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| Ceremony marks deputy chief's last day on job in Arlington Heights With his wife, Stacey, at his side, Arlington Heights Deputy Fire Chief Peter Ahlman retired Friday after 29 years of service to the village. He hugged his son Robert Loverher after being presented with the flag Friday during his walkout ceremony at Station 2. Colleagues and others lined up outside the station to wish Ahlman well in his retirement. ILLINOIS DAILY HERALD - METERED SITE Rock Falls house fire breaks out Saturday afternoon, confirmed fatality A fire broke out at a Rock Falls home and killed one person inside it on Saturday afternoon, according to Rock Falls Police. On Saturday, November 16, 2019 at approximately 12:08 p.m., Rock Falls Police responded to the 500 block of 6th Avenue for a reported house fire. When firefighters entered the house, they located a deceased individual inside the residence. The cause of the fire is under investigation and an autopsy is scheduled for the deceased occupant. Illinois State Police Crime Scene Services and an arson investigator from the Illinois Fire Marshall's Office are assisting with the investigation. Further information will be released when it becomes available WQAD 8 DeKalb firefighters receive commendations for water rescue Fifteen members of the DeKalb Fire Department received commendations for rescuing a woman after she became trapped in her car when it went off the road and into the Kishwaukee River earlier this month. Deputy Fire Chief Bart Gilmore, Battalion Chief Jeff Jossendal, Captain Todd Stoffa, Lt. Chris Ziola, Lt. Wade Schneck, Lt. Tom Conley, firefighter/paramedic Steve Cruz, firefighter/paramedic Noah Millard, firefighter/paramedic Trevor Chilton, firefighter Sean Freeman, firefighter/paramedic Joe Fisher, firefighter/paramedic Greg Thornton, firefighter/paramedic Robert Terry, firefighter/paramedic Joe Wempe and firefighter/paramedic Joe Long were among those recognized during Monday's City Council meeting. DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE No injuries reported in Naperville commercial building fire No one was injured in a fire Friday at a commercial building in west suburban Naperville. About 2:31 p.m., authorities received a call about a blaze in a dust collector at a commercial building in the 1100 block of Frontenac Road, according to the Naperville Fire Department. While crews responded, additional reports indicated that the fire was in the back corner of the building, and dark heavy smoke could be seen rising from the structure, officials said. Everyone inside of the building had evacuated by the time firefighters responded to the blaze, officials said. Crews gained control of the fire within 30 minutes of their arrival. No injuries were reported, officials said. Investigators determined the cause of fire to be a mechanical failure in the company dust collector, officials said. The fire was ruled accidental. CHICAGO SUN-TIMES PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| The many hats of an Airport Police and Fire Department officer in Alaska VIDEO: The Fairbanks International Airport Police and Fire Department is unique in that their employees are 'cross trained' -- meaning every police officer is a firefighter, and every firefighter is a police officer. "We are both a police and fire department, along as EMS as well. So we are a true public safety, kind of all hazards approach," Chief Aaron Danielson said. The officers have to perform different duties on different days. "Even though an officer is assigned to a fire engine on Monday, on Tuesday he could be out doing drug and alcohol interventions on the East Ramp, or DUI patrol on Wednesday, and Thursday he could be back on a fire engine responding to aircraft emergencies and medical emergencies," said Deputy Chief Roger Stevener. "If the situation evolved fast enough and to a great enough degree, he could even do both things in the same day." Because the station has to have officers doing both jobs every day, they have equipment that allows them to fight fires with minimal staff. WEBCENTER 11 Cleveland Fire Department charged with discrimination of black, Hispanic, female applicants by EEOC The City of Cleveland Fire Department has been charged with discrimination by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after an investigation uncovered evidence that it discriminated against black, Hispanic and female applicants, violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The U.S. EEOC determined that since at least 2009, the Cleveland Fire Department has displayed a pattern of failing or refusing to hire and promote black, Hispanic and female applicants through the use of discriminatory hiring tests and procedures. The EECO found that the majority of Cleveland's firehouses do not have female restrooms, locker and shower room facilities, a Title VII violation. The Cleveland Fire Department denied the allegations, according to the EEOC. WEWS-TV ABC 5 CLEVELAND Missouri: Man punches St. Louis firefighters for taking too long to put out car fire VIDEO: The victim of a car fire punched two firefighters because he thought they were taking too long to put out the fire. The incident happened near the intersection of Shreve and Natural Bridge Friday evening. Firefighters said they were trying to put the fire out when the car's owner thought they were working too slowly, so he started punching two of them. Firefighters said the man had crashed his car into another. A video shot by a witness captured part of the incident and showed firefighters holding down the man before letting go. He then lunged toward one of the firefighters. The video also shows the man punch one firefighter and that firefighter defends himself, dodges the punch and drops the attacker to the ground. KMOV-TV CBS 4 ST. LOUIS Kentucky city finds $4M surplus; local fire union urging council to restore fire department cuts The local fire union wants to know why a multi-million dollar surplus, found by Metro government from last year's budget, can't be used to reverse cuts made this year. The city found an extra $4 million in an audit of the last fiscal year, which ended this past June. Now, it's up to Metro Council to decide where that money will go. "We're cut to the bones and we're sawing through bone and we're starting to lose limbs and if we don't have those to function, we can't provide the service that the community deserves," International Association of Fire Fighters 345 President Brian O'Neill said. Just four days after an entire LFD Engine Company was shut down, O'Neill says there was a deadly fire within their alarm district. "Rather than having eight firefighters on two pieces of equipment, you now only have four firefighters on one piece of equipment that is much slower, much less maneuverable, so it arrived on the scene much later in the game," O'Neill said. WAV-TV NBC 3 LOUISVILLE Virginia: Roanoke Fire EMS gives away bricks from demolished Fire Station 7 VIDEO: Roanoke's Fire Station 7 was recently demolished after nearly a century of serving Grandin Village, but people got to take a piece of its history home for free this weekend. Roanoke Fire EMS gave away more than 1,000 bricks salvaged from the historic structure, which had stood since 1922. The fire department tore down the firehouse to make way for a new, larger fire station on the same site. Many people sought after the free bricks to complement their own memories and experiences of the "Old No. 7." John Hall, who was among the first to receive a brick, had spent more than 20 years serving as a firefighter out of Fire Station 7 after returning to Roanoke from his Army service in Vietnam. Roanoke resident Mary Beth Crowgey picked up a brick because of how important she believed the building was to Grandin Village. WSLS-TV NBC 10 ROANOKE PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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