Posts Tagged: Maine
Maine’s Franklin Hospital/Northstar Ambulance issues a non-statement about dying man’s wife claim she was left on side of road. Another lesson in reputation mismanagement.
Eight days after incident hospital and ambulance service have no facts to provide.
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Update: Skier’s widow says story is even worse than depicted. Maine hospital may release information on investigation today.
Some lessons in how not to handle the bad news.
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Wife who asked to be beside her dying husband in ambulance says crew left her on side of road. Questions about care after Maine skiing accident.
Nurse practitioner says crew pulled over and left her after she insisted on being in the patient compartment to hold her dying husband's hand.
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Pump test failure. Not the pump. Rig & two firefighters end up in Kennebec River in Anson, Maine.
The rig came out of pump gear and went into the river with two firefighters on board.
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Chief decides wall is the best choice after fire engine’s brakes give out
Chief is being praised for quick thinking that kept the damage low with a runaway fire truck.
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Must see video: Banning sprinklers & allowing fireworks. Some not so random thoughts about freedom for Independence Day. Plus, some 1990s FDNY July 4th videos.
Is the freedom to injure, burn and maim what our founding fathers had in mind?
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Is it me, or is this newspaper just asking for it?
It's a headline that does catch your attention.
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LODD – Shapleigh VFD Firefighter David Remington Killed in Crash
Firefighter David Remington was killed at 10 pm Monday night on the way to a call. David, a firefighter with the Shapleigh Fire Department in Maine, was in his personal vehicle responding for an emergency. The 58 year old firefighter is listed as N28 and a driver/operator on the departments roster.
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Some good news: Bangor Fire Department Captain John Prentiss saved by the firefighter/paramedics who travel with him.
Captain is home from the hospital two-days after going into cardiac arrest.
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Weekend Video Wrap-up: L.A. County Large Commercial Fire, Congress St. Fire in Portland, and Going Exterior in Willimantic
Here are some embedded videos and some links to other videos from this past weekend involving fires across the Nation. As always, be sure to let me know if you come across a video to share!
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Westbrook Maine Settlement of Sexual Harassment Claims… Round 3 $850k
A settlement has been reached in the longstanding sexual harassment dispute in Westbrook, Maine. See past blog. And another. And another. Sadly this was the third round of sexual harassment claims - extending back to the early 1990s, an…
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Family Sues FDNY and EMT for Death of Pregnant Woman – Failure to Act
The family of a pregnant woman who accused two FDNY EMTs of refusing to come to her aid in her final moments, have filed suit against the city and one of the EMTs.
Eutisha Rennix died on December 9, 2009 after she suffered an asthma attack at work …
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County City Squabble Ends Fire Based Paramedic Service in Stockton
A four year battle with between the City of Stockton and San Joaquin County over EMS has resulted in the Stockton Fire Department having to discontinue paramedic level services that have been provided for over three decades. This case is one of sev…
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FIREFIGHTER EAST Magazine
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A new online firefighter online magazine has appeared on the horizon. It is FIREFIGHTER EAST and it looks to be a solid publication. Not to be in com…
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Quick Takes
Tuesday's fire and EMS news.
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Quick Takes
Friday's top fire & EMS news.
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Quick Takes
Tuesday's Quick Takes is topped by the off-duty arrest of Paramedic Maurice White Jr. who was at the center of the confrontation last May with an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper. Plus, much more (including the answer as to why this fire truck is up on the roof).
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LA County Fire Department Sex Harassment Claims Close to Settlement
The Los Angeles Daily News reported on Monday, that the Los Angeles County Claims Board was meeting to consider settling two Los Angeles County Fire Department lawsuits arising out of sexual harassment that occurred in 2003. Reportedly, Mary Villegas, wh…
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Families Sue Building Owners for Fire Deaths
The families of three young women killed in a fire at the Willows of Coventry apartment complex in Fort Wayne, Indiana on January 23, 2009, are now suing the owners of the property, alleging they failed to provide a reasonably safe place to live. The thr…
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Ready… Fire… Aim
On December 23, 2009, a Superior Court Judge in New Jersey, dismissed internal administrative charges against three Atlantic City firefighters who were suspended in the aftermath of a sensationalized case, the likes of which brought in such headliners as…
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Sexual Harassment in Westbrook – The Story Continues
There has been another development in the decade long sexual
harassment battle in the Westbrook, Maine Fire Department, as two male firefighters
have contested disciplinary actions imposed against them. Lt. Donald Trafford and
Firefighter Matthew Lamonta…
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You Can’t Win Them All
A retired battalion chief from the Kansas City (Missouri)
Fire Department who won two previous Federal court cases for sexual
discrimination in 1999 (Kline I) and 2006 (Kline II), finally lost a case (Kline
III). On December 22, 2009, a Jackson County Ci…
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