Posts Categorized: Ems Topics/administration Leadership
Seafare Restaurant Burns Down in Myrtle Beach
MYRTLE BEACH - Horry County fire crews battle a blaze at a Myrtle Beach restaurant. The Seafare Restaurant at 9925 North Kings Highway caught fire at approximately 9:23pm Saturday night, said Horry County Fire Rescue spokesperson Lesley Yancey. (more..…
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Vacant Mill In Clinton Destroyed In Fire
CLINTON - Fire crews are still on the scene of a fire that destroyed an Upstate mill. Clinton firefighters responded just after 7pm Saturday to the Lydia Mill on Peachtree Street. The fire destroyed what was left of the now vacant mill. It was in …
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Fire Destroys Spartanburg County Home
HOLLY SPRINGS - A massive fire destroyed a home on Ben Hurt Road Extension tonight near Lyman Lake in Spartanburg County. Holly Springs Fire responded just before 7pm Saturday. Nine other fire departments joined the effort. Firefighters coul…
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Tanker Truck Burns In Massive Fire After Anderson County Wreck
ANDERSON COUNTY - Flames and black smoke billowed from a tanker truck that caught fire after a crash in Anderson County. The South Carolina Highway Patrol reported the accident on Shady Grove Road near Holiday Dam Road at 10:23 a.m. (more...)…
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DC Chief Kenneth Ellerbe comments on suspension of spokesman Lon Walls over racism allegations. More discussion of order telling firefighters to behave at mayor’s speech.
Chief appears on radio talk show.
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San Francisco Fire Department releases report into deaths of Lt. Vincent Perez and FF/PM Anthony Valerio. Flashover caused when glass in sliding door shattered.
Chief says the key factor in the deaths was the window breaking which firefighters had not control over.
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The Conversation is Heating UP! Is an LODD Acceptable Ever?
I would love to hear what you all have to say. This is a great reason to be connected with The Fire Critic on Facebook! Be sure to click "like" when you visit and share the page with your friends. Comments are always appreciated.
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Even when running with a short crew, this kid knows to drop a supply line. But we do need to get him some LDH.
Someone is doing a good job mentoring this young firefighter.
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Alexandria (VA) Fire Department Paramedic Joshua Weissman dies after fall off of I-395 bridge. Watch raw video of press conference.
Radio traffic from car fire and rescue of paramedic
Previous coverage of this story
Alexandria Fire Department Paramedic Joshua Weissman has died at the Washington Hospital Center following his fall last night off a bridge carrying I-395 over Four Mi…
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Fire Chief Wants to Replace Fire Engines With Pickup Trucks
THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, HAS DIRECTED the Fire Chief Laura Knapp to cut spending 10% over the next three years. So she has come up with a plan that the City Council loves to hear.
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UPDATED: Scores of firefighters in DCFD garb show for mayor’s speech. No comment from Chief Ellerbe on spokesman Lon Walls’ claims that previous protest was ‘racist act’.
EMS union president thinks firefighter 24-hour shifts should go.
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Can Emergency Services Lean on a Manufacturing Model?
Will the Lean Manufacturing Model handle the Toast Patrol?
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Best of the Rest – Moving Fires, Sweepstakes, America’s Fire Captain and much more!
Come see Superman & Lex Luthor together: Or maybe it's more like Austin Powers & Dr. Evil. Dave Statter meets Rhett Fleitz. Somehow I ended up on the same bill with THE Fire Critic at the Ohio Fire & Emergency Services Foundation's 2012 Leadership Conference.
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DC Fire Spokesman Lon Walls calls firefighters’ protest of Chief Ellerbe a ‘racist act’. Posts thoughts on Facebook & Twitter.
Are firefighters who protest DC fire chief racists?
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UPDATE: DC firefighters receive official warning about protests at Mayor’s speech. Union president cites first amendment. Spokesman tells City Paper directive did not come from the chief, but tells Post it would be frowned upon.
Did deputy chief issue order on his own? Chief's spokesman tells reporter Ellerbe did not send out such a directive.
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So Much for That “It’s Not Vacant Until We Search” Ideology
Aggressive and Safety each took a hit in Toledo.
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UPDATE – Audio from Philadelphia house fire with rescues. Three firefighters & four civilians hurt. Lt. critical but stable.
One firefighter seriously burned on both arms.
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Black FDNY Applicants Get House Calls to Complete Applications
Some black applicants will be getting house calls by the Vulcan Society to help them complete their incomplete applications. This was approved by a Court Monitor. We are talking about over 2000 house calls! Keep in mind that 52% of the applicants are black.
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Raw video: Fires in Gary and Lake Station, Indiana.
A pair of fires on Saturday afternoon.
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Fire Burns Festiva Welcome Center
HORRY COUNTY - Traffic will continue to be slow moving Friday afternoon after a two alarm blaze at a Myrtle Beach Welcome Center shut down the beach bound lanes of Highway 501.
Leslie Yancey, spokeswoman for Horry County Fire Rescue, said firefighte…
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Toledo Fire Department issues report on man’s body found after demolition of burned apartment building. Provides details of search done after initial evacuation order.
Firefighters had already rescued five as fire traveled from second floor to the attic.
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Car Crash Kills Fire Chief and Injures Assistant Chief in Pennsylvania
THE FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA (near Erie) FIRE CHIEF and Assistant Fire Chief were traveling to a training session at 7 pm Thursday evening when a car coming the opposite direction crossed the center of the roadway and struck them head-on.
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President Obama gets DCFD T-shirt at ACFD firehouse. Firefighter hands it over at veterans’ job initiative announcement.
DC spokesman doesn't read much into it.
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2012, The First 10
Here is a specific breakdown of these first ten fatalities.
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KayCee City Manager Wants To Lay Off Firefighters, Use Savings To Give Other City Employees Raises