| Two Year Old Falls from Second Story Window in Tigard
4/24/2012 2:19:47 PM At 6:44 p.m. on April 21, 2012, firefighter/paramedics from Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Station 51 responded to reports that a two-year-old girl had fallen from a second story window at 8545 SW Florence Court in Tigard, Oregon. |
 | Train Hits Heavy Equipment Hauler on Sandy Blvd in Oregon
4/24/2012 2:15:09 PM At 10:40 am on April 23, 2012, a train hit a heavy equipment hauler (low boy) knocking it's contents off of the trailer. The driver of the trailer was intending to cross Sandy Blvd. at 142nd when the train clipped the back end. |
 | Portland Firefighters Find Magnesium Shavings on Fire at Oregon Engraving & Rubber Plates
4/24/2012 2:09:24 PM At 10:14 am on April 23, 2012, Portland firefighters responded to reports of magnesium shavings on fire at Oregon Engraving & Rubber Plates located at 2415 SE 10th Avenue.
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| IAFF Succeeds in Easing Normal Retirement Age Regulations
4/24/2012 2:05:28 PM The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced April 18, 2012 that it has agreed to overhaul proposed regulations that would have created significant problems for many public sector pension plans. Under the original regulations, all public sector pension plans would have been required to specify a “Normal Retirement Age,” and would not have been allowed to define retirement based on years of service or a combination of age and years of service. |
| USFA, Office of Health Affairs Release Funding Alternatives for Emergency Medical & Fire Services
4/24/2012 1:46:38 PM The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), supported by the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Health Affairs (OHA), and in partnership with the International Fire Services Training Association (IFSTA), announce the revision and release of Funding Alternatives for Emergency Medical and Fire Services (PDF, 3.7 Mb). |
| Lakewood, Washington Man Drowns in Steilacoom Lake
4/24/2012 1:36:40 PM Around 1:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, West Pierce Fire & Rescue was dispatched to a water rescue at 9831 Lake Steilacoom Drive SW. Reports came in of people in the lake screaming. Upon arrival, West Pierce divers went into the water and recovered a mans body. The other man with him was found safely on the shore.
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| Tulsa Fire Department & Oklahoma Task Force 1 to Conduct Swift Water Training
4/24/2012 1:10:34 PM The Tulsa Fire Department and Oklahoma Task Force 1 will be conducting Swift Water Rescue Training at Skiatook Lake Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday this week. The training will involve several of the “Rescue Boats” used by TFD and OKTF1 during actual swift water rescue incidents. |
| Vacant Memphis Church Set Ablaze, Remains Under Investigation
4/24/2012 12:08:11 PM The Memphis Fire Department responded to a report of a building on fire at 570 E. Trigg Avenue, Monday, April 23, 2012 at 2:38 p.m. Upon arrival on the scene at 2:42 p.m., firefighters reported smoke visible from the one story wood-frame church.
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| San Bernardino Units Rescue Hiker with Injuries on Climbers Trail
4/24/2012 12:01:42 PM The rescue personnel from San Bernardino Station 91 in Lake Arrowhead were dispatched to a hiker with injuries in the vicinity of Crest Park at Hwy 173 & Hwy 18 on April 21, 2012. |
| Locution Systems Announce Completion of Alert RESPONDER CAD Interface To Locution Systems Dispatching System
4/24/2012 11:56:09 AM Locution Systems, Inc. (www.locution.com), which offers an advanced fire station alerting and automated 911 dispatching system for fire and EMS departments, and Alert Public Safety Solutions, which offers Computer-Aided Dispatch, Mobile Dispatch, and Records Management for public safety departments, today announced the completion of a software interface between the Alert PSS RESPONDERvfgZAxzssystem.
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