| Temple Terrace Celebrates National Public Safety Telecommunications Week
3/28/2012 9:40:29 AM The Temple Terrace Communications Center will host an Open House on Tuesday, April 10 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in recognition of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (April 8-14, 2012). |
| Houston Fire Department Orders 6 New Ferrara Igniter Pumpers
3/28/2012 9:33:12 AM The City of Houston has awarded another large contract to Ferrara Fire Apparatus, America’s premier custom fire apparatus manufacturer. Houston Fire Department, who currently operates nearly 70 Ferrara fire and rescue apparatus, has ordered 6 more custom rescue pumpers on Ferrara Igniter chassis.
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| NFPA Launches Firefighter Health and Safety Video Contest
3/28/2012 9:23:54 AM The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) are co-sponsoring NFPA’s first Fire Service Video contest. |
| Santa Cruz & UCSC Firefighters Respond to Vehicle Incident Involving SUV
3/27/2012 4:10:56 PM At 1:27 P.M. on March 26th, 2012, Santa Cruz and UCSC firefighters responded to a vehicle accident at SR 1 and River street. Upon arrival of the fire units, crews found 2 vehicles in the turn lane with major damage and one occupant trapped inside an SUV. |
 | New York Firefighter Robert Wiedmann Released from Hospital
3/27/2012 4:07:03 PM He sustained burns on 54 percent of his body, endured 10 surgeries and painful rehabilitation over the last three months, but Firefighter Robert Wiedmann smiled as he walked out of the hospital on March 23, surrounded by dozens of family, friends and firefighters. |
| Clark County Reaches Tentative Agreement with Firefighters
3/27/2012 4:01:37 PM Clark County reached a tentative agreement today on a three-year collective bargaining agreement with the IAFF Local 1908. The agreement, which will run from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2015, includes a two-year wage schedule freeze and the elimination of longevity for new employees. |
| Firefighter Kelly Crush Loses Four Year Battle with ALS
3/27/2012 3:56:49 PM On Sunday, March 25th, 2012, retired veteran fire fighter, Kelly Erle Crush, lost his nearly four year battle with ALS. Kelly was an avid runner, a physically fit young healthy fire fighter who thought he had suffered a pulled muscle only to be told it was much more. |
| Locution Systems, Inc. Adds Software Engineer
3/27/2012 3:52:30 PM Locution Systems, Inc., a provider of the CADVoice® fire station alerting and automated dispatching system for fire and EMS departments, announced that it has added a new software engineer to its technical team. Locution has added Ziesche “Til” Newman as a software engineer. |
| Chinese Emergency Management Leaders Visit Manassas
3/27/2012 3:50:53 PM On Friday March 23, 2012, Chief Brett Bowman of the City of Manassas Fire and Rescue Department welcomed a group of fourteen emergency management professionals from Sichuan Province, China to the City. |
| Abilene Firefighters Extinguish 4 Story Motel Blaze
3/27/2012 3:36:25 PM Just before 4 PM on March 26th, 2012, Abilene firefighters responded to a report of smoke at a four-story motel located in the 1900 block of East Overland Trail in Abilene, Texas. |
