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Now that Ernest Mitchell Jr. has been sworn in, Glenn Gaines returns to deputy administrator and vows to plow ahead to help with a multitude of issues.

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Gitte Laasby

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Jan. 02--After years of delays, numerous tests and millions of dollars in extra costs to fix potentially life-threatening problems, officials at the Milwaukee Fire Department are ready to begin using the department's new radio system, OpenSky 2.

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We are at the beginning of yet another new year. Was it not just Jan. 3 1, 2011? As I grow older, I begin to see the wisdom imparted to me by a senior buddy years ago. He told me that in many ways life is like a roll of toilet paper. He told me that the closer you came to the end, the faster it always seemed to roll. If it is going this fast now, I shudder to think that lies ahead as I move toward signing up for Medicare in April.

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My friends let me start this visit with you by making a simple declaration. I love studying about leadership. Just when you think you know it all, ten new theories are put forward. I just love being in this research battle for the newest and latest theory. In this discussion of the concept of Leadership, I am going to attempt to reach out and touch you. But it is not my intention to do it in the fine old, classic touchy-feely way of the telephone commercials of my youth.
 

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Subtitle:  A commitment to service through tradition and readiness Authors and source Internal author:  Ronald Siarnicki External author: 

 

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Editor's Note: The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation's Courage to be Safe program identified four area where fire officers needed to improve their awareness, training and skills: leadership, accountability, culture and knowledge (LACK). This is the fourth article in a five-part series that helps officers focus on each area for a more comprehensive understanding of the program.

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Richard Degener

The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.

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Dec. 23--WEST CAPE MAY -- Prospective volunteer firefighters will undergo drug testing as well as criminal background checks under a policy being drafted.

The new membership application process will include background checks on the work history and driving record of the prospective firefighter. The process is expected to reduce liability for the fire company and the borough.

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Reena Singh

Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.

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Dec. 22--WEST CARTHAGE -- Mayor Scott M. Burto has placed West Carthage Fire Capt. Phillip C. Cox on desk duty, alleging the captain is unable to perform his duties with the Fire Department because of a medical disability.

Mr. Cox said he was reassigned to answering phones and training firefighters until the village Board of Trustees comes to a decision about his position. He said there has never been a "desk duty" position at the department until now.

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Kevin Miller

Bangor Daily News, Maine

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Dec. 22--BUCKSPORT, Maine -- Bucksport High School was evacuated and students allowed to go home early on Thursday when a fire erupted in a sawdust collection system in the school's wood shop.

There were no injuries, and damage from the fire largely was limited to the ventilation system. But smoke from the blaze backed up into parts of the school, prompting RSU 25 Superintendent Jim Boothby to send students home at about 11:30 a.m. to allow workers to air out the building.

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Subtitle:  USFA Administrator Ernest Mitchell Jr. will rely on his years as fire chief to tackle the emerging issues. Authors and source Internal author:  Susan Nicol External author: 

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USFA Administrator Ernest Mitchell Jr. said he is ready to tackle the emerging issues.

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Chris Berendt

The Sampson Independent, Clinton, N.C.

Dec. 21--For the second time in a little more than two years, the administrative staff within the Clinton Fire Department is set for a transformation -- and a new chief.

After more than two years as fire chief in Clinton, Todd Solice has announced that he wishes to resume his previous role as deputy fire chief, a capacity in which he served from 2001 until his promotion to chief in September 2009.

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St. Petersburg Times (Florida)

By JAMAL THALJI

Times Staff Writer

ST. PETERSBURG - A firefighter has filed a federal lawsuit against the city alleging racial discrimination in the promotion of new lieutenants at St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue.

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Jill Harmacinski

The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass.

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Dec. 21--LAWRENCE -- Thirty-five year Lawrence firefighter Jack Bergeron became the city's new fire chief, but not before a last minute attempt by City Councilor Marc Laplante to have the fire veteran take the chief's job without a contract last night.

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Cassie Shaner

The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.

Dec. 18--Bob Brookover has missed many family moments, including birthday parties and holiday celebrations, during his 41 years as a volunteer firefighter.

But he feels he has an obligation to his community -- and his fellow firefighters.

"After a while, you take [missing those family moments] in stride. You hope you don't get called out during those things, but when you do, you just go," said Brookover, who has been chief of the Blacksville Volunteer Fire Department since 1993.

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Anne Jungen

La Crosse Tribune, Wis.

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Dec. 19--Ron Fisher focused on the grieving family while other onlookers watched a blaze consume the town of Campbell house.

Two young children didn't survive the fire they started on that spring day in 2004. Home alone because their grandmother had to work, it was a family's worst nightmare.

They were sobbing and distraught, digesting the awful news in front of strangers. Fisher retrieved his RV and offered it to the family.

"You can meet in here," he remembers telling the inconsolable group.

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Let me begin this visit with you by offering my best wishes to you for a happy and joyous holiday season. For some of us a Merry Christmas is the way to go, while for others best wishes for the joy of Hanukkah will be most appropriate. This is one of those years when these two long-staying holidays share the same time and space in our lives. Please allow me to offer you the joy of the season for you and your families.

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By Eric Peterson

Chicago Daily Herald

Barrington village officials will continue their quest for cost savings in fire service next year by approaching neighboring fire departments and districts about tweaking their mutual-aid agreements.

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BY AMY LEIGH WOMACK

The Macon Telegraph, Ga.

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Pat Kimbrough

The High Point Enterprise, N.C.

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Dec. 13--HIGH POINT -- When High Point Fire Department veterans look back on how their work has changed since they first donned firefighter turnout gear, the differences between then and today are stark.

"The fire service constantly evolves. It's never static. So it's always changing and moving the way we do things," said Interim Chief Lee Knight. "The basic concept is always there -- you find a fire and put water on it and put it out. But how you do that becomes much more involved."

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Don Stacom

The Hartford Courant, Conn.

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Dec. 13--NEW BRITAIN -- A deputy fire chief and a police officer are among the six people the city expects to name to a task force charged with examining the city's response to the late October snowstorm.

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Phillip O"Connor

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Dec. 11--CHESTERFIELD -- A divided Monarch Fire Protection District board on Saturday hired Thomas J. Vineyard as its new chief.

Vineyard is now chief of the Mid-County Fire Protection District. His one-year contract at Monarch takes effect Jan. 2 and calls for a salary of $127,500.

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