 | Portland's Budget Advisory Committee Develops One-Time Budget Cuts for FY 2011-12
12/21/2010 10:26:24 AM Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) held our second Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting on December 15, 2010. |
| Phoenix Fire Department Reminds Citizens That Although Sale of Fireworks is Permitted, Use Is Illegal
12/20/2010 11:39:44 AM On December 1, 2010, the sale of fireworks in the City of Phoenix became legal, and last week the City experienced its first fire from what appears to be the use of fireworks. |
| Lieberman Accepts Nomination to Co-Chair Fire Services Caucus
12/17/2010 5:38:34 PM Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., has accepted the nomination to become a co-chair of the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Fire Services Caucus, a group of more than 320 members dedicated to supporting firefighters and fire services legislation. |
| Mississippi Volunteer Firefighter Charged With Five Counts of Arson
12/16/2010 11:51:28 AM A volunteer firefighter in George County, Mississippi has been charged with five counts of arson in connection with suspicious fires that have occurred in the area since October, according to WLOX-TV. |
 | South Dakota Firefighter Convicted of Fire Truck DUI
12/16/2010 11:44:34 AM A Madison, South Dakota volunteer firefighter has been found guilty of driving a fire truck under the influence, according to KELO-TV. |
 | Wal-Mart Recalls Electric Heaters Due to Fire and Burn Hazard
12/16/2010 10:59:07 AM The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. |
| Explosive Materials Found in New Haven, Connecticut Home
12/16/2010 10:39:33 AM Firefighters were called to a home in New Haven, Connecticut due to smoke being seen by an upstairs tenant. |
| Georgia Volunteer Firefighter Confesses to Arson
12/16/2010 10:04:07 AM LaFayette, Georgia volunteer firefighter, Marvin Chase, has confessed to police that he has set over 30 fires in empty homes over the past five years |
| 199th Anniversary of New Madrid Quake, FEMA Urges Public to be Prepared
12/16/2010 9:43:31 AM Today, on the 199th anniversary of one of the largest earthquakes ever to strike the U.S., the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Ready Campaign is encouraging all Americans to prepare for earthquakes and other disasters by making a new year's resolution to "Resolve to be Ready" in 2011. |
| AMR Subsidiary Partners with City of St. Louis to Provide Exclusive Back-up Agreement
12/16/2010 9:22:23 AM Abbott Ambulance, a subsidiary of American Medical Response (AMR), announced today that it has formalized its partnership with the City of St. Louis and the St. Louis Fire Department in an exclusive back-up agreement to supplement the city’s 9-1-1 emergency ambulance services. |
