home, but they encountered heavy smoke and could not make it to the second floor, Sgt. Thomas Ragonese said.
Two firefighters, Lt. Erick Haley and senior firefighter Neil Skinner, went upstairs and rescued the children, Huelsenbeck said.
News release from Wilmington Fire Department:
NEWS RELEASE: TWO CHILDREN PULLED FROM HOUSE FIRE
LOCATION: 1100 BLOCK OF PLEASANT STREET
DATE: DECEMBER 9, 2011
TIME: 12:20 HOURSWilmington firefighters on the A-Platoon were dispatched to the above address for a report of a house on fire with two children still trapped inside and neighbors courageously attempting to rescue the two children.
The first arriving units were faced with a two-story middle-of-the-row home with heavy smoke coming from the second floor windows and fire venting from the rear.
Firefighters aggressively began search and rescue efforts in the burning home. The rapid search of members from Tower-2-A, Lieutenant Eric Haley and Senior Firefighter Cornelius Skinner resulted with two small children being rescued from the intense heat and smoke conditions. Both children required resuscitation on scene from medical crews; they were quickly transported to A. I. DuPont Hospital and are listed “In Critical Condition”.
The fire was located in the rear second floor bedroom and extinguished. The fire was placed under control at 12:50 hours.
The Wilmington Fire Marshal’s Office responded to investigate the blaze. Delmarva Power responded and secured the utilities to the home. The Department of Licenses & Inspections also responded to assist at the scene. The fire is under investigation
The American Red Cross was contacted to provide relocation and other assistance to two adults and two other children that lived at this address.
Funeral arrangements for Worcester Firefighter Jon Davies & Mount Vernon Firefigher Kevin Townes.
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Firefighter Jon D. Davies Sr, Worcester Fire Department
The funeral for Firefighter Jon D. Davies Sr. will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, 24 Mulberry St.
As you know, Firefighter Davies, a 17-year veteran of the Worcester Fire Department, died in the Line of Duty yesterday after he and his partner went back into the burning building at 49 Arlington St. to search for another person believed trapped inside.
The building collapsed, killing Firefighter Davies and injuring his partner.
Calling hours at Mercandante Funeral Home, 370 Plantation St. is 3 to 8 pm Wednesday.
Firefighter Kevin Townes, Mount Vernon Fire Department
Funeral arrangements have been set for Firefighter Kevin Townes, the City of Mount Vernon firefighter from Pleasant Valley who died of an apparent heart attack while responding to a blaze Thursday morning.
Calling hours will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Camelot Funeral Home, 174 Stevens Ave., Mount Vernon.
The funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday at Grace Baptist Church, 52 S. Sixth Ave., Mount Vernon.
Backstep Firefighter beat me to this close up video of firefighters making the initial attack at a house fire in Stockton, California.
Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com posted some video and pictures of the big guns out at a 5th-alarm in St. Louis, Missouri yesterday. Click here for the visuals and details on the fire.
Below is early video from the fire as the ladder trucks and towers get into place.
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‘Pay for spray’ update: Tennessee’s South Fulton FD says it was not on scene of controversial fire. Local chief says Kentucky company got close but had no authority to act.
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Chief Kelly Edmison, on the left, with Union City firefighters.
Coverage of most recent Obion County incident here & here
Previous coverage here, here, here, here, here and here
Chief Kelly Edmison's column from October 8, 2010
Chief Edmison's earlier comments about most recent incident
While the overall issue of a strict "pay for spray" policy is still very much alive in Obion County, Tennessee and an important subject for debate, a local chief now says the widely reported facts about Monday's incident are not accurate. Union City Fire Department Chief Kelly Edmison says the South Fulton Fire Department was never on the scene of the house fire. Edmison tells STATter911.com the woman whose home was burning saw a fire engine from Kentucky which did not have the authority to act.
According to the version of events supplied a short time ago by Chief Edmison, unlike last year's incident, South Fulton firefighters were not on the scene refusing to douse the flames. It is unclear why South Fulton's mayor or fire chief previously did not, or were unable to, make this clear to the local news media.
Still, even in this latest version of events, firefighters did respond to the call and came within two blocks of the burning home. Following the South Fulton policy, firefighters did not attempt to put the fire out. As we posted earlier today, this is something Chief Edmison and other municipal chiefs in Obion County are trying to change. Below, Chief Edmison explains the details, as he knows them, from Monday's incident and provides more background about the battle over the subscription fire service:
South Fulton NEVER made it to the scene of the fire! I just talked with Chief Wilds moments ago. The call came in as a city run. Fulton, KY shares the state line with South Fulton Fire Department. they have Auto-Aid between the two of them for CITY calls. The call was dispatched to South Fulton as though it were a city run. They were told fire on "Cavitt." Cavitt St. is in the city. Cavitt Lane, is in the county. SFFD responded to Cavitt St. Fulton, KY Fire Department caught glimpse of a South Fulton Police car heading towards E. Cavitt. They in turn followed. SFFD after getting to Cavitt St, they could see the fire (fully involved) and realized the call was in the county, they also knew those trailers were not covered under the policy. They radioed Fulton to stand down as it was a county non covered property. Fulton's truck stopped two blocks short of the actual fire. It was their truck that was seen by witness's NOT South Fulton. I also talked with the Fulton Chief. It bothered them that they couldn't help but them being from out of state and only having authority by South Fulton could not respond after SFFD standing them down. Both departments then returned to quarters. NO one went on scene regardless what any area news media claimed or even what the local paper reported.
Now, as I have said, I don't like the subscription program. However Union City has operated this way since the early 60's. Currently with a 73% participation in our district. It was the hopes of the 8 city fire chiefs (because there "ain't no COUNTY fire department) that the county commission could be convince to go with a fire tax and contract services from the 8 city departments. They didn't want to pass one and apparently the county residents have choose to remain quiet and not force the issue. The ONLY reason I and the other departments have agreed to go along with the county wide subscription at this time is that it is providing funding for 5 other departments now that have been getting nothing in the past except revenues from their respective cities. Our hopes are that with a 70% collection county wide the commission would favor a tax. Politics now comes into play. We are told that by state law, a county fire tax would place too high of a fee on the farmers. Obion county is mostly agriculture based. Many of the county commissioners are farmers. I'll not say more.
Another note, in fairness to the county, the not responding to non-subscribers is NOT a county policy. That is left up to each city to make that decision. They are only collecting the money for the individual departments.
Until the county residents rise up and demand a county fire tax, I don't see the problem being solved. With 70% county wide supporting the subscription program, you would think they would support a tax which reduces that fee.
Bottom line, the cities are not going to provide fire protection to the county for nothing. We as chiefs have to carry out the policies of our individual governments or we can choose to "go elsewhere." I currently am committed to protecting the City of Union City taxpayers AND the 73% of the county customers in our district.
As was stated above, all cities pulling back to their city limits would probably force the issue. But I believe in my case, our "city fathers" aren't quite willing to do that to the 73% who have supported us for so many years.We'll get through this; we chief's haven't given up. The fires remain hot; but sometimes the politics burns hotter.
Local chief gives update on Obion County, TN ‘pay for spray’ policy. Union City’s Kelly Edmison says tax is cheaper than subscription,
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Chief Kelly Edmison, on the left, with Union City firefighters.
NEW INFO – Click here for update from Chief Edmison saying that South Fulton FD was NOT on the scene of Monday's fire, plus new insight into the politics of the subcription program
Coverage of most recent Obion County incident here & here
Previous coverage here, here, here, here, here and here
Chief Kelly Edmison's column from October 8, 2010
You may recall in October, 2010, when the world became familiar with Obion County, Tennessee and learned about something much of the general public was unfamiliar with, subscription fire service, one person spoke up right away on behalf of the firefighters who protect county residents. He is Union City Fire Department Chief Kelly Edmison.
Chief Edmison wrote a column for STATter911.com and made it clear that the firefighters aren't happy with the system either and have been trying to change it. (During last year's incident we pointed out, instead of trying unsuccesfully to chase the TV news crew from the scene, South Fulton FD should have explained this fact from the start so the public fully understood who was responsible for this system.)
Union City FD also protects part of Obion County through a subscription fee and has policies similar to South Fulton. But Chief Edmison indicated last year his department, once on the scene of a burning home, would have had a different outcome.
Even before last year's fire that the South Fulton FD watched burn, the chiefs had submitted a proposal to Obion County officials to implement a fire tax. Instead, the county went in the opposite direction and expanded the subscription service.
In addition, Wednesday night we showed you the story of Randy Evans with the Obion City Fire Department who also is trying to make it clear the firefighters want this system changed. Obion City firefighters, while not involved in the fire on Monday, have been receiving death threats because of mistaken identity, due to the name of the department (click here for that story).
As for Chief Edmison, he sent STATter911.com the following email Wednesday and asked me to share the latest efforts to get firefighters out of the middle and allow them to do what they are supposed to do. Here's Chief Edmison's update:
First off, the call that SFFD received initially was for an in town structure fire. The particular street has both a “Street” and a “Lane”. The “Lane” portion ended up being in the county. Not the city limits.
Where the County is at this time, is that the whole county has implemented a subscription program (July 1, 2011). As you may remember, South Fulton, Kenton and Union City were the only ones with such a program. The county is now doing the collection of the subscription fees for the departments (with the exception of South Fulton who has decided to continue to collect their own). Countywide right now we are seeing almost 70% participation.
The “Chiefs” hope that this figure will encourage the county at some point to pass a county fire tax and be done with this problem. The current subscription fee is $75 per year. If it were a tax and 100% compliant that fee/tax would probably be down around $55 or $60. How often does a politician have the opportunity to pass a tax, when 70% of the populace are in favor of it AND save them $15 or $20 per year?
Our Chief’s aren’t looking at the subscription program as the “Goal.” It’s merely a step in what we hope will eventually “fix the problem.” Meanwhile, our fellow firefighters continue to take a beating for something they truly aren’t in control of.
Kelly E Edmison, Chief
Union City Fire Department
UPDATED – Fireground audio: Worcester, Massachusetts fire & collapse killed Firefighter Jon Davies. Firefighter Brian Carroll injured. Raw video from press conference.
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Worcester Fire Department
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Mt. Vernon, New York Firefighter Kevin Townes also died today at the scene of a house fire. Click here for details.
Firefighter Davies
One firefighter was killed and another was seriously injured when part of a burning apartment building collapsed in Worcester early Thursday morning.
John (local paper has it as "Jon") Davies, a 17-year veteran of the department, was killed when he and another firefighter went back to search for a missing person inside the burning building at 44 Arlington Street after 4 a.m.
Firefighter Carroll
From Worcester Telegram & Gazette:
Firefighters initially cleared 12 occupants from the building. One of the building's occupants told firefighters that there was another person who may be trapped in a rear back bedroom.
Video above from Michael Brogan.
Firefighter Davies, a 17-year veteran of the Worcester Fire Department and father to three sons, and his partner, Firefighter Carroll, a 14-year fire veteran, went back inside to search for that victim. The building collapsed on top of them. Firefighter Davies was killed, and Firefighter Carroll was trapped for almost an hour until his colleagues could free him from the rubble.
The above clip includes video from Matthew Gregoire, Providence Fire Videos.
There is still an active search for an occupant believed to be trapped inside the building.
The scene must be stabilized, the chief (Gerard Dio) said.
Additional equipment has been brought to the scene.
The fire occurred nearly 12 years to the day that six Worcester firefighters were killed in a massive warehouse fire.
UPDATE: One firefighter killed in collapse at Worcester, MA triple decker. Chief says firefighter were searching for possible victim.
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NOTE- News conference with updated information exepcted at 11:30 EST
From Worcester Telegram & Gazette:
Fire officials have confirmed one firefighter died this morning at an apartment house fire on Arlington Street. A second firefighter is hospitalized.
Fire officials said a tenant remains unaccounted for.
“One of the occupants said his friend was still up there, so two crews went up to do a secondary search for the individual, and there was a structural collapse, and at that time two firefighters were trapped,” Fire Chief Gerard Dio told The Associated Press.
The Worcester fire chief said the firefighters initially went through the building looking for trapped residents and then left. They soon re-entered the burning building when someone claimed his friend was still stuck inside.
“So, two crews went up to do a secondary search for the individual and there was a structural collapse, and at that time, two firefighters were trapped,” said the chief.
The two firefighters were pulled from the rear of the building and rushed to UMass Medical Center. One of the firefighters later died from his injuries. The other is expected to survive.
One firefighter was killed in a massive three-alarm apartment house fire that ripped through a triple-decker early Thursday morning in Worcester, fire officials said.
Fire crews rushed to the scene of a fully involved house at 49 Arlington Street before dawn.
One firefighter has died while battling a three-alarm blaze this morning at 44 Arlington St. in Worcester. Two firefighters were also rushed to the hospital.
Three firerfighters became trapped inside a triple decker, battling flames that broke out overnight.
The entire back of the structure on Arlington Street collapsed early Thursday morning, after the fire was reported and went to three-alarms.
The collapse left a massive pile of debris and smoke behind, as well as trapping three firefighters inside.
Earlier from the AP:
A three-alarm blaze in Worcester has left at least two firefighters injured, possibly seriously, after an apartment complex burned before dawn today.
The flames were whipped by this morning’s wind gusts and according to the latest reports a chaplain has been called to the scene of the blaze on Arlington Street.
The fire broke out in a three-story house. Authorities were providing no further details, but according to multiple media reports the only injuries being reported are to jakes who rushed into the complex to battle the fire.
Obion City, TN firefighter speaks out against county ‘pay for spray’. Says name confusion has people making death threats against his department.
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Previous coverage here, here, here, here, here, here and here
Randy Evans has been a volunteer firefighter for 30 years and is a member of the Obion City Fire Department. His department is one that serves Obion County with a subscription fire service but was not involved in Monday's fire that has again put the local fire department's in the news around the world.
Even though it was the South Fulton Fire Department that followed it's town policy of letting property belonging to non-subscribers burn, Obion City FD has been receving hate mail and death threats because of its name. They have been forced to take down the department's Facebook page.
Evans says it is time for Obion County to end pay for spray. Here are excerpts from an article by Jason Hibbs at WPSD-TV:
"We've had everything from "I'm going to shoot every firefighter to we're going to burn station to we're not American," Evans said.
But as nasty as these confused callers can be, deep down, this firefighter shares their concerns, since his own department has the same pay for spray policy.
Evans said in addition to a countywide public relations nightmare, pay for spray makes it tough to recruit new, young firefighters. He fears if something doesn't change, you'll see fewer new firefighters and more empty lockers.
"We plead with the county court to turn our hands loose, work with us, give us the opportunity to serve Obion County," Evans said.
It's just sheer luck that Obion Fire Department has never had to turn down a call. But it could happen someday. We asked Evans what he would do if they got a call from someone who hadn't paid the fee. He said he didn't want to discuss that.
FDNY Engine 158 opens up master stream to rescue NYPD. Cops caught in group of 50 teens.
22 commentsFirefighters came to the rescue of two police officers outnumbered in Mariners Harbor today (Tuesday), in a scene so chaotic that New York’s Bravest employed a truck-mounted deluge gun — a water cannon — to fend off the marauding group of teens.
The scene unfolded at about 3:30 p.m. in front of 83 Harbor Rd., where a large group of teenagers had amassed to confront a teenage girl who lives in the residence.
By the time it was over, two officers were sent to Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton, for treatment, and nine teens ended up under arrest, said Inspector John Denesopolis, the 120th Precinct's commanding officer.
“The crowd start[ed] to jump and start beating up on the cops,’’ one stunned Fire Department source told The Post.
That’s when a firetruck from Engine Co. 158 down the street from the Mariners Harbor home arrived, the source said.
Then one firefighter “got up on the deck gun, and he aimed at people’s legs and just nailed them with water and drove them back,’’ the source said.
It all started as a group numbering about 50 that started yelling. Someone called 911 and a couple of officers were dispatched.
They were apparently overrun by the crowd and the officers were reportedly knocked down.
It all unfolded on the same block as an engine house. The crew got in their truck and used the cannon to disperse the crowd. Back-up arrived and police reportedly arrested nine teens.
Dennis Rubin sues DC over retirement. Councilmember Mendelson scoffs at The Rube wanting more money.
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Previous STATter911.com coverage of Dennis Rubin in DC
The Washington City Paper's Alan Suderman (AKA Loose Lips) is reporting that former DC Fire & EMS Department Chief Dennis Rubin is suing the District of Columbia saying that he was shortchanged in his retirement benefits.
At issue is Rubin's claim that the city would contribute 14 percent of his salary (165K) each year. Suderman points out that is a little more than $80,000. The suit is for $150,000.
From Suderman's article:
Rubin says in court records that the District "failed to contribute" the 14 percent and didn't answer his requests for payment in "a substantive and productive manner." Reached by phone, he declined to offer any additional comments.
DC Councilmember Phil Mendelson (below, with Chief Rubin), who had many very public run ins with The Rube over a variety issues including the amount of overtime the department spent, is not sympathetic. Unlike the former chief, Mendelson is talking about the suit:
Mendo says he's miffed that Rubin has the nerve to ask for more money after he "refused to work with the council to control spending" and "refused to respect the budget."
A series of short clips from a fire on Friday in Winslow, Nebraska. From the Fremont Tribune:
The Winslow, Hooper and Nickerson rural fire departments responded Friday morning to a house fire at 409 Dodge St. in Winslow.
This is a brief video from a recent fire in York County, Pennsylvania. Here's the description with the clip:
2011-11-29 mobile home fire in a 22 box York County FD 23, 24, 22, 99, 27, 9, and 41 also EMS 23.
The Maryland Fire & Rescue Institute has been working with TRX Systems in the development of the Sentrix Tracking Unit. Science Nation reporter Miles O'Brien (formerly of CNN) takes a look at this system, which promises to operate deep inside a building where GPS will not work.
Here's an excerpt from the story:
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), electrical engineer (and CEO Carol) Politi and her team at TRX Systems are developing a portable device called the Sentrix Tracking Unit. It straps on like a belt and consists of a suite of sensors. "The sensors include accelerometers and gyroscopes. Those are sensors similar to what you have in your Wii for example–pressure sensors ranging sensors. It allows us to create a picture of what a user has done," says Politi.
"The sensors monitor the movement of the user," explains Ben Funk, vice president of Engineering at TRX. "So when the user moves forward or backwards, left or right, it determines how far a person moved in each direction."
A fire on Saturday on Jackson Street in LaPorte, Indiana. The description with the video says five people were brought to safety. I have been unable to find further information on the fire.
Firefighter Joey King, Davis Creek VFD, West Virginia: Firefighter Joey King, 61, fell off a bridge in Kanawha County around 1:00 Sunday morning as he and fellow firefighters tried to confirm a report of railroad ties on fire. The video above has details on FF King's life and death. Click here to read more details about the fall and search and here for our Sunday morning coverage.
Firefighter Scott Osenenko, Livingston Parish, Louisiana: Firefighter Osenenko died early Sunday morning after taking ill at a house fire. Click here for details.
Cal OSHA fines San Francisco FD over two-in, two-out & other problems: Fire officials are taking issue with Cal OSHA's findings following the deaths of Lt. Vincent Perez, 48, and firefighter-paramedic Anthony Valerio, 53 on June 2. Here's the story.
Dash-cam & helmet-cam views of flashover: The video rich West Plains Fire Department in Missouri has some interesting video from a house fire on Saturday. Click here.
Rig lost in wildfire replaced: Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com has the story of a Colorado fire company whose building was a victim of the Four Mile fire. Click here.
Car crushed under medic squad: FireTruckBlog.com also has that story from San Bernardino County, California. The collision left two civilians dead and two firefighters injured. Read details.
With friends like this … : A must read stolen ambulance story from Firegeezer Bill Schumm. A friend of a man being treated in the back of an ambulance jumps up front and takes the unit for a wild ride. Don't miss this one.
Was the Indianapolis Fire Department left holding the bag over the response to Indiana State Fair stage collapse?: That's the impression I get from watching a TV report looking at problems during last Summer's MCI that left seven dead and many injured. See what you think.
Three injured as service station is destroyed near Alaska's Denali National Park: I followed rather timely updates on this fire in Cantwell, Alaska on Facebook last night. Here are the pictures and details.
Tax credit for volunteers in Canada may not help that many: Read why a $3000 tax credit may help only a little more than a third of the volunteer firefighters in Canada.
Arrival video from Fort Worth, Texas: A quick knock of a house fire by Engine 22 has brought some comments. Check it out.
No live Christmas trees in state buildings has impacted governor's residence: Kansas Governor Sam Brownback is reluctantly sticking with the code on this one and is putting the live tree outside and the fake one inside. Here's the story.
Thanksgiving go-go bar visit update: The investigation in New Jersey of the fire SUV from North Hudson Regional Fire Fire & Rescue parked in front of a hydrant that sparked a neighbor's curiosity and apparently has a firefighter in trouble is about to be completed. Click here for the latest.
The Iron Fire Critic: The fire service's new image consultant, Willie Wines Jr. at IronFiremen.com, has some very interesting comments about news coverage of the day in the life of firefighters at the busiest firehouse in Charlotte, NC. Captain Willie is worried about the perception the public will get from a few scenes in the video. See what you think and let him know.
This is from a fire just before 3:00 AM Saturday morning in West Plains, Missouri.
FireTruckBlog.com: Car crushed under medic rig. Two civilians dead. Two firefighters hurt.
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From Glenn Usdin's FireTruckBlog.com, the story on Saturday of San Bernardino County, California's Medic Squad 71 being hit by a car as the crew was returning from quarters. Click here.
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