Quick takes
Click here or scroll down for a long list of links to stories we covered over the weekend
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Firefighters make their point: In Uniontown, PA, firefighters put their gear at the feet of the City Council to show solidarity in an effort to restore three firefighter positions that had been cut. It was a rather contentious meeting. The video above only covers part of it. There is a blow-by-blow description here.
Letting state employees leave jobs to respond on calls: In Virginia it is against state regulations to allow a state-funded employee to leave their jobs to respond as a volunteer on fire and EMS calls. In Bath County there is such a shortage of volunteers they are asking Governor Tim Kaine to relax that rule. Read the details.
Trooper saves retired fire captain: A Massachusetts State Trooper, who is a former firefighter and EMT and is currently assigned to the State Fire Marshals Office, saw smoke while on Route 28 in Wareham while returning from the Department of Fire Service in Stow. It turned out to be a truck that had crashed into a tree with a man in cardiac arrest inside the vehicle. Trooper Mike Peters rescued the man, got him breathing again and began putting out the fire with his K-9’s water rations. Read the story.
Honoring a 113-year-old LODD: Lt. Patrick O’Donnell died at a fire in a Chicago dry goods story on November 21, 1895. His grave never had a marker. It does now. Read the story.
