The Chesterfield Township firefighter honored for his commitment by his department recently was humble about his contribution, but two of the fire chiefs he has worked with used nothing but positive words to describe him.
Mike Brandt, a captain with the Wyandotte Fire Department and a team leader of the Downriver Mutual Aid Underwater Search and Recovery Team, knew going into the late-February training sessions that ice would be at a premium, but he was fine with that. Participants simply changed their focus to “cold water” rescue maneuvers.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Livonia Fire & Rescue Department is getting federal money to help with operations and safety.
Democratic U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow of Lansing and Carl Levin of Detroit this week announced the roughly $277,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Detroit’s police and firefighters have not voted on contract concessions aimed at saving the city millions of dollars because they don’t know whether Gov. Rick Snyder has approved the deals, a police union official said Thursday.
Six Plymouth employees are ready to leave their offices — or their patrol cars or pickup trucks — in favor of a fire truck if needed during an emergency in the city or the city of Northville.
ST. JOSEPH - The Michigan Professional Fire Fighters Union has come out against St. Joseph's merger of its police and fire departments, predicting higher costs and reduced services, and is asking residents to oppose the move.
LANSING, Michigan -- A judge ordered Flint emergency manager Michael Brown out of office today, ruling that the state violated the law in appointing him to oversee the cash-strapped city.
