Home Detention; Making it Official; Uniting, Rather than Dividing; Firehouse Fatigue; Chief is Suspended; And More
News from STATter 911 and beyond.
Former IAFF Local 1619 official will be spending a lot of time at home.
Friday is the official swearing-in of DC Fire and EMS Chief Dennis Rubin.
One of the things Chief Rubin is dealing with is the task force that will decide if “EMS” remains a part of his title. While they try and determine if there should be a split of fire and EMS in Washington, in Pittsburgh they are doing just the opposite. EMSresponder.com has the link to that article.
Are you feeling fatigued after a day at the firehouse? Are you trying to do more with less? Well, someone is listening. Or, at least, watching and studying. Firetimes.com found this Arizona Republic article on an Arizona State University study “to determine the effects that working high call volumes under stressful conditions have on job performance”.
Some decent pictures from stmarystoday.com of firefighters peeling back the roof of a pick-up truck at Route 5 and Hermanville Road.
The Hagerstown Herald-Mail has the latest details on an ugly lawsuit involving an ambulance company, a fire company, and a woman who died from pregnancy complications.
And finally, FireFighterCloseCalls.Com has this article from the Daily Record about a New Jersey fire chief being suspended for entering a home to look for smoke without wearing his gear.
