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| Three Chicago firefighters seriously hurt when ceiling falls during reported South Shore blaze Three Chicago firefighters responding to reports of smoke in a South Shore building were injured Sunday when a ceiling fell on them. The Chicago Fire Department received a call just after 9:20 a.m. of smoke coming from a building near 67th Street and Cregier Avenue. While crews were looking for the fire, they pulled down on the ceiling and it fell on top of them, fire officials said. Three firefighters were transported to University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition. At around 3:30 p.m., the department said that two of the firefighters were released back to active duty. The third firefighter was put on medical leave, according to CFD officials. WLS-TV ABC 7 CHICAGO Coronavirus causes Belleville to cut or furlough 56, including some first responders The Belleville City Council on Friday unanimously voted to either lay off or furlough 56 public employees, including two police officers and four firefighters, because of an expected shortfall in revenue caused by the coronavirus pandemic. "This has been a very difficult week for department heads — weeks — and for all of us," Mayor Mark Eckert said as the special meeting ended. "It was not an easy vote and I thank all of you for your sincere deliberations," he told the aldermen. The jobs reduction is expected to save the city about $700,000 and other measures are expected to yield $300,000 in saving for a total of $1 million, Eckert said after the meeting. BELLEVILLE NEWS-DEMOCRAT Firefighter hurt, residents displaced in Naperville house fire Several people were displaced and a firefighter was injured after a fire broke out Saturday at a west suburban Naperville home. Authorities were called at 1:25 a.m. for reports of the fire at the two-story home in the 1700 block of Baybrook Lane, according to a statement from the Naperville Fire Department. Crews found the fire in the walls of the attic with smoke coming from the chimney and roof line, the fire department said. The blaze was brought under control in about an hour. Two adults and two children who were home at the time of the fire made it outside on their own, according to the fire department. They weren't hurt, but the home was rendered uninhabitable. WFLD-TV MYFOX 32 CHICAGO Bloomington firefighter 8th in world for business simulation game A Bloomington firefighter is ranked eighth in the world for a business simulation game, after spending two weeks tied for first out of 2,652 teams from 166 colleges and universities across the globe. Tyler Zimmerman also is a Lincoln College student in the Accelerated Bridge to Education program. "We are very proud of one of our own for not only bettering himself through education but placing in the top ten in a worldwide business strategy game. Please help us congratulate Firefighter Zimmerman on this major accomplishment!," BFD posted on its Facebook page. The game is part of the college's strategic management capstone course, taken in the final semester of the business management degree program, the college said. BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL PANTAGRAPH PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Doctors keep discovering new ways the coronavirus attacks the body Deborah Coughlin was neither short of breath nor coughing. In those first days after she became infected by the novel coronavirus, her fever never spiked above 100 degrees. It was vomiting and diarrhea that brought her to a Hartford, Conn., emergency room on May 1. "You would have thought it was a stomach virus," said her daughter, Catherina Coleman. "She was talking and walking and completely coherent." But even as Coughlin, 67, chatted with her daughters on her cellphone, the oxygen level in her blood dropped so low that most patients would be near death. She is on a ventilator and in critical condition at St. Francis Hospital, one more patient with a strange constellation of symptoms that physicians are racing to recognize, explain and treat. WASHINGTON POST 6-alarm blaze rips through New Jersey neighborhood, leaves 59 homeless Nearly 60 people were displaced after a six-alarm fire tore through a Paterson neighborhood on Saturday night. The blaze was reported around 8:40 p.m. on Beech Street and spread to six houses, according to Paterson Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale. No injuries were reported among the residents, but a firefighter and police officer suffered minor injuries, according to the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office. Arriving firefighters found buildings engulfed in flames. Firefighters from several neighboring communities, including Clifton, Haledon, Hawthorne, Fair Lawn, Little Falls, Passaic, Totowa and Woodland Park responded to help battle the inferno. The fire was brought under control around 11 p.m., but crews remained on scene for hours dousing hotspots. NJ.COM Related YouTube Video: Paterson 6-Alarm Blaze Disinfectant bombs and UV light contraptions: Ohio firefighters get creative during pandemic VIDEO: What do you get when you combine a lamp stand, a timer and a germicidal bulb? According to a self-admitted "tinkerer", it's another weapon to protect firefighters and the public during the pandemic. Lt. Tom Carano, a veteran firefighter with the Cuyahoga Falls Fire Department, came up with the idea and built five of the devices-- one for each of the city's five fire stations. Carano said the UV bulb-on-a-stand is placed in the back of squads for 20 to 30 minutes in an effort to kill germs. "Just an extra layer of contamination. We're also using that lamp inside the stations after we wipe down the rooms," Carano said. He also modified five plastic totes with reflective insulation and added sockets. The UV bulb is screwed into a tote and cell phones and personal protective equipment, including N-95 masks, are placed inside the glowing containers. "Whatever we put in there can get, with the reflective light ,a 360 degree decontamination," Carano said. WEWS-TV ABC 5 CLEVELAND FDA approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results U.S. regulators have approved a new type of coronavirus test that administration officials have promoted as a key to opening up the country. The Food and Drug Administration on Saturday announced emergency authorization for antigen tests developed by Quidel Corp. of San Diego. The test can rapidly detect fragments of virus proteins in samples collected from swabs swiped inside the nasal cavity, the FDA said in a statement. The antigen test is the third type of test to be authorized by the FDA. Currently, the only way to diagnose active COVID-19 is to test a patient's nasal swab for the genetic material of the virus. While considered highly accurate, the tests can take hours and require expensive, specialized equipment mainly found at commercial labs, hospitals or universities. NBC NEWS Peace of mind or privacy: Tennessee first responders discuss receiving COVID-19 patient names, addresses According to a report from The Associated Press, a state agreement allows for the names and addresses of those who test positive for the novel coronavirus to be released to first responders, law enforcement, and paramedics. News Channel 11's Anslee Daniel spoke to the Washington County 911 director, Greg Matherly, who said that the list will be updated daily, with names regenerating every 30 days after testing positive. According to Matherly, this list will warn first responders if they are to respond to a residence that houses people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. "If that's where they were quarantined at, that particular address and the person we actually dealt with is who we would notify the responders of," Matherly said. WJHL-TV CBS/ABC 11 JOHNSON CITY PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| | | Rosenbauer Touts WFCA and Sourcewell Partnership Rosenbauer America congratulates the Western Fire Chief Association’s recently announced partnership with Sourcewell. The WFCA-Sourcewell partnership will provide members the ability to maximize their department budgets. Rosenbauer is the most experienced Sourcewell vendor in the fire-rescue sector |
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| L-O-D-D Missouri - David F. Jameson, Jr., Firefighter/Hazmat Technician, Independence Fire Department, Independence, MO L-O-D-D New Jersey - David Clark, Firefighter, Bay Head Fire Company, Bay Head, NJ L-O-D-D New York - Andrew DiMaggio, Fire Captain, New Rochelle Fire Department, New Rochelle, NY L-O-D-D Florida - Donald DiPetrillo, Fire Chief, Seminole Tribe of Florida Fire Rescue, Hollywood, FL L-O-D-D American Samoa - Allen L. Velega & Mike A. Tipoti, Captains, American Samoa Fire Bureau Division of the Department of Public Safety, Pago Pago, American Samoa L-O-D-D New York - Edward J. Ciocca, Deputy Fire Chief, White Plains Fire Department, White Plains, New York L-O-D-D Illinois - Robert David Reisinger, Firefighter/Paramedic, River Grove Fire Department, River Grove, IL L-O-D-D Maine - Harold "Eddie" Moore, Jr., Lieutenant, Jackson Fire Department, Jackson, ME Free 'Five Bugle' Membership Application - Firefighter Diversity Recruitment Council $100 Million AFG COVID-19 Response Application Period - Deadline May 15 COVID-19 Wildland Fire Response Plan Assignment - Lessons Learned Simulation developed for managing wildfires during COVID-19 - National Incident Management Organization COVID-19 Resource Update - USFA Safety Stand Down 2020 - Building a Superhighway to Safety – Protecting our Responders on Roadways Nominations Open for IAFC Fire Chief of the Year - Apply by June 17, 2020 Nominations Open for IAFC Ben Franklin Award for Valor - Apply by June 17, 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 vendors - 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. |
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| Paramedic/Firefighter (full-time) - Delta Township Fire Department - Lansing, MI Resident Firefighter - Douglas County Fire District No. 2 - Wenatchee, WA Fire Marshal - City of Caldwell - Caldwell, ID Fire Chief - Yakima County Fire District #4 - Moxee, WA Firefighter - Muscatine Fire Department - Muscatine, IA (closes: May 15, 2020) Firefighter- Paramedic - Hanford Fire Department - Hanford, WA (closes: May 18, 2020) Training Officer - City of Beacon - Beacon, NY (closes: May 25, 2020) Firefighter - Fox Valley Regional Fire Department - WI (closes: May 31, 2020) Fire Chief - Town of Middletown - Middletown, RI (closes: Jun 05, 2020) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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| International Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference - IAFC - Baltimore, MD - June 4-7, 2020 Canceled: NFPA Conference & Expo - Orlando, FL - June 15-18, 2020 Water Rescue Instructor Academy - Lifesaving Resources, LLC - Portland, ME - June 25-28, 2020 TEEX Municipal Fire School - College Station, TX - July 19-24, 2020 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 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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