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| Federal Grant To Help Purchase 45 New Breathing Apparatus Packs For Niles Firefighters Niles firefighters will be able to breathe a little easier responding to fires after U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-10th), whose district includes a small part of Niles, said the Niles Fire Dept. will receive a $207,400 grant award for equipment. Niles Fire Chief Marty Feld said he received an official notice Friday, Sept. 3 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the $207,400 Assistance to Firefighter Grant award through FEMA and the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security. Feld said he received a call from Schneider earlier that week informing him of the grant award. Feld said the funds would purchase 45 self-contained breathing apparatus units, excluding the air tanks or cylinders, which contain compressed air. The total cost to purchase the 45 units is $228,000. Feld said the grant funds 90% of that purchase. Feld said the newest "packs" (breathing apparatus units) the department has are 13-years-old. JOURNAL & TOPICS NEWSPAPERS ONLINE Firefighters, Police Rescue Man From Burning Danville Home Investigations continue into two Danville fires that occurred on Saturday (September 4, 2021). One of them destroyed a home at 11 South Virginia Street and sent a person to the hospital after being rescued by Danville Firefighters and Police. The other damaged a wall leaving minor damage to a home at 1225 Grant Street. No one was hurt in that fire Saturday evening. Firefighters received the alarm for the blaze at 11 South Virginia Street shortly after midnight Saturday morning. The call said a person was possibly trapped inside. When firefighters arrived on the scene they were told by a witness that there was an adult still inside. There were heavy flames coming from the structure as firefighters went inside and located the person. The victim was rescued by removing them out a window with assistance from Danville Police. The condition of the person rescued was unavailable. WDAN-AM 1490 DANVILLE Crews remove person from Rock Island house fire A Rock Island Police Department Incident Report Summary indicates that arson is suspected in this incident. An Arrest Report Summary indicates that 27-year-old Isai Sanchez-Casco was arrested at the location of the fire on a charge of domestic battery ..Crews removed a person from a house fire shortly before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday on the 700 block of 11th Avenue, Rock Island. Emergency responders carried the person out of the house, placed the person on a stretcher and then in an ambulance. Smoke billowed from the A-frame-style home and filled the air in the neighborhood. Our Local 4 News crew, the only station at the scene, watched crews quickly attach supply lines to hydrants. Firefighters were on the roof looking in windows. Rock Island Arsenal crews were called to assist and Rock Island Police also were at the scene. KLJB-TV FOX 18 DAVENPORT Rockford Fire Department swears in new recruits One of the first duties of brand new Rockford fire chief Michele Pankow is to welcome in the newest members of a department she's been serving in since 1992. It's fire recruitment graduation day with seven men and women ready to begin a career serving and protecting the Rockford community. There were also two new members each from the freeport and sterling fire departments celebrating their graduation from the academy. One of the new recruits, James Smith, has experienced firsthand the life-saving role the Rockford Fire Department plays in our community. "My senior year of high school, my dad had a massive heart attack while he and my mom went on a bike ride. And my mom did CPR for something like 5 to 7 minutes and the fire department showed up and they actually saved his life. So they got him to the E-R. Triple bypass within an hour and it was all because of the Rockford Fire Department," Smith says. WIFR-TV CBS 23 ROCKFORD More Chicago area firefighters headed to Louisiana for Hurricane Ida recovery efforts More Chicago area firefighters are heading to Louisiana to help after Hurricane Ida. Nearly 70 firefighters from about 30 different departments will be leaving Tuesday morning. They are part of a strike team that will help fill in for other fire departments in Louisiana. On Tuesday night, about 50 area firefighters returned after spending six days in the New Orleans area. They were part of the Illinois Urban Search and Rescue Team and spent about a week in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida hit. While they were on the ground they helped people get food, water and oxygen. They also did a lot of surveying of damage so FEMA and the Red Cross would know where to focus their help. They said damage was widespread and the heat was suffocating. WGN-TV 9 CHICAGO Firefighters Respond to an Oxygen Leak and Medical Call in Arlington Heights Police, firefighters, and paramedics from Arlington Heights responded about 7:24 p.m. Friday, September 3, 2021 to a report of a natural gas leak at the Evergreen House apartment condo building at 110 South Evergreen Avenue in Arlington Heights. Police and firefighters received a report that a person was doing work on a gas line at a unit on the third floor when a leak occurred. The wind at 6:51 p.m. was from the Southeast at 8 MPH according to the National Weather Service Office at O'Hare International Airport. When firefighters arrived at the unit they discovered that the line being worked on was actually supplying oxygen for a medical patient. Firefighters and paramedics worked on securing any possible leak and were checking on the well-being of the person in the residential unit. THE CARDINAL PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Firefighters extinguish large blaze at downtown Las Vegas warehouse VIDEO: The Las Vegas Fire Department responded and put out a large fire at a vacant warehouse in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday night. The heavy smoke and fire were visible for miles as the two-story building at 1026 S. Main went up in flames shortly after 8 p.m. According to Las Vegas Fire & Rescue, crews were able to contain the fire from spreading to other structures and extinguished the blaze in less than a half-hour. The area of Main Street and Commerce was closed as crews worked on clearing equipment. The cause of the fire is under investigation and no injuries were reported. KLAS-TV CBS 8 NEWS LAS VEGAS Florida county fire rescue's newest fire engine celebrates 'Champa Bay' sports teams VIDEO: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue's newest fire engine hit the streets this week, and it'll likely make you do a double-take. The "Champa Bay" fire truck is professionally wrapped with championship logos celebrating the back-to-back Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning, the Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the American League Champion Tampa Bay Rays. The driver's side of the truck is dedicated to the Bucs, while the passenger's side honors the Bolts. The front and back of the fire engine celebrates the Rays. "We certainly recognize all the hard work that it took each of these teams to achieve what they have," Fire Chief Dennis Jones said. "It's just a great time to be in Tampa Bay." WTVT-TV FOX 13 TAMPA Ohio city continues tradition of lighting candles for lives lost on September 11 This Sept. 11, Tallmadge Circle will once again be lit up with nearly 3,000 candles to represent the lives lost at the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa. on the 20th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist act in world history. Since 2003, the Tallmadge Fire Department, with help from local volunteers, have lit 343 red candles for the fire department personnel who died that day, 60 blue candles for police, 55 green candles for military and 2,518 white candles for civilians. The tradition was started by current Chief Mike Passarelli, who was the battalion chief at the time, and firefighters Jeff Quick and Tom Kilway. According to Passarelli, the fire department originally put out 5-by-7-inch flags in 2002 to mark the one-year anniversary, but switched to color-coded candles representing each victim the following year. AKRON BEACON JOURNAL - METERED SITE Louisiana fire chief riding bike to calls after Hurricane Ida damages bridges There's a volunteer fire chief who is riding is bicycle to answer calls for help because the bridges in his town are out. In a post, the State Fire Marshal talked about what Lockport Fire Chief Armand Autin is doing to serve his Lafourche Parish town. "Because the bridges are out due to Ida, Chief Autin is driving his truck to the closest bridge, then riding his bicycle across the bayou to respond to incidents," the post says. Bayou Lafourche cuts through the small town, which is located between Larose and Raceland. Autin isn't the only firefighter thinking outside of the box to continue to serve their community, the post says. "So many affected fire departments are taking these types of measures to continue to meet the needs of their communities," the post states. "This is why we are SO grateful more than 250 fire personnel from other parts of Louisiana and out-of-state have come in to help the locals keep up their standard of response." KATC-TV ABC/CW+ 3 LAFAYETTE Washington fire & rescue introduces department's first all-female crew For the first time in Graham Fire & Rescue's history, the department has an all-female crew. "It can be a challenge to really have women even be interested in the fire service," said Graham Fire & Rescue Lieutenant Jill D'Len. "Not a lot of women think that it's a career that they can possibly pursue. So that's why we're here, to show women you can do anything." The group of five women staffs the ambulance and the fire engine at one of the department's five stations. "There's a lot of hard work, a lot of time and practice in researching to be a firefighter, but we are here to say you can absolutely do it," said D'Len. The crew was brought together because of Georgia Daniels, a veteran of the department who plans to retire at the end of September. KING-TV NBC 5 SEATTLE PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| Fire Chief - City of Ketchikan - Ketchikan, AK Assistant Fire Chief - City of Manitowoc - Manitowoc, WI Firefighter - City of Wyoming - City of Wyoming, MI Paramedic 911 Ambulance - Mount Shasta Ambulance - Mount Shasta, CA Part-Time Fire Inspector - Village of Oak Brook - Oak Brook, IL Fleet Maintenance Manager - Poudre Fire Authority - Fort Collins, CO Airport Fire Chief - Snohomish County Airport - Everett, WA Paramedic/Firefighter - Delta Township Fire Department - Lansing, MI Deputy Fire Marshal - Pierce County Department of Emergency Management - Tacoma, WA Confidential Recruiting: - What is it? Assistant Fire Marshal - City of Petaluma - Petaluma, CA (closes: Sep 07, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - Palatine and Bartlett Fire Consortium - Bartlett, IL (closes: Sep 10, 2021) Community Risk Reduction Coordinator - Evergreen Fire/Rescue - Evergreen, CO (closes: Sep 15, 2021) Division Chief of Community Risk Reduction (Fire Marshal) - Sedona Fire District - Sedona, AZ (closes: Sep 16, 2021) Fire Chief - Town of St. Johnsbury - St. Johnsbury, VT (closes: Sep 17, 2021) Emergency Medical Services Specialist - County of San Bernardino - San Bernardino, CA (closes: Sep 23, 2021) Firefighter - City of Muscatine - Muscatine, IA (closes: Sep 23, 2021) Fire Chief - Town of Granby - Granby, MA (closes: Sep 27, 2021) Fire Captain - Campbell County Fire Department - Gillette, WY (closes: Sep 30, 2021) Firefighter/Paramedic - Teton County Fire & Rescue - Teton Valley, ID (closes: Oct 01, 2021) Structural Firefighter/ Heavy Fire Equipment Operator - Eagle Fire Department - Eagle, ID (closes: Oct 29, 2021) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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