Sentences with phrase «not in a firefighting»

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Firefighters battling a spate of wildfires in the West will get a delivery from beer maker Anheuser - Busch this week, but the 12 ounce cans won't be filled with brew, they'll be filled with water.

After the BAR gunner was killed in a firefight, the ammunition man, who had been separated from his own division since D - Day, didn't pick up the BAR.

Plus, kids may take this rule the wrong way and resist the help of police officers or firefighters whom they don't know, says Nancy McBride, executive director for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Florida Regional Office, in Lake Park.

but a firefighter doesn't know he is going to die in any given fire... he might, but in most cases, he won't.

So, imagine a firefighter kneeling and begging god not to send him into the fire while all his brothers run in without hesitation around him.

A local firefighter who showed up to help told KOMO News, «It's too cruddy of a world to have this kind of stuff happen in your own community and not do something about it.

Meanwhile the Firefighters Charity is launching a new campaign encouraging the public to recognise the impact the job has on firefighters every day not just in traumatic events liFirefighters Charity is launching a new campaign encouraging the public to recognise the impact the job has on firefighters every day not just in traumatic events lifirefighters every day not just in traumatic events like Grenfell.

He has said in numerous interviews, including one of mine, that money / insurance is not why he keeps his firefighting job.

My fashion sense is that of a firefighter / paramedic, so don't blast me for admiring Stacy as she walks around in that pink dress that she dreaded wearing during the commercial.

Asked if an override was possible about his thoughts on the bill, Silver responded, «I'm not going to be responsbile for losing a billion dollars in teacher layoffs or police and firefighter layoffs.»

Men and women, old and young, people of every color and culture and creed, not knowing whether additional attacks were coming, out in the dark, out in the smoke, out in the chaos, comforting the families of the missing, donating blood, assisting and providing relief to our valiant police, firefighters and rescue workers.

There were some accusations about springing the vote on the Council in order to prevent the unions from organizing loud protests (it was put on the Council website late, the media wasn't informed and the vote was held the same day cops and firefighters had already chosen to travel to Albany for a rally), but in the end the Council and the Mayor made clear to Albany which bill they approve.

Last but not least, Liz Crowley, who is rumored to be a spoiler in the race to detract from Lancman's electoral base, was endorsed by the Uniform Firefighters Association on Thursday in front of Bayside Engine Company 306.

President George W. Bush did it in a memorable 2004 ad showing firefighters taking remains up the ramp out of ground zero, which created an uproar among some — but not all — victims» relatives (and was also a media distraction the campaign welcomed off of the economy and the wars).

With just a week to go before the end of the 2015 legislative session in Albany, Cuomo attended a press conference on the steps of the state Capitol with the uniformed police officer and firefighter unions that believed the mayor's plan to reform pension disability payments didn't go far enough.

A firefighter can't go to «the other» fire service in town if they don't like what this one is doing to them.

«The attorney general is New York State's leading law enforcement official and with firefighters serving on the front lines it is vital we have someone able to not only represent New Yorkers interests in the courtroom, but someone who also knows first hand what it is like to serve on the front lines protecting lives.»

The police pension fund, in 42nd place, and the firefighters fund, 37th, didn't fare much better when it came to picking private equity firms, according to the analysis by Bison, a Boston analytics firm focused on the private markets.

I agree that the average state employee with a modest pension and pay that is not excessive should not be lumped in with grossly overpaid downstate teachers, Yonkers firefighters and Nassau County cops.

Currently, volunteer firefighters are not afforded disability or health protections except through the Volunteer Firefighters» Benefit Law, which provides a maximum of $ 600 a month in disability benefits, according to the bill's introdfirefighters are not afforded disability or health protections except through the Volunteer Firefighters» Benefit Law, which provides a maximum of $ 600 a month in disability benefits, according to the bill's introdFirefighters» Benefit Law, which provides a maximum of $ 600 a month in disability benefits, according to the bill's introductory memo.

The wells will give firefighters access to water in neighborhoods that don't have fire hydrants.

In the West Bluff area, firefighters and DPW crews worked carefully for days to build a berm to keep waters at bay, but they had some unexpected company in the form of nesting Canadian geesIn the West Bluff area, firefighters and DPW crews worked carefully for days to build a berm to keep waters at bay, but they had some unexpected company in the form of nesting Canadian geesin the form of nesting Canadian geese.

William Spengler Jr, the man who ambushed firefighters in western New York before fatally shooting himself was not shy about discussing his role in a previous killing of his grandmother.

The court said, for example, that it was OK for a governor to rewrite the school - aid formula in an appropriation bill, but maybe not to raise the retirement age for firefighters.

Mark - Viverito said there is not yet a definitive timeline for firefighters to receive the new boots, but that it would likely be done in a rollout over a period of time.

The initiative would not only increase the cap but also would upgrade geographically specific spill response plans for state and federal officials, establish a state liquid firefighting task force that would be in charge of deploying flammable liquid firefighting foam and other supplies along rail lines across the state and provide more training for local fire crews who would often be first responders to spills.

It's sad because right now we're not even able to keep teachers, firefighters, police officers, EMT workers in the city because they can not afford living in New York City anymore.

In other words, a firefighter isn't afraid to run into a building to fight a fire.

Editorial: No Separate Pension Fund for Police, Firefighters n these first weeks of a new administration in Trenton, it's easy to criticize many of the policy decisions of the Christie administration, in particular Governor Christie's use of the veto and the Legislature's inability to override a single veto over eight years.

Miner said she made arguments in private to councilors that cutting overtime for firefighters would cost the city federal funding and that police overtime money couldn't simply be thrown at hiring new officers.

When we are not responding to daily emergencies, we are working within the communities teaching the importance of fire safety, raising awareness to our charitable organizations such as the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and Firefighters» Coats for Kids, and taking part in the political process ensuring that our local elected officials and our state legislators understand the importance of our profession and what it takes to ensure your safety.

«This funding is not only an investment in our firehouses, it's a commitment to help our Firefighters protect all New Yorkers.»

Byrne, who grew up in East Harlem and worked as a firefighter in the New York metropolitan area, says he isn't worried that residents here will be shy about complaints over work done to their homes.

This afternoon Melinda Katz celebrated an endorsement by the Uniformed Firefighters Association, but what many people may not have realized was that in fact, her opponent, Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. has been supporting first responders for longer than any of Melinda Katz's exaggerated campaign rhetoric would lead you to believe.

Miner's proposed budget did not call for firefighter layoffs, but it cut $ 1.6 million in overtime pay required to keep firefighter staffing at 69 per shift.

Citing decreased use of the ladder and overlapping coverage areas from other companies, Abriel told the Common Council Thursday night that despite community concerns, South End citizens wouldn't see a delay in response times from firefighters and that closure of the truck was one of the most cost - efficient options available.

«The issue was exclusion of Erie County volunteer firefighters who were not allowed access to the same grant program offered to nearly every other county in the state.

The outcome has been exciting and not only could help our world - class firefighting services become even more effective in future but may also find application in healthcare, for instance.»

«I'm afraid of [how] it looks to the public that, «Oh look, that guy had to move in and left that cot for that woman because she couldn't lift it,» when that's not the case,» a 15 - year female firefighter said.

While changes in escape - stair width, firefighter communications systems and the addition of sky bridges (all noted by Lamster) can only improve life safety in tall buildings, they do not prevent structural collapse resulting from fire.

Firefighting equipment at the reactor staged to respond to severe fires or explosions was not stored in hardened buildings because a severe fire and an earthquake «were not assumed to occur coincidentally.»

Traditional first - line checks of such heart disease risk factors as cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking habits aren't nearly good enough to identify cardiovascular disease in otherwise healthy, young firefighters, according to results of a small Johns Hopkins study.

AS FLAMES roared up the ridge, through trees and brush near the town of Verdi in the Sierra Nevada, firefighters from the US Forest Service were not unduly worried.

Australian firefighters battled massive wildfires in bushland around Sydney on Wednesday, but hot weather that could have caused a catastrophic mega-fire did not materialize, allowing authorities to tell some evacuated residents it was safe to return to home.

Though not always pistol - shaped, infrared gadgets have been widely taken up in recent decades and now regularly help firefighters spot clandestine flames.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Forest Service officials are seriously hampered not only by short - term budgets passed by Congress, but also a broken budget for the Forest Service that sees an increasing amount of resources going to firefighting while less is invested in restoration and forest health, said Vilsack.

Social scientists have long known that women working in numerically male - dominated occupations like physics and firefighting report experiencing workplace stress, but men who work in numerically female - dominated occupations like nursing and child care do not.

«These findings have implications not only for firefighters and their spouses, but also for professionals who might be interested in helping them,» Gulliver said.

One can't stop bad people from doing bad things, but when bad things happen to tall buildings, the situation quickly becomes desperate — for the occupants, for firefighters, and for adjacent buildings — in ways that are an order of magnitude worse than in low buildings.

Our finding of sinusitis, bronchial hyperreactivity, and bronchial responsiveness in firefighters with World Trade Center cough is important but not surprising.17 - 20 An unexpected finding was that 87 percent of such firefighters reported symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease; such symptoms are generally reported by less than 25 percent of patients with chronic cough.1, 21,22 Despite the strong associations between gastroesophageal reflux disease and chronic cough17 - 20 and between gastroesophageal reflux disease and asthma,23 - 25 it remains unclear whether gastroesophageal reflux disease causes either condition.26 The causative mechanism may be repeated aspiration of minute amounts of refluxed material; vagally mediated esophageal, tracheobronchial, or laryngobronchial cough reflexes; or neurally mediated bronchial inflammation.23, 24,26 Involvement of the posterior nasopharynx is common in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease, 27 whereas bronchial hyperreactivity may not be present.25, 26 For these reasons, we classified gastroesophageal reflux disease as an upper - airway symptom (Figure 2).