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| Fire involved two floors of Shelbyville restaurant A fire affected multiple floors of a Shelbyville business late Wednesday. A total of eight fire departments responded at about 10 p.m. to Longbranch Grill, located at 203 E. Main St., in a call from Shelby County. The county jail is next door to this business. Crews said 70 or more firefighters were involved in responding to the scene. According to firefighters, the fire started in the kitchen of the business and moved to the second floor. There were no people inside and no injuries reported. A business next door, which has an apartment above it, had to be evacuated. WAND-TV NBC 17 DECATUR Elgin fire chief says despite rumors, Station 6 is not closing Elgin Fire Chief Robb Cagann addressed some misperceptions by the public Wednesday by definitively saying Station 6 will not close, no matter what service cuts -- if any -- are put in place. Cagann was asked by council members during Wednesday night's committee of the whole to address the issue that has taken off on social media since Tuesday. "There's a belief out there that Station 6 is closing," Cagann said. "That is not true." The proposed changes at the station would involve reducing expenses by about $430,000 by replacing an engine at Station 6 with an ambulance once staffing reaches overtime levels, which would be about 77% of the time. The cost savings comes from sending out a two-person crew with an ambulance, as opposed to three on an engine. With pandemic-related budget shortfalls projected, the proposal comes after city officials had asked the firefighters union to defer their contractual 2.5% salary increase for one year and extend their contract through 2022. ILLINOIS DAILY HERALD - METERED SITE Garage Fire Stopped After Orland Firefighters Dig Hydrants From Snow A fire erupted in a garage, causing a resident to be treated for smoke initiation Tuesday evening, according to the Orland Fire Protection District. The district is urging residents to help ensure that fire hydrants near their homes are uncovered and easily visible for fire emergencies. According to the district, firefighters had to dig fire hydrants out of accumulated snow piles from driveways and plows, on the 14000 block of Creek Crossing Drive in Orland Park, to stop the blaze. When officials arrived, they found the two-story, single-family home with heavy smoke coming from an attached garage. The door to the garage was closed, and the homeowners got out, while firefighters made "an aggressive attack" on the flames to prevent them from spreading to the attic and interior of the home, according to the fire district. ORLAND PARK PATCH First Responders Called For 'Medical Emergency' At East Alton Elementary A large amount of law enforcement and first responders quickly were dispatched to East Alton Elementary School on Wednesday afternoon. East Alton Fire Chief Tim Quigley described the situation as "a medical emergency." He said the reason for so many on the scene was his firefighters had been conducting ice training at Gordon Moore Park and Wood River Fire Department personnel were called to the scene. The ice training was to benefit the firefighters in situations such as cold winter days that have been seen in the past week. Quigley said he wasn't able to provide any more details about the situation and said his firefighters broke from the training and responded. The person involved was transported from the scene at East Alton Elementary and their condition at this time is not known. RIVERBENDER Family escapes house fire in Kewanee A family escaped unharmed from a house fire Tuesday night in the 200 block of South Vine Street. Fire Chief Kevin Shook said one of the children in the family awakened the father when the fire started, and everyone got out of the house safely. Shook did not have information on how many people were in the house when the fire broke out, and he did not release the family's name. The Salvation Army was contacted to help the family, who were staying with relatives after the fire. Because of Tuesday night's freezing temperatures, the cause of the fire had not been determined early Wednesday, Shook said. He said a fire investigator was to visit the scene later Wednesday. Shook said the cold weather hampered firefighting efforts, with fire hoses and ladders freezing. "We were there for a long time last night," he said Wednesday. Kewanee police provided traffic control at the scene, and the public works department was called to salt the street for emergency vehicles. KEWANEE STAR-COURIER PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| ‘People Didn't Want To Leave': Firefighters Battle Massive Fire At Massachusetts Condo Complex VIDEO: Dozens of people have been displaced by a massive fire at a condo building in Boxboro. As firefighters poured water on the smoldering brick shell on Swanson Road, one longtime resident stood nearby in shock. "I've lived there for 45 years, so there's a lot of memories there," one woman said. It was just after five o'clock when firefighters responding to a call for smoke in the attic were greeted by an inferno. It would soon go to four alarms, drawing troops from several surrounding towns. But Boxboro does not have a municipal water system, meaning no hydrants, forcing them to pull water from nearby ponds when their tanker trucks run dry. The chief said they had bigger problems. "Actually the challenging part was evacuating people, before we even got water, was getting people out of the building," said Boxboro Fire Chief Paul Fillebrown. "Because people didn't want to leave." WBZ-TV CBS 4 BOSTON Iowa officials investigating cause of hose failure that injured two firefighters The Cedar Rapids firefighters who were seriously injured over the weekend when a hose line ruptured have been released from the hospital while fire officials investigate what happened. Both firefighters were treated for fractures and were released from the hospital Sunday, Cedar Rapids public safety spokesperson Greg Buelow told The Gazette on Wednesday. They will remain off-duty while they recuperate, Buelow said. The firefighters were injured when called to a kitchen fire at Westdale Court Apartments, 3919 20th Ave. SW, at 1:19 a.m. Sunday, where a 1-and-3/4-inch hose ruptured, causing the hose to strike the firefighters, Buelow said. One firefighter was struck in the head and face and knocked unconscious, and another was struck in the chest and knocked down, according to a news release from the city. Both were outside the apartment building when injured. THE GAZETTE Drone helps firefighters battle blaze inside attic of Florida home VIDEO: Lauderhill Fire Rescue crews used a drone equipped with infrared technology to help them fight a house fire Wednesday afternoon. "We were able to find the source of the fire in the drone. It was in the attic. It had not penetrated the roof yet," said Captain Jerry Gonzalez. Gonzalez said it was the first time the department used the technology to locate what he called a "hidden fire." The blaze broke out Wednesday around 5 p.m. at 7300 Northwest 44th Court. A worker reportedly noticed the smoke and alerted the homeowners, who were sleeping inside. Everyone got out safely and no injuries were reported. The house in uninhabitable for now, Gonzalez said. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The drone technology might have saved the structure from further damage. "That is amazing right now. Just a few years ago it wouldn't have existed, and who knows what other type of damage would have been done to the house just trying to find the source of this fire," Gonzalez said. WPLG-TV ABC 10 MIAMI This week in 1951, clerk set fire to Michigan building, destroying thousands of records Michigan's Lewis Cass building made headlines last summer when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer renamed it the Elliott-Larsen building. But this week 70 years ago, Michigan's oldest standing state office building was in the news for something else entirely: a massive fire lit by a state employee who hoped it would help him avoid the Korean War. It was lunchtime on Feb. 8, 1951 when firefighters from five different cities began pumping an eventual five million gallons of water through 19,100 feet of hose to try and quell the roaring blaze, which was set in the "M" (presumably for mezzanine) and seventh floors of the building. At that time, the new(ish) building housed many state departments as well as the Library of Michigan. Valuable papers, blueprints and reports were stored there by nearly every department with offices in the state office building. MLIVE.COM How Immediate Naloxone Access Is Going 24/7 in Indiana The state of Indiana is dedicating tens of thousands of federal dollars to making naloxone, the opioid-involved overdose reversal medication, publicly available every day and around the clock. On February 5, Governor Eric Holcomb announced that the state will be partnering with the harm reduction nonprofit Overdose Lifeline to bring NaloxBoxes—hard acrylic boxes that can be mounted to an exterior wall—to all 92 Indiana counties. Every NaloxBox will contain between six and eight naloxone doses and treatment referrals, and volunteers will monitor the need for refills. Overdose Lifeline will be purchasing 215 units and shipping from the manufacturer for $58,000 through funds from the federally-administered State Opioid Response grant. For Justin Phillips, Overdose Lifeline's executive director, the expansion could be a game-changer. "We know individuals who are actively using will not always feel comfortable reaching out to an organization and if they are comfortable not all safe places are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. FILTER MAGAZINE PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| L-O-D-D Tennessee - Terry Watts, Training Lieutenant, Shelby County Fire Department, Memphis, TN L-O-D-D Mississippi - Guandes "Mook" Smith, Captain, Sardis Volunteer Fire Department, Sardis, MS L-O-D-D West Virginia - Brian Ritchie, Lieutenant, Weirton Fire Department, Weirton, WV L-O-D-D New Mexico - Edward Vasquez, Lieutenant, NASA Fire Department, White Sands Test Facility, Las Cruces, NM L-O-D-D Pennsylvania - Edward P. Bookmyer, Chief Engineer, Craley Fire Department, Wrightsville, PA L-O-D-D Oklahoma - Tayler Bradford, Firefighter, Waynoka Volunteer Fire Department, Waynoka, OK L-O-D-D Oklahoma - Lonnie Bolar, Chief, Waynoka Volunteer Fire Department, Waynoka, OK The Daily Dispatch office will be closed Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 - In observance of Presidents' Day Fire Trucks For Belize FEMA Announces SAFER Application Period - Opens February 8, 8:00 AM ET, Closes March 12, 5:00 PM ET 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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| Firefighter/Paramedic - Lake Havasu City Fire Department - Lake Havasu City, AZ Fleet and Transport Manager - ASPCA - St. Louis, MO State Fire Academy Director - Massachusetts Firefighting Academy - Stow, MA Fire Chief - Village of Wilmette - Wilmette, IL Director of Emergency Services - Bakersfield / Monterey / Oxnard / Redlands / San Diego, CA, Hendersonville, TN, Mobile, AL, Palmer, AK Resident Firefighter Testing - Douglas County Fire District #2 - East Wenatchee, WA Firefighter - City of Muscatine - Muscatine, IA Fire Marshal - City of Bellevue - Filing deadline: Open Until Filled; First Review of Resumes on Feb. 1, 2021 - Bellevue, WA Operations & Policy Analyst 3 – Fire Risk Specialist - Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal - see application for Districts (5 positions) (closes: Feb 11, 2021) Operations & Policy Analyst 3 – Regional Mobilization Coordinator - Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal - see application for Districts (5 positions) (closes: Feb 12, 2021) Open / Lateral Firefighter & Firefighter/Paramedic - Carson City Fire Department - Carson City, NV (closes: Feb 15, 2021) Fire Cadet - Los Alamos County - Los Alamos, NM (closes: Feb 19, 2021) Deputy Fire Marshal - Riverside County Fire Department - Riverside, CA (closes: Feb 23, 2021) Deputy State Fire Marshal – Technical Services Unit - Oregon Office of State Fire Marshal - Bend, OR (closes: Feb 24, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - Carol Stream Fire District - Carol Stream, IL (closes: Feb 25, 2021) Deputy Chief - City of Fishers - Fishers, IN (closes: Feb 28, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - City of Folsom - Folsom, CA (closes: Mar 01, 2021) Fire Chief - City of Augusta - Augusta, GA (closes: Mar 05, 2021) Firefighter IV/III/II - City of Thornton Fire Stations - Thornton, CO (closes: Mar 19, 2021) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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