| Automotive Rescue & Extrication Expert Ron Moore Joins NFPA’s Electric Vehicle
4/10/2012 12:27:44 PM Ron Moore, one of fire service’s leading experts in extrication and automobile rescue, has joined the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) Electric Vehicle Safety Training Project to serve on the program’s roster of subject matter experts and trainers. |
 | Prince George's County Firefighters Rescue Goats & Seek Owner
4/10/2012 11:15:06 AM There are times when a Firefighter/Medic is called upon to perform a task that may leave some people wondering what we are doing. It was on April 6th, 2012 in our lovely rural community of Croom. A community near Upper Marlboro comprised of single family homes with large yards, tobacco farms and forests with many narrow, winding roads. |
| 2 Elderly Residents of Retirement Home Hospitalized Following Tulsa Blaze
4/10/2012 10:26:52 AM The April 7th, 2012 Retirement Center Fire at 10221 E 34th St in Tulsa, Oklahoma has been ruled accidental by Tulsa Fire Marshals. |
| Fontana Dental Facility Catches Fire
4/10/2012 10:23:20 AM An after-hours fire damaged a Dental facility in the city of Fontana, California on April 7th, 2012. Reported at 10:55 p.m., the fire involved one room of the facility, but smoke damage was evident throughout. |
| Explosion Destroys Fontana Building & Severely Injures 1 Female
4/10/2012 10:08:16 AM The San Bernardino County Fire Department Dispatch Center received several reports from residents stating they heard a loud explosion in the area of Fontana Ave. and Beech Blvd. in Fontana, Calfornia. |
| Tallahassee Firefighters Treat Victim of House Fire Who Suffered Burns
4/10/2012 10:05:17 AM At 12:02 p.m. on April 9th, 2012, units from the Tallahassee Fire Department responded to a kitchen fire in the 2600 Block of Mission Road. On scene, firefighters began treating one occupant who suffered burns while extinguishing the fire. |
| Woman Meets LAFD 9-1-1 Dispatcher Who Helped Save Husband's Life
4/2/2012 10:47:45 AM On February 27, 2012, Deanna Brigidi-Stewart dialed 9-1-1 in extreme distress, after her 35-year-old husband suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Los Angeles Fire Department Firefighter/Dispatcher Al Camacho immediately calmed Mrs. Brigidi-Stewart, guiding her to focus on the situation at hand - initiating teamwork that ultimately saved her husband's life:
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| EMS Members of the FDNY Save Two Lives in One Call
4/2/2012 10:40:13 AM FDNY paramedics answered two emergency calls in one on March 26, 2012 in Brooklyn – saving the life of a man with congestive heart failure and woman who was seriously bleeding.
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| LAFD and Cal/OSHA Stress Confined Space Awareness
4/2/2012 10:32:35 AM The California Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) teamed up this week with the Los Angeles Fire Department to educate employers and employees on the dangers of working in confined spaces.
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 | Portland Fire & Rescue Now Accepting Applications for Fire Camp 2012
4/2/2012 10:08:53 AM Portland Fire & Rescue, in partnership with other metro-area fire agencies, is offering a three-day fire training camp specifically for young women ages 16 to 19. Fire Camp 2012 will be held June 22, 23, & 24, 2012 at Portland Fire & Rescue's Training Center located at 4800 NE 122nd Avenue in Portland, Oregon.
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