Sentences with phrase «officials in firefighting»

Yaeger, who wore his full dress uniform when visiting the state Capitol, was among a large contingency of officials in firefighting, disaster preparedness and emergency management statewide who traveled to Albany this week.

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U.S. and Kurdish officials said the YPG's power on the ground and its readiness to attack are already well - known to the Islamic State militants, who are getting pounded in the Raqqa region by coalition airstrikes and firefights with YPG forces.

The cadets will receive their official firefighter / paramedics» badge during a graduation ceremony in the FEMA Dome on the Del Mar College West Campus.

Each day, parents and special guests joined students to eat or help serve lunch — local celebrities such as firefighters, superintendents, teachers, local government officials and coaches helped spread the lunchroom love in cafeterias across the country!

As mourners prepare to gather today to pay final respects to a New York City firefighter who died battling a fire in Harlem, officials said the cause of the blaze remains a mystery and that the fire - ravaged building must be torn down.

There would, however, be a separate bill in which Cuomo seeks an agreement to allow some police officers, firefighters and members of the New York City Employees» Retirement System, which includes corrections officers, to qualify for enhanced accidental disability pension benefits, according to an anonymous administration official who spoke to the New York Times.

A New York City firefighter died today after falling from the roof of an apartment building in Queens, a Fire Department official said.

«Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and the elected officials of these other municipalities, whose taxpayers are abused by Mt Vernon on a regular basis, should refuse to provide mutual aid to Mt Vernon (except in the most extreme emergencies) until Mt Vernon learns to respect OUR firefighters and OUR taxpayers.

«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.»

Faso was never accused of a crime or personally held liable for the improper pension contact, but the Albany Times Union cited «a source close to the investigation» in reporting that «Faso arranged or tried to arrange meetings between the investment firm Kellner DiLeo & Co. and officials at the state Common Retirement Fund, as well as the teachers, police and firefighter funds.»

That law allowed for the pensions of subsequently elected legislators to be taken after a criminal conviction, and defined «public official» in a way that also included rank - and - file state employees but excluded police officers, firefighters and teachers.

Hudson Valley Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney was in Newburgh Thursday, calling on city officials to reverse course and provide funding to prevent firefighter layoffs.

Public officials, current and retired police officers and firefighters, and citizens gathered at Forman Park in downtown Syracuse this morning to commemorate the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

In essence, that means government officials are treating the growing healthcare costs for retired cops, teachers, garbage collectors and firefighters like a credit card bill that no one wants to pay off.

Firefighters from around the county, who tell me they're fed up seeing children in situations like this, are backing officials and calling on the state to take action.

On Friday, an MTA worker got trapped inside one of the station's four faulty elevators — which are the only way in or out of the station — prompting firefighters to spend almost two hours extricating the worker, FDNY officials said.

NYC firefighters and medics will take their first «Trans 101» course on Tuesday, learning the correct way to interact with transgender people — and even getting a lesson in what LGTBQI actually stands for, a city official said.

Officials in Rosendale, New Paltz and the town of Ulster have also said they lack sufficient firefighting resources to handle potential emergencies along the pipeline route.

The showdown with the fire department culminated in a City Hall press conference where, before an audience of reporters and grim - faced firefighters, Gallo announced that he had requested a State Comptroller's Office audit of the department, vowed to seek a new Chief from outside the ranks and implied that issues in the department went beyond the two sacked officials.

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.

As firefighters on Long Island and in New Jersey worked to contain the remnants of a rash of brush fires that scorched the region, officials toured the blackened aftermath on Tuesday to assess the damage.

Assemblyman Marc Molinaro, (R, C, I) candidate for Dutchess County Executive joined local fire officials Thursday night at the Millerton Fire Department to discuss the challenges facing firefighters and emergency services in Dutchess County.

White firefighter candidates with criminal records got hired at the FDNY when agency brass lobbied on their behalf by calling their crimes «boys being boys,» a former personnel official swore in a deposition obtained by the Daily News.

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.

Rockland County officials and firefighters rallied on Friday calling on the state to either take over Ramapo's building inspections or allow county inspectors to step in.

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.

By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters)- A private drone trying to film a wildfire that has charred nearly six square miles in Northern California briefly disrupted firefighting efforts, although workers had gained the upper hand against the blaze, officials said on Monday.

In papers filed with the court over the objection of city officials on April 30, the department requested the elimination of numerical quotas for the admission of blacks and women to firefighter and police training classes.

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However, that peace officer, firefighter, or correctional officer must have been acting in an official capacity at the time of the resisting behavior.

If you resist or prevent a firefighter or correctional officer from doing their job while acting in an official capacity can also result in criminal charges for resisting arrest.

Fire officials, however, opposed any weakening of building code regulations at a BBRS meeting in September, citing instances of firefighter and citizen deaths in fires where inadequate sprinkler systems were in place.