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| Dallas County splits with city, extends coronavirus restrictions only until April 3 Hours after Dallas County announced its first death related to the coronavirus, commissioners rebuked County Judge Clay Jenkins and extended his community restrictions to battle the coronavirus only until April 3. Jenkins, who first put the restrictions in place last week, had hoped the commissioners would extend his orders for a month instead of roughly two weeks. His mandate limits social gatherings to nine people and suspends dine-in service at restaurants and bars. The commissioners' decision comes one day after the Dallas City Council extended its order until April 29 that limits gatherings to 50 people and closes bars, dine-in restaurants, entertainment venues, gyms and theaters. Restaurants can stay open only for drive-through, delivery and takeout services. DALLAS MORNING NEWS Update: Relief For Red Oak Firefighter After Testing Negative For Coronavirus A Red Oak firefighter has tested negative for coronavirus after showing symptoms of illness after reporting to work. Fire Chief Ben Blanton told CBS 11 News that all eight of the man's fellow quarantined firefighters were sent home to their families. "I know that many of you have been praying for our personnel. I want to personally thank you for the prayers for our members during this challenging time," said Blanton. None of the firefighters in quarantine were symptomatic, according to Blanton but since they are the first line of defense on emergency operations, he said set things up to house them at city facilities until the results came back. The department hopes to prevent any further potential contacts and also help to protect their families in doing so. KTVT-TV CBS 11 FORT WORTH Fire destroys only grocery store in San Saba Fire officials and police were investigating Friday morning after San Saba's only grocery store was destroyed overnight by fire. No one was injured. The fire was reported at about 1 a.m. Friday at Lowe's Grocery at 1204 West Wallace in San Saba, the only full-service grocery store in town, and the blaze gutted the building and left it a pile of ash. The fire came at a time when shoppers across the region are packing supermarkets and grocery stores to stock up on essentials as they hunker down at home amid the threat of the new coronavirus. A San Saba County Sheriff's Office dispatcher said Lowe's was the only store in town with fresh produce and meat, but there is a Dollar General where some goods are available. KWTX-TV CBS 10 WACO Abilene man indicted, accused of arson by microwave A Taylor County grand jury Thursday indicted a man accused of trying to burn down a building with a microwave and aluminum foil. Awnwar Hodges, 36, of Abilene, was indicted on one count each of arson and assault on a public servant stemming from a Dec. 22 incident. According to court documents, Hodges told the building manager he was going to torch the structure with everyone inside. He then placed the aluminum foil in the microwave in the kitchen, the documents said, and turned it on. As he was walking away, a fire started, the documents said, but staff was able to extinguish the flames. During a confrontation with Abilene police, the documents said, he was aggressive and confrontational. Hodges allegedly struck an officer in the face with his hand, which was holding a cellphone, the documents said. ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Glenwood VFD in Gilmer organizes food drive, starts wellness checks in response to COVID-19 In times of crisis, Texans often rise to the occasion and look out for each other. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department in Gilmer is doing just that. The VFD is hosting an emergency canned food drive to help some families in their town that are struggling. Thursday afternoon, Katiland Gray, the chief of the Glenwood VFD, spoke to East Texas Now host Kayla Lyons. Gray said that they had already been helping Gilmer ISD employees hand out meals to students who are out of school when they learned about several families that are "already doing without." She said she and the other members of the VFD pooled their resources to start an emergency food drive to help the families out. "I'm new at this fire chief position," Gray said. "I'm trying to get out there and show people that they're not on their own. It's our job as a fire department to be there for them and get them what they need. KLTV ABC 7 TYLER PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| Ohio fire department splits staff to fend off coronavirus Knowing that firefighters have to protect themselves to help others, Worthington officials worried about having their 36 full-time staff working together in its single fire station. "We were hearing about these other stations being forced to shut down elsewhere. That would decimate our fire and EMS protection if we had to close our firehouse," said Mark Zambito, assistant fire chief. So in a brainstorming session, he asked about the now-closed community recreation center. With a large, now empty, parking lot, showers, a kitchen and makeshift bunk room, "everything we needed was there," he said. Setting up the station this week, on Highland Avenue, less than a mile from its High Street station, became urgent. "I looked at one of my captains and said, ‘I need you to stock it in two days.'" Capt. Chris Betts assembed beds and living quarters for three firefighters. A kitchen was stocked with supplies and food. A craft/activity room now has three beds. THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Hacker holds South Carolina fire department servers hostage, as authorities investigate "If you see this message — this means your files are now encrypted and are in a non-working state!" That note was discovered on the Bluffton Township Fire District's computer servers on Sunday, which were rendered inoperable by a hacker, according to a report from the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office. Staff at the fire department discovered they could not log into their computers Sunday and alerted Information Technology staff, who discovered that records, files and email communications had been encrypted. Late Sunday night, they reported the issue to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, S.C. Law Enforcement Division and Cyber Crimes unit for the F.B.I. Personal information on the fire department's servers was not accessed in the hack, and the department's ability to respond to emergencies was not affected, Bluffton Fire Capt. Lee Levesque said. THE ISLAND PACKET TV shows are donating supplies to local hospitals, fire departments amid coronavirus pandemic Fox's "The Resident" is doing its part to protect the residents -- and other health care workers -- at an Atlanta-area hospital amid the spread coronavirus. Dr. Karen L. Law, who is the program director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Emory University, posted a photo to Instagram on Wednesday showing off a donation of masks, gowns and other supplies made by the team behind the medical drama. A spokesman for Disney Television Studios, which produces the series, confirmed the donation to CNN. "To the entire team @theresidentonfox, thank you for this incredibly generous donation of #PPE from your set, including gowns, masks, gloves, and all the things our healthcare workers need to provide safe care for our community during #COVID19," Law wrote. "Yesterday, I had a serious discussion with the residents about how, though supplies are low, a magical shipment of masks is unlikely to arrive. And yet, a magical shipment of masks DID arrive, in the form of this very generous gesture." CNN Fire department in Washington state shifting operations as it deals with quarantines of firefighters More than 30 members of the Spokane Fire Department are in self-quarantine in an attempt to stop the spread of sickness amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The firefighters – representing about 10% of the department –were exposed to patients who had symptoms similar to COVID-19. As of Thursday morning, none of them had received a positive test for the novel coronavirus – though one firefighter is in the hospital. Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said the department must take extreme precautions to prevent the spread of the illness. And the department is shifting some operations in partnership with a neighboring fire district to allow firefighters to isolate themselves from family members if they are concerned about spreading illness to their families. Firefighters who normally respond from Spokane Fire Department Station No. 6 on the West Plains have a new home at Spokane County Fire District 10 Station No. 10-1 as Station No. 6 is turned into a quarantine facility for Spokane firefighters. THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW IAFC to Congress: Include T-Band Mandate Repeal in COVID-19 Stimulus Package The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and other public safety and related industry organizations wrote to congressional leaders urging action on repealing the T-Band auction mandate on the nation's largest municipalities as part of any coronavirus emergency stimulus spending package. Read letter (PDF) "We write to strongly urge you to include language that would repeal Section 6103 in Title VI of P.L. 112-96 in any stimulus legislation related to the COVID-19 pandemic," the organizations wrote. "Such language will prevent the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from being forced to auction and clear public safety communications from critical spectrum known as the T-Band (470 MHz-512 MHz). "As emergency medical service (EMS), fire department, police department personnel, and others work to keep their communities safe and healthy during the current crisis and in the future, it is imperative that these T-Band users know they will continue to have the resources they need to do their jobs on behalf of the public." IAFC.ORG PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| L-O-D-D West Virginia - Zachary S. Blankenship, Firefighter, Montcalm Volunteer Fire Department, Montcalm, WV L-O-D-D Michigan - Benjamen "Ben" Lauren, Firefighter, Forsyth Township Fire Department, Gwinn, MI L-O-D-D North Carolina - Joseph Jessie Tucker, Jr., Safety Officer, Thoroughfare Volunteer Fire Department, Goldsboro, NC L-O-D-D Pennsylvania - Jerome Guise, Firefighter, Citizen's Fire Company No. 1 of Mt. Holly Springs, Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania CFSI to Postpone National Fire and Emergency Services Symposium & Dinner - Due to Coronavirus Pandemic Coronavirus: What Fire Chiefs Need to Know - Webinar Coronavirus (COVID-19): - Resources for Fire Chiefs Last Call For FEMA Funded Opportunity - Get Your Safety Culture Data - Enrollment Closes April 15th 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 May 17, 2020 Nominations Open for IAFC Ben Franklin Award for Valor - Apply by May 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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| Fire-EMS College Student Live-In Program - Southern Maine Community College - South Portland, ME 3M Eastern Zone-Field Service Specialist - MD, NJ, PA, DE or New York Fire Marshal - Weber State University - Ogden, UT Deputy Fire Marshal - Pierce County - Tacoma, WA Battalion Chief-Training / Health & Safety Officer - City of Pearland - Pearland, TX (closes: Mar 27, 2020) Fire Chief - Bellevue Fire Rescue Department - Bellevue, WI (closes: Mar 30, 2020) EMS Director - Meeker Volunteer Fire & Rescue - Meeker, CO (closes: Apr 05, 2020) Assistant Fire Chief - City of Savannah - Savannah, GA (closes: Apr 10, 2020) Fire Chief - Lake Valley Fire Protection District - South Lake Tahoe, CA (closes: Apr 17, 2020) Firefighter IV/III/II - City of Thornton - Thornton, CO (closes: May 04, 2020) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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| Canceled: Wildland-Urban Interface - Reno, NV - Texas IAAI Fire & Arson Investigators Seminar - TEEX - Austin, TX - March 22-27, 2020 2020 IFE-USA AGM And Educational Conference - Indianapolis, IN - April 20, 2020 Water Rescue Instructor Academy - Lifesaving Resources, LLC - Portland, ME - May 14-17, 2020 IAFC conneXions - Dallas, TX - May 18-20, 2020 International Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference - IAFC - Baltimore, MD - June 4-7, 2020 NFPA Conference & Expo - Orlando, FL - June 15-18, 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 VCOS Symposium in the Sun - IAFC - Clearwater, FL - November 12-15, 2020 POST EVENT MORE EVENTS |
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