Quick takes
Picture of the day: This is not how Halifax firefighters expected to see their new fire boat. It was during a check ride Wednesday morning that the 28-foot vessel flipped over in what is being described as calm water. The good news, possibly, is that the representatives from the manufacturer and the supplier were on board when it happened. Five firefighters were also along for the ride. Only minor injuries reported. The picture is by Tim Krochak at the Chronicle Herald, where you can read more details.
Union president and chief’s stories are at odds over firehouse cutting: The chief says it was horseplay and that the victim doesn’t want to press charges. The EMS union president says it wasn’t horseplay and the victim, his union member, is going to swear out a warrant against the fire lieutenant who cut him. Read the latest on the incident at DC’s Engine 5.
Montgomery County, MD chief among those mentioned in Charleston: Did Post & Courier reporter Ron Menchaca’s fishing expedition trying to find out who the seven finalists are for the fire chief’s job nab the big one, or will they all have to be thrown back? We should learn the answer Friday from Charleston Mayor Joe Riley. That’s when the mayor is expected to announce the names of the finalists he will interview. Among those Menchaca’s sources say are possible finalists are Montgomery County, MD Chief Tom Carr and Clearwater, FL chief Jamie Geer. To get those names, and a few others, Menchaca reports he was burning up the phone lines talking to chiefs and deputy chiefs in about two dozen cities. Those cities were in six states cited by Menchaca’s sources as being the current locations of the finalists. They are Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, Alabama, Missouri and Ohio. Read the story.
London’s black cabs are pulled because of fires: For the eighth time in three months the engine of a specific type taxi used in London has caught fire. All TX4-type with a 56 registration have been ordered off the streets for inspections. Click here.
