Lexington home damaged after catching fire
Just after 8 a.m. Friday morning fire crews responded to a house fire on Rogers Road.
According to the Lexington fire department, no smoke or flames were visible when they arrived.
Two people [...]Glasgow fire chief retires after 23 years of service at the department
VIDEO: Friday afternoon a reception was held at the Glasgow Fire Department in honor of Chief Dereck Rogers who is now entering retirement after 23 years of service at the department.
“I started [...]Paris firefighters, others greet Pearl Harbor sailor as he returns 'home'
VIDEO: The remains of a Bourbon County sailor killed on the USS Oklahoma at Pearly Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 have returned home for burial.
The remains of 23-year-old Navy Electrician’s Mate 3rd [...]
VIDEO: Stunt Motorcycle Riding In Chicago Leads To Fiery Crash
In a scary scene on a crowded Chicago expressway this past weekend, a motorcycle crash ended in a blaze of flames.
What happened was brazen, risky, and illegal – to select three relevant [...]Pennsylvania firefighter's last act was to push others out of way of on-coming car
The term "hero"‘ is a well-worn term these days, but the final actions of Firefighter Thomas Royds seem to fit the bill.
As an alleged drunk driver hurdled towards first responders at the scene [...]Arsons on the rise since 2020 in and around Baton Rouge, but fire investigators aren't sure why
Firefighters doused the blaze before it tore through the rest of the building, but the damage was done.
The Violet Street apartment fire late Tuesday drove 10 people — six of them children — out [...]
From Our President
I would like to thank everyone for the opportunity to serve as president of our organization. I hope I can follow suit by the previous leaderships in continuing to move our organization forward.
I would also like to thank Retired Chief Jason Colson for his 28 years of dedicated emergency services. Your commitment and leadership will be missed. Good luck in your future position of a Regional Account Manager for Atlantic Emergency Solutions!
As we see changes in the CDC guidelines for Corona, we are excited to see the changes in allowing in person meetings! We hope to see you at our June meeting at EKU! If not there, then at our conference in August. Lots of exciting times ahead for our organization.
On a personal note, I am retiring from Winchester Fire/EMS on June 1, 2021. After 35 years in emergency services in Winchester/Clark Co, I decided it was time. All of the advice and comments from other retired chiefs finally sunk in; go have fun! I’m sure Danny will have lots of things to keep me busy. I look forward to having that opportunity. Just in case, drop me a line on good camping and/or fishing spots! That is our plans for the immediate future.
My new email address is crigney@roadrunner.com. My cell phone is still 859-808-0496.
Hope to see you’ll soon. Stay Safe!
Cathy
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Public Safety GPO and Kentucky Association of Fire Chief’s, leaders in the Public Safety cooperative purchasing and the Fire Service , today announced a direct partnership to continue the efforts both started together decades ago to provide open, fair and competitive cooperative options to their members. Kentucky Fire Chief’s Executive Director Daniel Castle, has been working with Mika Kawakami, the Association Manager for Public Safety GPO, to establish a plan which supports the GPO’s vendors and enhances the use of cooperative agreements within the State of Kentucky. “The Kentucky Fire Chiefs are excited to continue the partner directly with Public Safety GPO to offer our members departmental and individual discounts which will not only save them money but will also directly help our association financially. We feel a direct relationship with GPO was in the best interest of our members and the fire industry. Said Castle”
This relationship will provide the Kentucky Fire Chief’s with over 100 publicly procured agreements for products and services used by the Fire Service every day, along with a discount program to their individual members from over 20 vendors such as AT&T FirstNet.
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