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| Edwardsville Fire Chief Richard Welle to retire after 10 years of service After 10 years of dedicated service, Edwardsville Fire Chief Richard "Rick" Welle will retire next month. Welle's final day as fire chief will be July 13. Current Dep. Fire Chief James Whiteford is expected to succeed Welle as the next fire chief, which will not be official until approved by the city council on July 7. Welle first came to Edwardsville in April 2010 as the city's interim fire chief following the retirement of Chief Brian Wilson. Three months later, Welle was named as the permanent fire chief, where he oversees a deputy chief, at least 30-full-time firefighters, four volunteers and one administrative assistant. He has also led as coordinator of the city's Emergency Services and Disaster Agency in general and specifically since February during the coronavirus pandemic. EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER Semi loaded with frozen pizzas, pizza rolls goes up in flames in Effingham County A semi truck hauling frozen Totito's pizza and pizza rolls burst into flames on Interstate 57 in Effingham County Sunday night. The Effingham Fire Department responded 7:20 p.m. to southbound I-57 at the 161 Mile marker. The semi was loaded with frozen Totino's pizzas and pizza rolls and had left the factory in Ohio earlier that day. The driver was headed for Springfield, Missouri with a final destination of Los Angles, California. The truck driver told firefighters a passing motorist alerted him to the fire as he was driving. The semi driver said he noticed fire at the rear of the trailer near the right rear tires. By the time he was able to pull to the shoulder, the fire had engulfed the underside and rear portion of the trailer. WAND-TV NBC 17 DECATUR Long Creek and Mount Zion Fire Departments respond to fire in Long Creek VIDEO/PHOTOS: Long Creek and Mount Zion fire departments on Friday were dispatched to a structure fire along Twin Bridge Road near U.S. 36. Heavy smoke was visible in the area around 7:30 p.m. Friday. A reporter at the scene said the building was severely damaged and a vehicle was destroyed. DECATUR HERALD & REVIEW Mobile home, house, and RV all catch fire in Springfield A mobile home, house, and RV all caught fire Friday evening in Springfield. Firefighters were called to the 1600 block of N. 30th St. around 4:10 p.m. When crews arrived, they found heavy black smoke and a mobile home, RV, and single-family house all on fire. The mobile home, house, and RV were all in the same area. Crews said the fire started in one and spread to the others. Firefighters were able to get the fires under control in about 30 minutes. An additional engine was called in for manpower due to the extreme heat. One adult and two children were displaced from the house. One adult was displaced from the mobile home. WAND-TV NBC 17 DECATUR Attached Garage Fire Extinguished at House in Mundelein Police and firefighter/paramedics from Mundelein responded about 10:40 p.m. Friday June 26, 2020 to a report of an attached garage fire in the block of 1000 Concord Circle in Mundelein. A small fire was extinguished in the garage. A MABAS Division 4 Box Alarm (#43-1R) was activated at 10:59 p.m. for Change of Quarters (out of town firefighter/paramedics for station standby). Firefighter/paramedics and/or chiefs from Deerfield, Gurnee, Nunda Rural, Arlington Heights stood by in Mundelein fire stations. An Arlington Heights ambulance was assigned to an EMS call in Mundelein while Mundelein firefighters were working at the fire scene. The Change of Quarters Box Alarm was struck out at 11:17 p.m. THE CARDINAL PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| 200 Florida firefighters self-quarantine after 14 test positive for COVID-19 Every JFRD firefighter will be tested for COVID-19. Testing started Saturday after 14 tested positive for the virus. The city said more than 200 firefighter are in self-quarantine. COVID-19 tests are underway on everyone in the Jacksonville Fire Department after 14 firefighters tested positive for the virus. Mayor Lenny Curry tweeted out the news earlier Saturday evening. He said, "while this could lead to more of our first responders sidelined through quarantine, my top priority remains slowing the spread of the virus." Right now, 214 firefighters are sidelined. There are approximately 1,550 firefighters, so about 14% of the department is off the streets right now. Action News Jax asked Randy Wyse, president of the Jacksonville Association of Firefighters if this is going to impact the department's response. His response: "No. I don't think anybody on the streets will see an altered response." WJAX-TV CBS 47 JACKSONVILLE Car slams into California fire station, yet again, injuring firefighter A car slammed into the living area of a Rialto fire station Friday night, June 26, almost striking a firefighter and leaving a stew of smashed furniture, broken glass and vehicle fluid behind as it reversed out of the building. The firefighter, an engineer who is a veteran of 15 years, was sitting about 3 feet from where the front quarter of the car went into the building, Battalion Chief Cory Cisneros said Saturday. The firefighter was treated at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton for minor injuries and released. He is expected to spend two weeks recovering at home, Cisneros said Saturday. "If it was a foot to the north, we'd be having a funeral," Cisneros said. Cisneros said the driver appeared to be about 19. He also was hospitalized with minor injuries, Cisneros said. Rialto police could not be reached for comment on the circumstances of the crash Saturday. The station remained open Saturday, Cisneros said. THE SUN Proposed changes in 911 ID numbers leave some New York fire chiefs fuming A conflict is brewing between the Oneida County Department of Emergency Services and a handful of local fire chiefs who do not want to give up their 3-digit identification numbers. The county 9-1-1 Center is planning to switch from number identifications to plain language in order to better serve an impending upgrade to a digital radio system. But the local chiefs say they do not want to give up their 3-digits because of tradition and other technical concerns. "There's a lot of history that goes with the identification," said Western Fire Chief Michael Anania, who has been ‘650' for more than 20 years. Anania said he has no plans to change that identification, and he is also worried about what will happen if every chief in the county suddenly becomes "car one." "If you go to a fire scene, when somebody talks on the radio, the majority of the time the first part of the transmission gets cut off. So if we have six ‘car ones' there, they're all the same identify. But if you have six different chief numbers there, they're individuals. It's less confusing at a fire scene." ROME SENTINEL Allerio Mobile Hub certified for use on FirstNet, other LTE carrier networks Startup Allerio announced that its easy-to-use Mobile Hub broadband platform designed for EMS use and the healthcare community has been certified for use by the FCC and multiple U.S. carriers—FirstNet/AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and U.S. Cellular. "One of the unique things about this is that there's one button on it—it turns the device on, and it turns the device off," Allerio CEO TJ Kennedy said during an interview with IWCE's Urgent Communications. "Everything else—setting up the unit on the multiple networks, engaging with VPNs and everything else, from a security standpoint—happens automatically for you. There's nothing you have to do." Introduced last fall and available immediately, the Allerio Mobile Hub has been redesigned to be even more portable while maintaining the ability support three LTE broadband connections, Kennedy said. Weighing 1.96 pounds, the Mobile Hub is 8.9 inches by 7.4 inches, with a thickness of just 1.2 inches, based on the company's specification sheet about the Mobile Hub. IWCE'S URGENT COMMUNICATIONS CDC expands list of people at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday expanded its list of risk factors that make people more likely to develop severe illness or die from COVID-19. The update comes as the number of confirmed coronavirus infections rises to record levels in the United States, driven by alarming spikes in Florida, Texas and other states across the South and West. The agency also said that pregnant women might be at higher risk, though more research is needed on that and a number of other underlying health conditions that may affect risk. The chance of severe illness from COVID-19 increases with age, with older adults at highest risk, but the CDC noted that the risk doesn't begin suddenly at age 65. Instead, "people in their 50s are at higher risk for severe illness than people in their 40s. Similarly, people in their 60s or 70s are, in general, at higher risk for severe illness than people in their 50s. The greatest risk for severe illness from COVID-19 is among those aged 85 or older." CBS NEWS PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| Canceled: FFABCs Diversity Workshop - 50th Convention IABPFF - Hartford, CT - August 2-7, 2020 Fire-Rescue Med Conference - IAFC - Phoenix, AZ - August 17-18, 2020 Fire-Rescue International Conference and Expo - IAFC - Phoenix, AZ - August 19-21, 2020 Postponed: American Fire Sprinkler Association to host AFSA39 - Orlando, FL - September 13-16, 2020 Wildland-Urban Interface - IAFC - Reno, NV - November 2-6, 2020 VCOS Symposium in the Sun - IAFC - Clearwater, FL - November 12-15, 2020 POST EVENT MORE EVENTS |
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