Firefighter Headline News

RI Receives Over $654,000 in Fire Safety Grants; Hope Valley/Wyoming, North Scituate, Portsmouth, and Providence win competitive FEMA grants; Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) News Release

05/17/2013 PROVIDENCE, RI - In an effort to prevent household fires and help local fire departments upgrade equipment and train firefighters, Rhode Islan...

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $125,000 FOR CHURCHVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT; FUNDING MEANS VITAL EQUIPMENT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS; With DHS/FEMA Funding, Churchville FD Will Purchase New Air Packs and Breathing Apparatus; Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) News Release

05/17/2013 U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced the Churchville Volunteer Fire Department is set to receive $125,581 in Roun...

SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCE OVER $125,000 FOR CHURCHVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT; FUNDING MEANS VITAL EQUIPMENT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS; With DHS/FEMA Funding, Churchville FD Will Purchase New Air Packs and Breathing Apparatus; Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) News Release

05/17/2013 U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced the Churchville Volunteer Fire Department is set to receive $125,581 in Roun...

CONGRESSMAN RYAN ANNOUNCES OPERATIONS AND SAFETY GRANT FOR BAZETTA FIRE DEPARTMENT

05/17/2013 The following information was released by the office of Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan:Congressman Tim Ryan is announcing today that the Bazetta Fire Depa...

CONGRESSMAN RYAN ANNOUNCES OPERATIONS AND SAFETY GRANT FOR BAZETTA FIRE DEPARTMENT

05/17/2013 The following information was released by the office of Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan:Congressman Tim Ryan is announcing today that the Bazetta Fire Depa...

Rahall: FEMA Funding Awarded for Lewisburg Firefighters

05/17/2013 Rep. Nick Joe Rahall, D-W.Va. (3rd CD), issued the following news release:U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) Wednesday announced the Federal Emer...

Rahall: FEMA Funding Awarded for Lewisburg Firefighters

05/17/2013 Rep. Nick Joe Rahall, D-W.Va. (3rd CD), issued the following news release:U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) Wednesday announced the Federal Emer...

West Gardiner Firemen's Association president says fired chief not qualified

05/17/2013 WEST GARDINER, Maine -- Vicki Dill, who became the town's first female fire chief in March after agreeing to drop a 2009 sexual discrimination...

West Gardiner Firemen's Association president says fired chief not qualified

05/17/2013 WEST GARDINER, Maine -- Vicki Dill, who became the town's first female fire chief in March after agreeing to drop a 2009 sexual discrimination...

Officials criticize fire truck prom ride

05/17/2013

A Pennsylvania fire chief was criticized by officials for having a fire truck deliver his son to his high school prom.

Officials criticize fire truck prom ride

05/17/2013

A Pennsylvania fire chief was criticized by officials for having a fire truck deliver his son to his high school prom.

REP. LIPINSKI WORKS TO IMPROVE FIREFIGHTER SAFETY IN SOUTH SUBURBS

05/17/2013 The following information was released by the office of Illinois Rep. Daniel Lipinski:U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (IL-3) announced today that a par...

REP. LIPINSKI WORKS TO IMPROVE FIREFIGHTER SAFETY IN SOUTH SUBURBS

05/17/2013 The following information was released by the office of Illinois Rep. Daniel Lipinski:U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (IL-3) announced today that a par...

Lowell firefighters get new truck from New York

05/17/2013 LOWELL, Maine -- Town firefighters hope to have their newest truck in service in about three weeks after having traveled to upstate New York t...

Welcome Home, Lt. Kelley; City Firefighter Injured Battling Blaze Is Greeted As A Hero

05/17/2013 Staff Writeracrable@lnpnews.comNearly three months after being severely burned in a fire that killed two in the city, firefighter Lt. Andre Ke...