- Shortage of dispatchers prompts Maine to consider improving benefits
- CAL FIRE announces $43M in grants to fund 66 fire prevention projects
- Wash. firefighter, mayor candidate reprimanded for conducting campaign activities on duty
- Okla. officials: Dispatchers are 'priceless'
- Off-duty FF-medic praised for helping man shocked by electrical line
April 20, 2019
A proposed bill would open up special state retirement plans that previously were available only to police, fire and EMS personnel
April 19, 2019
Fire prevention grants will enable local organizations to fund prevention activities, such as fuel reduction, wildfire planning and fire prevention education
April 19, 2019
Shawn Poole was reprimanded by the city last fall for using images of city property in campaign materials, posting information he learned through his work as a firefighter online and campaigning while on duty
April 19, 2019
"Our dispatchers are the first line of defense for not only the people calling in, but for the officers and others who are out handling the calls in person"
April 18, 2019
Ted Bowers, a firefighter-paramedic in Lebanon, was moving in across the street when he heard the commotion
- Iran's Guard gets a long-overdue but much-deserved terrorist designation - Washington Examiner
- Police: Des Moines man threatened to crash into gas station, 'kill everybody,' in call to 911 - Des Moines Register
- Tokyo's counter-terrorism unit begins operation ahead of Olympics - Japan Today
- 'Attack on holy night shows terrorists' treachery' - Anadolu Agency
- Terrorism grew when Congress was in power: Rajnath Singh - Business Standard
April 21, 2019
Iran's Guard gets a long-overdue but much-deserved terrorist designation Washington ExaminerThe United States has decided to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 of the Immigration and ...
April 20, 2019
Police: Des Moines man threatened to crash into gas station, 'kill everybody,' in call to 911 Des Moines RegisterA Des Moines man threatened to kill multiple people inside a gas station, including his girlfriend, during a call to 911 on Saturday morning, according to court ...
April 20, 2019
Tokyo's counter-terrorism unit begins operation ahead of Olympics Japan TodayThe Tokyo Fire Department's newly established counter-terrorism unit went operational Saturday to strengthen the city's response to terrorism threats and natural ...
April 20, 2019
'Attack on holy night shows terrorists' treachery' Anadolu AgencyHAKKARI, Turkey. A terror group's attack on Turkey's military base at Muslim holy night of Barat shows its treachery, the country's defense minister said on ...
April 20, 2019
Terrorism grew when Congress was in power: Rajnath Singh Business StandardUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday attacked the Congress, saying terrorism grew when the party was in power while the Modi government had dealt ...
- North Macedonia’s election: a victory for Western diplomacy?
- Why frustrated Ukrainians may elect a comedian as president
- After Mueller report, the pressure shifts to Congress
- When saying no to a president saves democracy
April 19, 2019
The newborn Republic of North Macedonia is unique in a part of the world where nationalist strongmen, religious extremists, and organized criminals are amassing ever greater influence. “We are the most successful story in the region,” says Bujar Osmani, deputy prime minister for European affairs. Less partisan observers ...
April 19, 2019
Election billboards across Ukraine feature a stern-jawed incumbent President Petro Poroshenko facing off with his main opponent in second-round voting for the presidency this Sunday. Ukrainians seem ready to overwhelmingly elect a political novice, a comedian whose main claim to fame is that he played a president on TV, ...
April 19, 2019
One day after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s much-anticipated report, the focus is shifting to Capitol Hill, with many observers suggesting it’s now Congress’s duty to pick up where the special counsel left off. “That’s their duty,” agrees John Yoo, a former Department of Justice deputy assistant ...
April 19, 2019
Few Americans will read the public portions of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. Congress will now decide if the president did obstruct justice. Mr. Mueller praises some of those around Mr. Trump for standing up for rule of law.
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