Posts Categorized: Current Events
Rude Fire Chief Appeals His Dismissal
He Said He Was Going to Do It
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Court Orders San Fran. Fire Chief’s Salary Garnisheed For Failure to Pay Spousal Support
Stopped Making Payments When Hubby Went to Jail.
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Promotional Opportunities
More Space at the Top Comes Available
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Broken Hydrant Brings Down Gas Station Canopy
Red Light Runner Triggers Chain Reaction
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Looney Trustee Update
FOLLOWING THE FIREGEEZER REPORT on Sunday about the loose cannon Trustee of St. Joseph Township in Indiana, we all were wondering how this man was legally able to do the things he did.
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Another Bent Treasurer Goes Down
THE FORMER CHIEF AND TREASURER OF A NEW JERSEY volunteer ambulance squad was arrested Monday and charged with hindering apprehension, third- and fourth-degree theft, witness tampering, obstruction and unsworn falsification.
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More Municipal Motorcar Malfeasance
The National Champion for Corrupted and Incompetent Cities is still owned, without any immediate threats to it's position, by Detroit, Michigan.
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Ambulance Abuse Leads to Immigration Bust
A GROUP OF SIX ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS from Mexico, relying on tips learned through the underground apparently, called for an ambulance when they were stranded and needed a ride....
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Road Rager Sets His Own Car on Fire
A NEW HAMPSHIRE TEEN IS IN A HEAP O' TROUBLE after being charged with felony reckless conduct and criminal mischief.
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Train Parking Only
A YOUNG MAN DRIVING IN PARIS, FRANCE, Tuesday was looking for a parking place when he thought he saw a driveway to an underground garage.
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Last Month’s German Ka-Boom May Lead to Auto Assembly Lines Shutdown
THE EXPLOSION AT AN EVONIC INDUSTRIES chemical plant in Marl, Germany, on March 31 may lead to a severe cutback in automobile production world-wide.
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Job Opportunities – Firefighter I/II
Closing date April 20
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North Carolina Transportation Board Flips – Will Now Allow Highway Bridge to Be Named After Fire Captain Bowen.
A COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT of Transportation has voted this morning (Wednesday) to overrule a policy and recommend that a highway bridge be named in honor of Ashville Fire Captain Jeffrey Bowen who died tragically last June while fighting a fire in a mid-rise office building.
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Moving to the New Station
The Whung Lo police recently moved from an old and cramped building into a new station and their moving day was documented on a video that Captain Li-Kari has shared with us.
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Albuqueque Firefighters Miss Mega-Millions by a Digit, Settle for 10 Grand.
FIVE ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, FIREFIGHTERS from Station 8 had a heart-stopping moment Friday night when their jointly-held Mega-Millions lottery ticket missed the big payoff by one digit.
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UK Petrol Panic Leaves Ambulances Dry and Mum Burned
A NATIONWIDE BINGE OF GASOLINE AND DIESEL fuel panic-buying has stripped Great Britain's gas stations of their supplies and caused some near-deadly results.
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Promotional Opportunities
THE CARLISLE, IOWA, FIRE DEPARTMENT is showing some openings at the top of the personnel chart following the sudden resignation of the fire chief yesterday (Monday) and their assistant chief as well.
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Meth Lab Nursing Home Shut Down
THE NOTORIOUS PARK HAVEN NURSING HOME in Ashtabula, Ohio, has relocated all its patients and closed its doors for business on Friday.
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But Was He Wearing His Seat Belt?
We'll bet you that you hit the "Replay" button at least once
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California County Warned About Possibility of 20% Reduction in Fire Protection
Plummeting Tax Revenue the Culprit
THE EAST-BAY REGION CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, California, is facing the possibility of a severe cutback in fire protection service unless a special "per parcel" tax is approved by the voters this Novembe…
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Pittsburgh Firefighters and the Law – Cont’d.
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A SPECIAL relationship with the magistrate, it seems.
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Funny Pants
The other day she was poking around in her boyfriend's pants and she noticed something a little different
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Hale Products Moving to Florida
HALE PRODUCTS, PRODUCERS OF THE BEST-KNOWN pumps for fire apparatus, informed the workers in their home plant in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Monday that they will be shutting down the century-old factory and relocating their manufacturing to Ocala, Florida, by the end of the year.
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FDNY Firefighter Nabbed With Geezer Gang in Betting Ring Bust
Runner For the Genovese Geriatrics
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Crazed Man Head-Butts Responding Fire Engine
An Allentown FD engine that was responding to a fire call attracted the man's attention and he ran out in the street attempting to flag down the engine.
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