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| We Key the Mic for Firefighter Health
Author: Key the Mic Staff
Recently, we introduced you to Key the Mic, our new podcast about innovation in America’s fire service. While the pandemic has revealed many new ideas and the people behind them, there is another pandemic of sorts affecting the fire service: heart disease! In this episode, you’ll meet Rip Esselstyn, a pioneer for the advancement of plant-based eating. He’s a world-renowned triathlete, best selling author, and former firefighter, all of which has been powered by a Plant Strong lifestyle. Rip joins us to talk about his plant-based journey, food culture in the fire service, and the inextricable link between health and performance. read more |
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| 4 found safe, 2 others still missing after landslides in Haines Four people who were unaccounted for after landslides in Haines have been found safe, but two others are still missing as of Thursday morning. An update from Alaska State Troopers said rescue crews from Juneau have arrived in Haines and more are expected throughout the day. Dozens of people were evacuated Wednesday after heavy rainfall caused landslides in the area, according to the mayor. "It started last night," said Haines Mayor Douglas Olerud. "We've had significant rainfall on top of frozen ground and snow." There have been small landslides impacting individuals' homes, according to Olerud, and Wednesday afternoon, a larger landslide went through a neighborhood in the Beach Road area, where the city is working to evacuate 30 residents. "In our harbor, as you go to the south, southeast of town, there's a road extending along the harbor in the bay that goes out to Battery Point Trail, and there's some relatively steep terrain up above it ... The slide that came down, they're estimating is about 600 feet wide, and so there was people trapped on the other side of the slide," said Olerud. ALASKA NEWS SOURCE PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| ‘Worcester 6' fallen firefighters remembered 21 years after Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire in Massachusetts PHOTOS: It's been 21 years since one of the most heartbreaking days in Worcester's history. On Dec. 3, 1999, a blaze at the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. claimed the lives of six Worcester firefighters. Each December since, the city has remembered the sacrifices of Lt. Thomas Spencer, Lt. Timothy Jackson Sr., Lt. James Lyons III and Firefighters Jeremiah Lucey, Paul Brotherton and Joseph McGuirk. Firefighters across the city will have a moment of silence to remember the "Worcester 6" on Wednesday. There will be no public memorial event because of the coronavirus pandemic. Flames consumed the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. building 21 years ago after two homeless people staying inside knocked over a candle. More than 75 firefighters rushed inside the Franklin Street building. The Worcester 6 never made it out of the 110,000-square-foot building, which had a maze-like structure inside. THE REPUBLICAN - MASS LIVE Crews battle fire at 2-story commercial building in downtown Los Angeles VIDEO: Fire crews were battling a blaze at a large two-story structure in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday evening, officials said. The fire was reported around 6:10 p.m. on the 500 block of East Ninth Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department, where a number of fabric stores are located. Firefighters had moved to a defensive operation to battle fire, which was escalated to a "greater alarm" incident. Crews were primarily using ladder pipes to battle the intense heat and flames. The bulk of the fire load was in the second story and attic, officials said. The majority of flames were out around 7:20 p.m., the department said. KTLA-TV 5 CW LOS ANGELES According to ambulance companies, 911 systems in U.S. ‘at a breaking point' after receiving little COVID aid Stefan Hofer's ambulance company, West Trail EMS, in Mayville, North Dakota, has received only one or two calls that weren't related to COVID-19 over the past two months. But he said the case count has ballooned by 20 to 30 percent because of the pandemic. At the same time, the company's expenses have mounted, its revenue has cratered and its workforce is being decimated by the virus. The company — which is private and supported by volunteers, a few employees and four trucks — covers more than 1,500 miles of North Dakota prairie and serves about 10,000 people on the far east side of the state. Private EMS services, both in urban and rural centers across the country, collectively received $350 million in COVID-19 relief funds in April, but those companies said that money ran out within weeks. Months later, the need remains great as they face another coronavirus surge. KTVE-TV NBC 10 EL DORADO Vermont fire department joins nationwide mental health study The Essex Fire Department (EFD) is one of 20 fire departments in the country — and the only one in Vermont — to join a Drexel University study investigating how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the mental health of first responders. The study is run by the Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends (FIRST Center) at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University in Philadelphia. The study ran over six months said Stephen Trenholm, Essex Fire Department's safety officer. An anonymous survey was sent out each month from May 2020 to October 2020. EFD was "selected to represent not just their department in Vermont, but departments that look like them who aren't in the study across the United States," said Jennifer Taylor, director of the FIRST Center. SAINT ALBANS MESSENGER Family of fallen FDNY captain fights to have his name added to memorial wall The family of an FDNY captain, who died decades ago after fighting a major fire in Queens, is demanding his name be added to a memorial wall honoring those who died in the line of duty. Richard Meister says he never knew his grandfather, FDNY Captain Hans Meister, but he's heard plenty of stories about the impact he had on other members of his family. "My dad slept under the coffin for the first two nights of my grandfather lying in state at the family home," Meister said. The FDNY captain died in 1943, five days after battling a massive warehouse fire at the Diesel Electric Company in Long Island City. "The next day, he had a mild cough, the day after it got worse. He said it was like he had something in his lungs that he couldn't clear," Meister said of his grandfather. At the time of his death, Captain Meister's death was not linked to the fire. But, the family is convinced he suffered from acute respiratory distress. WCBS-AM 880 PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| L-O-D-D Washington - Alan Dean Basso, Firefighter/EMT, Cowlitz County Fire District 5, Kalama, Washington L-O-D-D Indiana - Robert Cree, Firefighter/EMT, Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department, Lucerne, IN L-O-D-D Missouri - Robert "Bobby" Joseph Rocha, Captain, Kansas City, MO Fire Department, Kansas City, MO L-O-D-D Michigan - Michael Buitendorp, Firefighter, Grant Township Fire Department, Rothbury, MI New platform delivers vital code information on demand - NFPA Gordon Graham and Dr. David Black On Risk Management Webinar - 10 am-11 am PT IAFC's Fire Service Executive Development Institute Available for Ninth Year - Applications for 2021 are due by 5 PM ET on 12/11/20 RFP for Casa Loma Volunteer Fire Association SAFER Grant: Coordinator & Grant Administrator - Proposal due: December 23, 2020 2020 FDSOA Board of Directors Election Results COVID-19 Resource Update - USFA Fire Service Executive Development Institute (FSEDI) is accepting applications! - Due by Dec. 11, 2020 Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response Grants - Check for Awards Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards - Check for Awards The Daily Dispatch Is Now On Facebook Find us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/dailydispatch POST ANNOUNCEMENTS MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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| | | FireRescue GPO - is now partnering with Sourcewell, one of the largest cooperative purchasing organizations in North America. Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) - is a government organization providing cooperative purchasing solutions across the United States and Canada to over 50,000 public-agency members. Membership is free with no obligation to purchase. With over 400 competitively awarded suppliers - members have access to contracts for fire apparatus, ambulances, fleet vehicles and products, facilities (MRO), furniture, office supplies, leasing services, and more. Learn more about the new partnership. Kipper Tool - Featured Supplier - Complete line of hand, power, and machine tools and tool kits Pierce - Featured Supplier - Manufacturer of highly customized pumpers, aerials, tankers, and rescue units |
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