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| 2 of 4 Houston firefighters quarantined in hotel show symptoms of COVID-19 Four Houston firefighters spent their first night in a Houston hotel under quarantine after contact with a COVID-19 patient. The four were ordered to isolate after a 'medium/high risk' contact with a potential patient. Two of the four are showing symptoms and are being tested for COVID-19, a source with the firefighter's union told ABC13 on Monday. In a sign that the novel coronavirus continues to move faster than leaders can react, the hotel rooms were secured in a late night shuffle by senior leaders of the Houston fire department. City emails reveal it wasn't wrapped up until early Sunday morning. "Four firefighters who were exposed to COVID-19 stated they were unable to quarantine at home," Houston Fire Chief Sam Pena tells ABC13. KTRK-TV ABC 13 HOUSTON ‘I'll fight till I can't fight no more': Waxahachie Fire Capt. Jon Wilson to retire after stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis After more than 20 years of service to the Waxahachie Fire Department, Capt. Jon Wilson, 51, is set to retire at the end of March. His retirement, however, comes a little earlier than expected. "I've been fighting cancer, so that's why I'm leaving," Wilson said. "They only give me two to five years to live ... I never was planning on leaving at this time. I wanted to do a couple more years and then retire at 55. This is the second go-around with cancer, and they told me it wasn't going to get better." Wilson was first diagnosed with colon cancer about three years ago before it went into remission, but that good news did not last very long as it came back at stage four. "Everything was fine and then all of a sudden, two weeks after they told me everything was fine, don't worry about cancer again, two weeks later they told me it's back," the fire captain recalled. WAXAHACHIE DAILY LIGHT Multiple fire departments respond to house fire in Brazos County A fire Saturday night in northeast Brazos County caused significant damage to a house but nobody was injured, said authorities. It happened around 9:00 p.m. in the 9500 block of Locke Road near Wheelock Hall Road between Wheelock and Wixon Valley. "When we arrived the home was engulfed in flames. We were able to save a couple of the vehicles and thankfully nobody was home when it started. The residents were out of town," said Rick Wagner, Training Coordinator for Brazos County District 2 Volunteer Fire Department. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Assisting at the scene Saturday night was College Station Fire, Bryan Fire, Brazos County Volunteer Fire Departments Precinct 2, 3, and 4, and Wheelock VFD from Robertson County. KBTX-TV CBS 3 BRYAN Cadillac with 9-year-old passenger crashes into power line after racing with Corvette in Houston A major accident involving a 9-year-old caused a power line to almost fall and sent one driver to the trauma center late Sunday night. Houston Police and Fire Department Precinct 8 deputies responded to reports of a major crash on the Sam Houston feeder at Beamer Road around 10:20 p.m. Sunday. Police say a black Cadillac hit a curb and slid into a ditch, striking a tower for high tension power lines and causing it to lean and appear compromised. Firefighters spent about 20 minutes cutting the driver from the wreckage. The driver was transported to a nearby trauma center where he is in critical condition. Upon further investigation into the crash, officials learned that the Cadillac and a red Corvette were racing when the Cadillac left the roadway and hit the tower. KTRK-TV ABC 13 HOUSTON Longview Fire Department responds to a structure fire Longview firefighters responded to an overnight structure fire early this morning. Fire crews were dispatched to the scene of the blaze along 100 block of Avenue D. The call for the fire came in shortly before 5:30 a.m. Kevin May of the Longview Fire Department said the cause was a cooking fire. May also said the homeowner was treated for smoke inhalation but was not taken to the hospital. KLTV ABC 7 TYLER PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| California city to launch coronavirus testing center at fire department When Hayward Fire Chief Garrett Contreras saw that San Jose had to quarantine many of its firefighters after they were exposed to coronavirus, he thought it could happen to his city, too. "We started to get concerned about taking care of our people," he said. "Once I realized that there was a lack of testing for sick people in general, I realized there was a broader problem." In response, Contreras has rallied community members and a private company to make sure Hayward is keeping track of its coronavirus outbreak. KQED has learned the city will open a testing facility tomorrow geared towards first responders and health-care workers. They will also test members of the public who are symptomatic. "Suppression through isolation after testing, or SIT, as we call it, is an approach that has proven to be most effective in countries on the leading edge of this pandemic," Contreras said. KQED-FM Ohio: Health department, hospital fail to notify firefighters of exposure to coronavirus Three Springfield Township firefighters are in quarantine after they learned through social media they had been exposed to a presumptive coronavirus patient. Chief Barry Cousino told The Blade neither the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department nor St. Luke's Hospital informed his department of the potential exposure. The three firefighters transported Mark Wagoner, Sr., to the hospital last week. State and local leaders said Friday afternoon that Mr. Wagoner was the state's first victim of coronavirus. Mr. Wagoner died Wednesday from what family said then was a presumptive coronavirus case, meaning a test processed by a state or local laboratory came back positive but the case had not yet been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control. Chief Cousino said his wife saw the news coverage on Facebook on Thursday evening, after which he called the health department himself. "I shared my displeasure with them," Chief Cousino said. THE BLADE Union reps for New York City cops, firefighters demand more COVID-19 testing The unions representing cops, firefighters and EMS officers are urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to make them a higher priority for access to coronavirus testing given their front-line duties interacting with the public amid the pandemic. Ninety-eight NYPD officers and other employees and 17 Fire Department/Emergency Medical Service personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. The leaders of the unions endorsed a letter sent to City Hall sent by Rep. Max Rose (D-Staten Island-Brooklyn) about the need to expand testing first responders. The letter was co-signed by James LeMonda, president of the United Firefighters Officers Association, Gerard Fitzgerald, head of the United Firefighters Association, Paul DiGiacomo of the Detectives Endowment Association, Louis Turco of the Lieutenants Benevolent Association, Edward Mullins of the Sergeants Benevolent Association and Vincent Variale of the Uniformed Emergency Medical Services Officers Union. NEW YORK POST Connecticut fire departments receive expired respirators from national stockpile North Branford Fire Chief William Seward was alarmed when he got the news: his department, which runs the town's ambulance service, would only receive one box of 35 respirators from the strategic national stockpile. What's more, all of those masks — which Seward picked up today in Essex — are expired. "It's beyond belief," Seward said. Although the town currently has enough supplies on hand, Seward worries about what will happen if COVID-19 cases spike a few weeks down the road, he said. North Branford is not alone. Two East Haven firefighters and their families were quarantined for two weeks Friday after the pair of first responders assisted a 79-year-old man who became the town's first confirmed case of COVID-19, the town said in a statement. NEW HAVEN REGISTER PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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| | | Rosenbauer Touts WFCA and Sourcewell Partnership Rosenbauer America congratulates the Western Fire Chief Association’s recently announced partnership with Sourcewell. The WFCA-Sourcewell partnership will provide members the ability to maximize their department budgets. Rosenbauer is the most experienced Sourcewell vendor in the fire-rescue sector |
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| L-O-D-D West Virginia - Zachary S. Blankenship, Firefighter, Montcalm Volunteer Fire Department, Montcalm, WV L-O-D-D Michigan - Benjamen "Ben" Lauren, Firefighter, Forsyth Township Fire Department, Gwinn, MI L-O-D-D North Carolina - Joseph Jessie Tucker, Jr., Safety Officer, Thoroughfare Volunteer Fire Department, Goldsboro, NC CFSI to Postpone National Fire and Emergency Services Symposium & Dinner - Due to Coronavirus Pandemic COVID-19 Resource Library for Fire Departments - Vision 20/20 Coronavirus: What Fire Chiefs Need to Know - Webinar Coronavirus (COVID-19): - Resources for Fire Chiefs Last Call For FEMA Funded Opportunity - Get Your Safety Culture Data - Enrollment Closes April 15th Safety Stand Down 2020 - Building a Superhighway to Safety – Protecting our Responders on Roadways Nominations Open for IAFC Fire Chief of the Year - Apply by May 17, 2020 Nominations Open for IAFC Ben Franklin Award for Valor - Apply by May 17, 2020 Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response Grants - Check for Awards Assistance to Firefighters Grant Awards - Check for Awards The Daily Dispatch Is Now On Facebook Find us on Facebook - www.facebook.com/dailydispatch POST ANNOUNCEMENTS MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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| | | FireRescue GPO - is now partnering with Sourcewell, one of the largest cooperative purchasing organizations in North America. Sourcewell (formerly NJPA) - is a government organization providing cooperative purchasing solutions across the United States and Canada to over 50,000 public-agency members. Membership is free with no obligation to purchase. With over 400 competitively awarded vendors - members have access to contracts for fire apparatus, ambulances, fleet vehicles and products, facilities (MRO), furniture, office supplies, leasing services, and more. Learn more about the new partnership. |
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| Fire-EMS College Student Live-In Program - Southern Maine Community College - South Portland, ME 3M Eastern Zone-Field Service Specialist - MD, NJ, PA, DE or New York Fire Marshal - Weber State University - Ogden, UT Deputy Fire Marshal - Pierce County - Tacoma, WA Battalion Chief-Training / Health & Safety Officer - City of Pearland - Pearland, TX (closes: Mar 27, 2020) Fire Chief - Bellevue Fire Rescue Department - Bellevue, WI (closes: Mar 30, 2020) EMS Director - Meeker Volunteer Fire & Rescue - Meeker, CO (closes: Apr 05, 2020) Assistant Fire Chief - City of Savannah - Savannah, GA (closes: Apr 10, 2020) Fire Chief - Lake Valley Fire Protection District - South Lake Tahoe, CA (closes: Apr 17, 2020) Firefighter IV/III/II - City of Thornton - Thornton, CO (closes: May 04, 2020) POST JOB MORE JOBS |
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| Canceled: Wildland-Urban Interface - Reno, NV - 2020 IFE-USA AGM And Educational Conference - Indianapolis, IN - April 20, 2020 Water Rescue Instructor Academy - Lifesaving Resources, LLC - Portland, ME - May 14-17, 2020 IAFC conneXions - Dallas, TX - May 18-20, 2020 International Hazardous Materials Response Teams Conference - IAFC - Baltimore, MD - June 4-7, 2020 NFPA Conference & Expo - Orlando, FL - June 15-18, 2020 TEEX Municipal Fire School - College Station, TX - July 19-24, 2020 Canceled: FFABCs Diversity Workshop - 50th Convention IABPFF - Hartford, CT - August 2-7, 2020 Fire-Rescue Med Conference - IAFC - Phoenix, AZ - August 17-18, 2020 Fire-Rescue International Conference and Expo - IAFC - Phoenix, AZ - August 19-21, 2020 American Fire Sprinkler Association to host AFSA39 - Orlando, FL - September 13-16, 2020 VCOS Symposium in the Sun - IAFC - Clearwater, FL - November 12-15, 2020 POST EVENT MORE EVENTS |
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