Quick takes
Fireground audio from rescue of triplets: There are signs of improvement on the three brothers rescued from a burning Bethesda, Maryland house fire last Thursday. We have new details about the rescues and fireground audio. Click here.
New tapes in Maryland State Police chopper crash: WBAL-TV in Baltimore has the communications between Trooper 2’s pilot Stephen Bunker and the Andrews Air Force Base control tower just moments before the helicopter crashed. Watch the story.
You can have your cake and eat it too. And it might be served by a recruit: Next Monday is DC Council member Jim Graham’s 63rd birthday. There is a big bash at the Columbia Heights Community Center. Rather than learning how to fight fires and save lives that day, DC Fire & EMS Department Chief Dennis Rubin wants a 32-member recruit class to learn about community service. Chief Rubin has assigned the class to serve food and drinks to the public. It is creating a bit of a stir. Read the story.
Overtime windfall for Louisville firefighters: From courier-journal.com –
It will cost at least $17.6 million to pay Louisville firefighters the money they are owed for years of miscalculated overtime, city officials said yesterday.
That would give an average of $22,250 in back pay to the 793 retired and active firefighters eligible for the payments. The exact amount each firefighter receives will vary, depending on their time with the department and the amount of overtime they worked.
Baltimore dwelling fire: Interior attack on a vacant rowhouse fire in Southwest Baltimore on Tuesday. Watch video.
Busy day in Houston: One three-alarm apartment building fire Tuesday afternoon in Southwest Houston. Watch the raw helicopter video. A second three-alarm apartment fire in Southwest Houston Tuesday night. Information here.
Hot water for chief over fire truck bid: From Stratford, Connecticut, this is the lead to an article at ConnPost.com–
Fire Chief John Cybart faces possible termination for policy violations and misconduct, including “displaying a gross lack of judgment” and “conflict of interest” regarding the bidding process and selection of a long-awaited firetruck, according to a report to Mayor James R. Miron.
