Truesdale works with UL FSRI on fire safety
By Sheryl Roadcap - sroadcap@aimmediamidwest.com
Sidney Fire Lt. Jason Truesdale observes a live-fire experiment as a technical panel member of the Underwriter Laboratories Firefighter Safety Research Institute at the Delaware County Emergency Services Training Center in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania on Oct. 20. The panel is conducting a residential home size-up and search and rescue operations study.
SHARON HILL, Pa. Fire Lt. Jason Truesdale is working to help further fire service safety and bring back valuable information to the city of Sidney’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services.
In March 2019, Truesdale was selected to be a member of the Underwriter Laboratories Firefighter Safety Research Institute’s (UL FSRI) technical panel to study residential home size-up and search and rescue operations during live-fire experiments. According to UL FSRI, members were selected based on fire service experience, geography, department siz
SFD offers to provide service to Houston Ambulance District
By Sheryl Roadcap - sroadcap@aimmediamidwest.com
SIDNEY The city of Sidney may soon be providing emergency ambulance service to the Houston Ambulance District for six months to help with its need due to lack of staffing, starting Jan. 1.
The Sidney City Council adopted legislation Monday evening for the city of Sidney to enter into a contract with the Houston Ambulance District after Fire Chief Chad Hollinger recommended to not extend Sidney’s mutual aid agreement with Houston past Dec. 31, 2020. The agreement is no longer effective because Houston has significant staffing issues and is unable to reciprocate mutual aid to Sidney.