Liberty Mutual Honors Fire Safety Heroes With National Firemark Awards and $10,000 Grants for Fire Departments.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Ask any firefighter what being "on-call" means, and you'll hear tales of midnight rescues or holiday dinners cut short by the call of duty. In fact, every 19 seconds, a U.S. fire department responds to a fire somewhere across the country, according to...

On the job Iowa; 28 fire departments fight stubborn blaze in sub-zero weather.
Firefighters in the Midwest are acclimated to dealing with all types of emergencies in all extremes of weather. Frigid cold is one extreme that firefighters recount with no small amount of trepidation and a factor that compounded challenges confronting firefighters from 28 fire departments who responded to an alarm...

Local departments fight fire in Harvard building.
Byline: John Weeks HARVARD - The Clinton, Lancaster and Bolton fire departments raced to Harvard on Tuesday morning to help put out a structure fire and, in so doing, helped preserve the town's history. "There was a fire in the attic of the building at...

Hazmat response in the heartland: are rural fire departments adequately trained for Hazmat emergencies?
Most of the recent firefighter deaths in the United States involving hazardous materials occurred in the nation's heartland. Incidents in rural places like Burnside, IL, population 242; Albert City, IA, population 709; and the unincorporated Ghent, WV, have resulted in the deaths of firefighters and other emergency responders. Two...

Safety building two-thirds complete; Police, fire departments expect August move-in.
Byline: Paula J. Owen ASHBURNHAM - Barring any setbacks, the police and fire departments will move into a safer and much larger building next to the town's Post Office by the end of August. Police Chief Loring Barrett said this week that the building is...

Hundreds of Fire and Building Officials Attend Residential Fire Sprinkler Summit.
ADDISON, Ill., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 300 fire and building officials from 70 fire departments, 24 fire protection districts and people representing 22 various associations attended the Residential Fire Sprinkler Summit at the Medinah Shriners facility in Addison, Illinois. Keynote speakers included Jim Shannon, president of the...

Will Jose Rivera become a police officer? City Council seeks legislative waiver of age limit.
Byline: Nick Kotsopoulos WORCESTER - The City Council is seeking a waiver to a state law that prohibits people older than 32 from being appointed to the Police and Fire departments so a former local boxing star can be eligible to take an upcoming Civil Service police...

Fire departments discover "Dragons": Alabama firefighter's creation teaches kids about the dangers of fire.
The Mobile, AL, Fire-Rescue Department has a new firefighter on its team. He's short, green and his breath is a fire hazard. "Dusty the Spectacular Smoke Smeller" Dragon is Fire Educator Kent Landsberg's newest lifesaving tool. Together, Dusty and Firefighter Kent teach children the dangers of fire and make...

Councilors want rules on staffing; Petition would set minimum levels for Police, Fire Departments.
Byline: Matthew Bruun FITCHBURG - Facing a loss of six police officers and more than a dozen firefighters in an effort to balance the fiscal 2009 budget, city officials are looking to establish minimum staffing levels for public safety. Councilors Stephan Hay and Joel R....

E-ONE is Giving Away a Tradition ES Commercial Pumper at The 2009 Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC).
OCALA, Fla., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate the launch of the "Tradition ES Series", E-ONE is giving away a Tradition ES and asking departments throughout the U.S. to tell us why they deserve a chance at winning the new commercial pumper. "Tradition ES" by E-ONE includes...