Remembering Lieutenant Alan Wadleigh Northfield Fire Rescue
Fellow Brothers and Sisters:
With your permission, as time and space permits, as part of my commitment to the Firefighter Cancer Support Network, I am going to use our magazine to support our awareness campaign. Part of the awareness campaign is sharing our losses and sorrows. Cancer is non-discriminatory and it is a plague within our profession. It is a fight we can win and it is a mission we must embrace. For more information on how you can support the Firefighter Cancer Support Network, go to
http://www.firefightercancersupport.org/index.cfm?section=1We all wish to share or sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of Lieutenant Alan Wadleigh of the Northfield (IL) Fire Rescue Department. Alan passed away this morning after an eight year battle with cancer. Lt. Wadleigh served the department for 29 years and prior to that served with the Schiller Park Fire Department for four years. Funeral arrangements are as follows:
Wake:
Thursday, May 29th, 5pm-9pm Friday, May 30th, 5pm-9pm Haben Funeral Home 8057 Niles Center Rd Skokie, IL 847-673-6111
Funeral:
Saturday, May 31st, 11:00am Central United Methodist Church 8237 Kenton Skokie, IL
Interment will be private.
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posted by Bobby Halton
5/29/2008 09:09:00 AM
If you have been diagnosed as having a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, you are invited to participate in a very important, short, anonymous survey of firefighter MRSA infections and family members affected. The survey is being conducted by Mike McEvoy of Albany Medical College (New York) and EMS editor for
Fire Engineering magazine. To participate, please send an e-mail to Mike McEvoy at
[email protected].
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posted by Peter Prochilo
5/19/2008 03:34:00 PM
Charleston Fire Chief Rusty Thomas has submitted a letter to Mayor Joe Riley informing the city of his intention to retire on June 27, 2009. Thomas' announcement comes almost one year after the tragic June 18 Sofa Super Store Fire where 9 Charleston Firefighters lost their lives. There have been numerous calls for the chief to step down from both internal and external critics of Chief Thomas.
The draft report from NIOSH was released last week and fire event analysis by the city hired panel of outside experts is due to be released today or tomorrow. For local coverage and more on Chief Thomas' decision:
http://www.wcbd.com/midatlantic/cbd/home.htmlThe nationwide search to hire a new Charleston fire chief will probably begin immediately. The mayor has indicated he will be working closely with Union officials to select the very best person to help the organization recover and continue to serve the community of Charleston. Additional staffing has also been discussed we will post those details as they become available. Thanks to Firefighter Hourly for assisting Fire Engineering with this report.
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posted by Bobby Halton
5/14/2008 12:56:00 PM
On May 11, we ran a story on the site entitled
"Fewer in MA apply as part-time firefighters." This headline, which was writted by
Fire Engineering staff, does not accurately reflect the content of the article, which deals with communities in New Hampshire, not Massachusetts. We apologize for the error.
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posted by Peter Prochilo
5/14/2008 11:12:00 AM
The
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released an important safety warning for fire departments using certain types of aerials.
From the NIOSH Web site:
NIOSH recommends that all fire departments utilizing aerial ladder trucks with locking (pin-anchored, lever actuated, clamped) waterways immediately take the following actions to reduce the risk of fire fighters being struck by unsecured waterways or parts of the waterway...
Read the whole thing
HERE.
Update: On on our community site,
Fire Engineering advisory board member Bill Peters weighs in on the incident discusses in the NIOSH investigation.
CLICK HERE to read Bill's remarks.
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posted by Peter Prochilo
5/09/2008 09:20:00 AM
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