www.dailydispatch.com/rssfeed.asp Daily Dispatch : Daily News for America's Fire Service en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:02:01 -0800 10 http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKnewsblog.projo.com/2009/06/south-kingstown-9.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:23:49 -0800 ... a south kingstown firefighter who was critically injured monday while working on a ladder truck at the kingston fire district has died, a fire department spokesman announced ...    (Source: Providence Journal (RI) 139100 ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.msnbc.msn.com/id/31652334/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:23:49 -0800 ... in ruling for a group of white firefighters in new haven on monday, the supreme court tried to address a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't quandary for many cities and other employers: what they should do when an employment test yields results that overwhelmingly favor whites ... related: high court ruling buoys white buffalo firefighters     (Source: MSNBC (NAT) N/A ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.newsday.com/news/printedition/longisland/ny-nytrap3012930070jun29,0,586527.story Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:23:49 -0800 ... three workers - including a father and son - were killed monday afternoon when they were overcome by hydrogen sulfide fumes while trying to escape a deep, water-filled hole at a queens waste transfer plant, authorities said ...    (Source: NewsDay.com (NY) 379600 ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/06/30/parking_deck_firefighters.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:23:49 -0800 ... "they've been working all night," said atlanta fire-rescue battalion chief steven woodworth. many firefighters who began their shifts at midnight were relieved by crews at 7 a.m. tuesday morning ... related: parking deck resembles a graveyard for cars     (Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA) 326900) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.nfpa.org/publicJournalDetail.aspLK_QUERYcategoryIDLK_EQLS1858LK_AMPitemIDLK_EQLS43883LK_AMPsrcLK_EQLSNFPAJournal Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:23:49 -0800 download report ... at 3:53 p.m. on april 8, 2008, a 24-year-old deputy fire chief directing operations at a fire at a plastics manufacturing facility died when he was struck by a motorized water monitor ...    (Source: NFPA Journal (NAT) 85500) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.denverpost.com/news/ci_12701251 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:23:49 -0800 ... it was a day before his retirement, but fire chief john o'hayre still was making plans for the north metro fire rescue district -- just like he has for the 22 years he's been in charge ...    (Source: Broomfieldenterprise.com (CO) 225200 ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.aspLK_QUERYstoryIDLK_EQLS815594 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:31:07 -0800 ... rensselaer polytechnic institute's 12-minute delay in reporting a growing fire risked the lives of 15 firefighters, the city's fire chief and fire union president said tuesday. the tense relationship between the fire department and the university over financial support for additional firefighters grew more strained when the battle to extinguish a laboratory fire sent 15 firefighters to the hospital ...    (Source: Albany Times-Union (NY) N/A ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.firerescue1.com/fire-grants-help/articles/506149-Study-calls-for-elimination-of-fire-grants/ Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:31:07 -0800 ... a new report is calling for afg and safer funding to be eliminated. the study by the center for data analysis claims the grants have failed to better protect firefighters and civilians, and urges congress to scrap the programs ...    (Source: Fire Rescue (NAT) N/A ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.nhregister.com/articles/2009/07/01/news/new_haven/a1-firebirdsrespond.txt Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:31:07 -0800 ... dealt a setback by the u.s. supreme court, the leader of an organization for black firefighters tuesday vowed, "it doesn't end here." fire lt. gary tinney, president of the new haven firebird society, a fraternal organization for black firefighters, said despite monday's ruling, african-americans would challenge the city if it certifies results from two contested 2003 promotional exams. ... related: philadelphia quietly settled firefighters' bias suit    (Source: New Haven Register (CT) 89600) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.post-gazette.com/pg/09181/980774-53.stm Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:31:07 -0800 ... criminal charges against a pittsburgh firefighter spurred a union-management showdown yesterday, with mayor luke ravenstahl's administration calling for more disciplinary rights and drug testing, and a labor leader demanding innocent-until-proven-guilty treatment for a seven-year veteran ... related: pittsburgh firefighter in rehab, awaiting charges     (Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA) 214400 ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspxLK_QUERYarticleidLK_EQLS20090630_298_0_Afiref266982 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:31:07 -0800 ... a firefighter was attacked by a crowbar-wielding man after dousing a burning couch behind a house tuesday afternoon davis, 59, allegedly threw a bucket at the firefighters and hit rick reed on the elbow twice with a large crowbar. other firefighters subdued davis and held him on the ground until police arrived ...    (Source: Tulsa World (OK) 113000 ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20090701boston_fire_union_refuses_to_leave_closed_stations/srvcLK_EQLShomeLK_AMPpositionLK_EQLS4 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:19:01 -0800 ... defiant off-duty firefighters are disobeying fire department orders and voluntarily staffing three boston fire companies that were closed today as part of a new "brown out" policy aimed at reducing overtime spending... related: mayoral hopefuls pounce as three firehouses closed     (Source: Boston Herald (MA) 182350 ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.wusa9.com/news/columnist/blogs/2009/07/click-here-and-then-scroll-down-for.html Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:19:01 -0800 ... with the new budget year starting, the prince george's county fire/ems department is trying to do more with less. this means removing career staffing from firehouses on a rotating basis and, in at least one case on wednesday, forcing a firehouse to close ...    (Source: STATter911 - WUSA (DC) N/A ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.sacbee.com/latest/story/1994322.html Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:19:01 -0800 ... the sacramento city council has approved a fire union proposal to freeze firefighter salaries for 30 months. if ratified by union members, the agreement would spare the jobs of up to 68 firefighters scheduled to be laid off friday ...    (Source: Sacramento Bee (CA) 268750) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.wlwt.com/money/19917674/detail.html Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:19:01 -0800 ... but in an interview with news 5's eric flack, local 48 vice president shana johnson said simply, "the answer is no. firefighters are currently not going to accept the furloughs."...    (Source: WLWT-TV NBC 5 Cincinnati (OH) N/A ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-063009-rentonfire,0,6615505.story Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:19:01 -0800 ... investigators are trying to figure out what caused a large fire in renton that reduced two buildings to blackened, crumbling shells  ... related:  renton may call in federal arson investigators in probe                  (Source: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 (WA) N/A ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKabcnews.go.com/Politics/SCOTUS/storyLK_QUERYidLK_EQLS7782103LK_AMPpageLK_EQLS1 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:50:23 -0800 ... in a blow to u.s. supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor, the court ruled today that white and hispanic firefighters in new haven, conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge ... read ruling    (Source: ABCnews.com (NAT) ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.denverpost.com/news/ci_12705758 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:50:23 -0800 ... brett stearns, 29, of craig was working on a hazard tree abatement project with a dozen other blm firefighters at freeman reservoir, about 15 miles northeast of craig, when an aspen tree toppled onto him about 4:30 p.m. stearns died at the scene ...    (Source: Denver Post (CO) 225200 ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/nyregion/28fire.htmlLK_QUERYrefLK_EQLSnyregion Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:50:23 -0800 ... but in a series of daring and graceful moves at a fire in queens on saturday morning, firefighter brian v. moritz pulled off one of the more extraordinary search-and-rescue efforts his colleagues and superiors in the fire department said they had ever seen ...    (Source: New York Times (NY) 1077300 ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.theindychannel.com/news/19889710/detail.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:50:23 -0800 ... a firefighters union official said he's offended by comments by muncie's mayor that firefighters left "filth" behind in a recently closed fire station ... related: mayor unhappy with 'filth' left behind at fire stations    (Source: WRTV-TV ABC 6 Indianapolis (The Indy Channel) (IN) N/A ) http://www.dailydispatch.com/ddr.asp?src=rss&st=&lk=HTTP_LINKwww.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/06/28/BloodDraw.ART_ART_06-28-09_B1_T2EAI7N.htmlLK_QUERYsidLK_EQLS101 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:50:23 -0800 ... emergency workers say there are too many questions, such as: what is the chain of custody for the blood sample? would ems workers have to testify in court? could police request blood samples if no one is injured in a crash? would the process interfere with patient care? ...    (Source: Columbus Dispatch (OH) 199500 )