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Prepare for the wildfire year, not just wildfire season, with FirstNet
Author: Chief Kim Zagaris, WFCA Wildfire Policy and Technology Advisor
With wildfire season off to another early start and the fire season persisting longer, we can all attest that it’s becoming more difficult to find time to re-evaluate our preparedness plans. And that difficulty is only compounded as we continue to respond to everyday incidents and deal with COVID-19. All first responders should seriously consider FirstNet as public safety’s collective communications platform, especially as we prepare to respond to all-hazard incidents.
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PHOTOS: Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O'Hara reports that a Newark Firefighter suffered 2nd-degree burns to his ears and neck while fighting a 2-alarm fire in the rectory of St. Lucy's Church after two Newark Police Officers called in the fire, with one entering the building and evacuating 10 people today.
According to police officials, Officers Johnson and Rivera were patrolling the area just before 2:35 p.m. when they observed smoke emanating from the rectory, located at 118 7th Avenue. Police said that they contacted the Fire Division and Johnson entered the building to assist those inside to safety.
Officials said that responding firefighters located a fire in a sun porch area at the rear of the building. The fire extended to the building's 2nd floor and roof.
RLS MEDIA
A 75-year-old woman was killed in a fire in a mobile home in Carteret on Monday, an official said.
The fire broke out shortly after 3 p.m. in a trailer in the Carteret Mobile Park on Roosevelt Avenue, Fire Chief Mark Hruska said Tuesday.
The mobile home was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived and found the already deceased woman inside. Her identity was not available as family notifications are still being made. The cause and origin of the fire are under investigation, though it is not considered suspicious, Hruska said.
The trailer was destroyed in the blaze.
JERSEY CITY JOURNAL
Volunteers from the North Wildwood Fire Company No. 1 laid to rest long-time member Paul Amenhauser May 27.
According to a release, the volunteers provided Amenhauser a well-deserved formal firefighter's funeral ceremony. He was an integral part of the active brigade at the fire company.
As Battalion Chief Les Cline put it, "Paul symbolizes the fabric that makes the volunteer fire service a strong group of dedicated individuals." The North Wildwood Fire Company was joined by the members of the Anglesea Volunteer Fire Company, the North Wildwood Fire Company career division, and the Wildwood Fire Department career division.
Amenshauser served with the company faithfully for 37 years.
CAPE MAY COUNTY HERALD
Some people decide to join a volunteer fire company to learn a new trade, fill spare time in their days, or form bonds with a new pack of people.
For Khushwant S. Pall, becoming a first responder is a reflection of his own religion.
"The reason why we wear our turbans is if anyone is ever in need of anything, we're always there to render aid. We can easily spot it ... and I wanted to bring that towards an organization in my community that gives back," Pall said. "It's an obligation that we have: to help others." Pall is the first person of the Sikh religion to serve on the Three Bridges Volunteer Fire Company, which services both the Hunterdon community in its title as well as surrounding local communities.
He has been volunteering for the fire department for slightly over two years, but was recently sworn in by Readington Township as a fire police officer.
JERSEY CITY JOURNAL
A Hackensack man was arrested on an arson charge over the weekend, according to county authorities.
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of
Brandon McGarrell of Hackensack, NJ, was arrested on a charge of arson according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. The Hackensack Police Department received a report of a fire at 95 Essex Street on Saturday, May 29 at approximately 9:17 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found that the fire was extinguished, but it was intentionally set by an unknown male who then fled the scene. At that time, the police contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit. The ensuing investigation revealed that the fire was set by the defendant McGarrell.
TAP INTO HACKENSACK
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A firefighter killed a co-worker and wounded another at their small fire station before setting his own home ablaze and apparently killing himself in California's second deadly workplace shooting in days.
The gunman, a firefighter specialist and engineer, was off-duty when he apparently drove the 10 miles (16 kilometers) from his home in Acton, north of Los Angeles, and opened fire Tuesday morning at Los Angeles County Fire Station 81, authorities said.
The killer "was not scheduled to work today. He came back and confronted the on-duty personnel," a visibly shaken Fire Chief Daryl Osby told reporters. "I cannot speak to the mindset of the shooter."
The chief also said he didn't know about any disciplinary actions involving the gunman, who wasn't immediately identified.
A 44-year-old fire specialist, who drove a fire truck, was shot several times in the upper torso and died. He had been with the department for more than 20 years, Osby said.
KTLA-TV 5 CW LOS ANGELES
VIDEO/PHOTOS: Horry County Fire Rescue responded to a two-alarm fire at an apartment building in the 9000 block of Shore Drive Tuesday night before it turned into a four-alarm fire.
Crews were initially dispatched at 11:01 p.m. when a second alarm was sent.
Firefighters were pulled from the Ocean Bridge apartment building around 6:30 a.m. out of an abundance of caution for the safety of responders, officials said.
Additionally, large construction equipment was requested and will be on the scene to begin dismantling the heavily damaged units. Right before 1:00 a.m., the fire was upgraded to a third alarm fire, and just after 2:00 a.m., it was upgraded to a four-alarm.
Around 12:30 a.m. HCFR tweeted the fire was under control, this was before the fire was upgraded.
WPDE-TV ABC 15 FLORENCE
Sometimes careers start from the most unusual beginnings. So it was for Aaron Knotts, now chief of the Chillicothe Fire Department.
"The summer between my eighth- and ninth-grade years," he began, "I went to South Carolina with a friend and his family for a weeklong vacation. While down there, we had purchased some fireworks that were legal in SC."
"We brought some back to Ohio with us where they are illegal to set off," he continued. "We had given some to a couple neighborhood kids who ended up catching a school dumpster on fire with them. About a month later, a fire investigator showed up at my front door and asked if I had given some kids some fireworks and I said, ‘Yes.' I then had to go to the Lancaster Fire Department and give a formal statement and ended up having to do 25 hours of community service as my punishment."
CHILLICOTHE GAZETTE
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition caused by experiencing a traumatic event and effects both military and civilians alike. According to WebMD, nearly eight percent of adults will develop PTSD at some point in their lives.
Doctor Sam Fiala, an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University Central Texas, said the last 15 months has been hard on a lot of people. "It's been tough for people who have already been struggling with mental health issues, the added contextual stress that everybody shared was an extra burden," he said.
A new program being rolled out by Temple Fire & Rescue called Critical Incident Stress Management is aimed at giving first responders the tools and skills to assist fellow responders cope and recover from traumatic stress.
KCEN-TV NBC 6 TEMPLE
FDNY hero Abraham Miller, on a roof six stories above a Manhattan street, heard the screams before spotting something through the flames and billowing smoke: A child's tiny hand, extended from an apartment window.
As a colleague lowered Miller down by hand with a rope, with the screams of other residents echoing through the darkness, the five-year veteran tried to put the 5-year-old girl at ease.
"I told her, ‘We're coming, we're coming, relax,'" he recalled of the daring Sept. 29, 2020, rescue. "Once I had her in my arms, she was crying and I said, ‘Just put your arms around my neck.' The ride down was the longest ever.'"
The FDNY firefighter will be honored Wednesday with the Peter J. Ganci Jr. Memorial Award, the department's highest annual award for bravery, renamed last year for the late chief of department. Ganci became the FDNY's high-ranking uniformed member to die in the line of duty on 9/11.
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