As Jason Thrasher lowered his helicopter to a park with seven firefighters aboard, he saw what he thought was another firefighting chopper battling a blaze that was threatening homes. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection pilot suddenly identified …
The General Assembly is revisiting whether to grant workers’ compensation coverage for certain first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, such as those who responded to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Following a couple years of consecutive …
The Jackson Township Fire Department hosted Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer, who presented a $20,000 Safety Intervention Grant check to Chief Tracy Hogue. The grant will aid in the purchase of cardiac support pumps that will …
Lincoln, Neb., fire officials still disagree on whether first responders with a geared-up pickup can adequately handle some calls that traditionally have been handled by firefighters with fully equipped firetruck. Last May, the department outfitted a pickup and gave captains …
The police union that represents the officers who responded to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is still hoping to change Connecticut’s law and extend workers’ compensation benefits to first responders who’ve suffered mental illness after experiencing a traumatic event …
To believe that technologies once dreamed of in science fiction novels, television shows, and comic strips may one day be a reality, or that real-world technologies might make the fantastic devices of fiction obsolete, you’d need to be either an …