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Picture & video of the day: This is from the flooding in and around Atlanta. Click here to watch the video and learn what is known so far about this fire engine. Click here.
Was ambulance crew passed by rescue squad lost during response to car crash?: That’s the indication from a newly released statement by the Quakertown Fire Company. Firefighters claim ambulance was taking a much longer route, going below the speed limit and would not respond to the radio. Read the fire company’s first detailed statement about the incident on September 13 in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Layoffs don’t include firefighters: As we first reported last week. Prince George’s County, Maryland is laying off employees. The total is 125 with another 25 vacant positions are being eliminated. A county spokesman confirms for the Gazette’s Daniel Valentine what senior government officials told us, that police officers and firefighters are not among those being laid off. Read the article.
The mayor breaks her silence: A TV station actually catches Mayor Helen Adams outside of her home and gets a few words from her about the mass resignation of the town’s fire department that followed the shooting of the assistant chief by a police officer. Firegeezer, as usual, is on top of this one.
Chief thinks more people will be crashing into the fire station: You may have seen the story of the car that did structural damage when it crashed into a fire station in Pelham, New Hampshire. Pelham’s fire chief thinks it is likely to happen again. Read the story.
TIC helps Virginia Beach firefighters make save: A Monday afternoon save for Virginia Beach firefighters. A thermal imaging camera helped them find a disabled man trapped in a burning home. He is being treated for smoke inhalation. Read the story from WAVY-TV. Read Battalion Chief Tim Riley’s press release.
Neighbors save woman from Chesapeake, Virginia home: Not far from Virginia Beach another drama played out on Monday. Neighbors kicked down the door and brought a woman out of her burning home. They also took some early video of the garage fire. Click here.
The 7700 pound elephant in the room … or rather on the incline: In El Paso, Texas firefighters used airbags to help a struggling elephant at the zoo stand up (at least they didn’t go out of service to give her a bath). Read the story from FirefightingNews.com.
Rescuers get stung: Helping an 83-year-old man after he was stung by a bee, the fire department in Cleburne, Texas also ends up on the receiving end. Read the story.
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East St. Louis firefighters win one battle: Facing 13 layoffs, firefighters in East St. Louis, Illinois rallied against the cuts on Monday. At the same time the cuts were rejected by the city’s Financial Advisory Authority.
