Quick Takes: January 7, 2011
House fire in Junction City, Kansas: No details on this fire posted to YouTube yesterday.
New deputy chief to make almost $100K and isn’t allowed to set foot on fire department property: From Daytona Beach, Florida, Lt. Kristine Gray has entered into an agreement with the city that will settle her discrimination claim by giving Gray a promotion to deputy chief and $99,000 a year salary for three years until she can retire. As part of the settlement agreement Gray will be on leave with pay for the three years and is not allowed to be on fire department property. Gray claimed she was unfairly demoted from battalion chief after a fire in 2008. Click here for this interesting story.
FDNY removes some of the fuel from the fire: Click here to check out New York firefighters using a ladder truck to tow a burning vehicle away from a burning manhole.
That was a very good year: A nice find at Glenn Usdin’s FireTruckBlog.com. Video of an interesting 1955 rig. It looks in better shape than a certain blogger I know who was manufactured in the same year. Check it out. Also get today’s rundown of deliveries and other interesting apparatus news.
Stubborn fire at pipe organ company: In Hagerstown, Maryland firefighters spent Thursday dealing with a fire at the historic M.P. Moller Pipe Organ factory. It’s a place where some of the largest pipe organs in the world were built. The building is now partially occupied by the Eastern Organ Pipes. Click here to read the details and here for the video.
Train lights off factory Down Under: Firegeezer has the story from Australia of how a passing train started a fire that eventually spread to a factory. Click here. While you are there check out the makeover of the site. Apparently Bill & Mike have had some work done.
Budget deal stops overnight closing of FDNY companies: A deal between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council will mean good news for FDNY. Read the story.
Snow job does in EMS chief for FDNY: In case you missed it there is a new chief of EMS for FDNY after all the problems during the recent major snowstorm. Click here for our coverage.
More on the pair of Toronto maydays: The local press is looking how fellow firefighters rescued two of their own at Monday’s six-alarm fire. There are stories here and here. Our earlier coverage with the fireground audio is here.
Incendiary devices sent to Maryland offices: WUSA9.com has the latest on the scare at Maryland State offices yesterday after two packages flared up in separate mail rooms. As you can imagine it’s got people a bit jumpy. Here’s the earlier coverage.
