AUGUST 30, 2014: As a helpless window washer dangled five floors above the ground at Schoenherr Towers on Aug. 27, members of the Sterling Heights Fire Department geared up on the roof of the nine-story complex and prepared to lower down one of their own to rescue him before it was too late. Read more:
AUGUST 30, 2014: The city is now accepting applications for both its eligible firefighter-EMT and firefighter-EMT trainee lists. The lists will be used to fill vacant positions within the Flint Fire Department, according to a news release from the city of Flint. Read more:
AUGUST 27, 2014: With emergency response vehicles, firefighters in full regalia and smoke billowing from a side door of the Packard Proving Grounds repair garage Aug. 20, passers-by might have been alarmed. Read more:
AUGUST 24, 2014: A year ago, then-Melvindale Fire Chief Steven Densmore described the deal to merge his fire department with Dearborn’s department as a humbling experience in which “everybody checked their egos at the door.” Read more:
AUGUST 18, 2014: A full schedule of live music and firefighter games will highlight the second annual Woehlke-Palooza, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 22-23, in downtown Wayne. Read more:
Over 20 IAFF members, current and retired, volunteered for eight days at Great Lakes Burn Camp. GLBC is a week long camp for kids who are burn survivors. The entire camp is free. This year kids and campers came from Michigan as well as Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois. Ohio and Texas.
