CRASH FIRE AND RESCUE CRITICIZED IN LITTLE ROCK
Originally Posted: January 29, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
When American Airlines Flight 1420 crashed June 1, 1999 at Little Rock National Airport, killing the chief pilot, ten passengers and leaving 110 injured, the firefighters couldn't find the crash site in a hail thunderstorm.
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VERMONT JUDGE TELLS STATE TO STOP COLLECTING LOBBY TAXES
Originally Posted: January 29, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
"The tax hinders the fundamental right of free speech and impedes the free flow of ideas and information so important to our society and government."
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Solution for all dealers shipping Hazardous materials
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Recently, the US Department of Transportation has stepped up enforcement of hazardous materials rules, issuing more and larger penalties up to $27,500 per incident. NEEDA dealers have been hit. As one dealer said "No warnings were given. They just barged in and wrote us up. They are very serious."
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HOUSE PLANS FAST ACTION ON TAX LEGISLATION
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Even before President Clinton's State of the Union address which featured substantial tax cuts, Rep. Bill Archer (R-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has sent letters to all members of his committee announcing that he is "eager to begin the new year by focusing on tax relief for middle income American families."
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FILED YOUR 1099 FORMS YET? TRY DOING IT ON LINE AT www.cyfiler.com
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Emergency equipment dealers must file 1099 forms to the IRS this year by 1/31/00.
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SELLING YOUR COMPANY? HOW ABOUT A WOMAN INVESTOR?
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
At the recent 2000 NEEDA convention in San Diego, we discussed selling your dealer company. Finding someone interested in taking over your firm and building it to a new level is a challenge. One source of possible investors is women.
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CLINTON MINIMUM WAGE PROPOSAL GIVES GOVERNMENTChr$(34);S PRISON SALES EDGE OVER SMALL BUSINESSES, NA
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
In his State of the Union address, President Clinton proposed increasing the minimum wage by $1 per hour, which the White House said would help 11.4 million people earn an extra $2,000 annually for a 40-hour work week.
However, this increase adversely affects many small businesses forcing them to have rising costs
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AMERICAN LaFRANCE AMBULANCES IN THE NEWS
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
American LaFrance's ambulance and rescue unit manufacturer, MedicMaster, will expand manufacturing in Sanford FL.
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FERNO GOES DIRECT WITH EMS PRODUCTS; GENERAL MOTORS RETREATS FROM DIRECT SALES WHICH ANGERED DEALERS
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Ferno Direct offers end users products like back boards and WizLock collars, the KED and WizLoc, and the Pedi-Mate ordered by 2/29/00: but the company says Ferno Direct is not for dealers.
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PENNSYLVANIA ADDING $15 MILLION IN GRANTS TO $20 MILLION IN LOANS FOR VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Pennsylvania's 2000-01 state budget includes a $15 million state grant program for 2,400 volunteer fire companies to purchase equipment and upgrade fire stations.
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LAIDLAW SELLING AMBULANCE DIVISION?
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
A company has bid for the Laidlaw ambulance division according to rumors in Canada.
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WILL IT BE RURAL/METRO?
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Arizona-based ambulance service provider Rural/Metro might be the company planning to buy Laidlaw's healthcare division.
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AMERICAN LaFRANCE AMBULANCES IN THE NEWS
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
American LaFrance's ambulance and rescue unit manufacturer, MedicMaster, will expand manufacturing in Sanford FL.
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OSHKOSH TRUCK SALES ARE UP; PIERCE IMPROVES
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Oshkosh Truck says net income increased 56 percent to $6.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2000 on sales of $244 million. This compares to net income of $3.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal 1999 on sales of $223 million.
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CONGRESS IS A FIRE HAZARD
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Safety inpectors say the overall level of fire safety in the Capitol is far below that of most other American office buildings of similar size and age
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CLEVELAND OH & ATLANTA GA HOLD HEALTH & SAFETY EVENTS
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
The Cleveland OH Business and Industry Council for Emergency Planning and Preparedness (BICEPP) is designed to help businesses organize and implement disaster recovery strategies.
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FEDERAL SIGNAL INCREASES FIRE AND RESCUE NET INCOME
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Federal Signal leader Joe Ross announced record sales and backlog for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 1999. Fourth quarter net income increased 5% to $17.0 million and net sales increased 4% to $282.2 million. Operating income increased 17%, primarily on margin expansion in the fire rescue and safety products segments.
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RESPONSE BIOMEDICAL OFFERS FAST DIAGNOSTICS FOR EMS SERVICE
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Response Biomedical's patented RAMP point-of-care diagnostics system is supposed to reduce the cost of healthcare by providing fast, accurate results in minutes in the emergency room, clinic, ambulance, doctor's office and the bedside, where traditional testing can take hours if not days.
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WELLNESS UNIVERSE CORP HAS NEW OWNER
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Synpan Corporation is aquiring Wellness Universe Corporation.
"Synpan is now one company, a major force in e-commerce, specializing in wellness, yet be flexible to win on e-access and e-content. Once Synpan stock is public, we will be totally committed and targeted for growth through great management and its intrinsic value in order to build an exciting e-commerce business model and aggressively pursue the external route for expansion through acquisitions," the company said.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT, SECURITY & CORRECTIONS FIRM RENEWS PA BUSINESS
Originally Posted: January 28, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
The Wackenhut Corporation has been awarded a three-year contract by Peco Energy Company to continue in its present role of providing security services at two nuclear power generating stations, located at Peach Bottom and Limerick, PA. Wackenhut has been contracted for security services at both locations for the past three years. The value of the contract over the three-year term is expected to be $21 million.
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SOFTWARE HELPS LOCAL FIRE AND EMS DISPATCHING
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
People rely on fire and emergency dispatching centers during emergency situations and expect them to always be available.
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TRAVELLING COURSE DEVELOPED FOR SMALLER FIRE DEPARTMENTS
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) United States Fire Administration (USFA) and its National Fire Academy (NFA) are launching the...
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WIRELESS DATA FOR EMERGENCIES
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
EFLEX Wireless has developed proprietary technology for sending and receiving emergency data over existing control channels of cellular networks.
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AP REPORTS NIGHT-VISION GOGGLES HELP EMERGENCY UNITS BUT ARE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR MAY RESPONDERS
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
According to the Associated Press, "many police, park rangers and rescue squads that would like to have night-vision goggles can't afford them."
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TORONTO CHIEF HAS SECRET TO FIRE SAFETY
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Fire Chief Alan Speed (Toronto, Canada) is taking emergency action to...
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FIRE RESCUE WEST SHOW: SAN JOSE CONVENTION CENTER: APRIL 3rd
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Fire Rescue West, San Jose CA is a West Coast emergency service conference and trade show. It will end in 2002 and a new show at the San Diego Convention Center will take its place.
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HANDHELD CAN FIRE FIGHTER FOR PUBLIC USE
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
FirePower 911(TM) is a rated fire extinguisher in an aerosol can.
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PA GETS ACTING FIRE COMMISSIONER
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
M. Kent Leid of Harrisburg is the new Acting State Fire Commissioner of Pennsylvania.
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AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPRESSION EQUIPMENT SAVES SHIP
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
A generator on a 1,586-passenger Carnival Cruise ship "Celebration," en route to Jamaica, caught fire, setting the ship adrift without power, AC or water for six hours.
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FLAMMABLE PRODUCT MOBILIZES HAZMAT RESPONSE IN OHIO
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
An accidental release at the BFGoodrich's General Chemical Plant in Akron, Ohio, of 400 gallons of butadiene, a flammable material used in the production of synthetic rubber, did not affect the area or people outside the plant.
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HOW TO GET MORE GRANT MONEY FOR FIRE DEPARTMENTS
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
The Idea Bank is providing $34,000 in scholarships to attend The Idea Bank's one-day grant writing workshop.
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NEEDA ADVICE FOR THE DAY
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Customer testimonials and word of mouth make powerful sales and marketing development tools.
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NEEDA MEMBERS DISCUSS KEY INDUSTRY ISSUES
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
SAN DIEGO CA. NEEDA members attending the annual convention of the National
Emergency Equipment Dealers Association (NEEDA) focused on key industry
concerns including urban terrorism, e-commerce, company succession, product
testing and safety, and transferring ownership of a distributor company.
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CAMBRIDGE GETS NEW EMERGENCY RESPONSED SYSTEM
Originally Posted: January 19, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
City of Cambridge MA has a new wide area network to more efficiently handle public safety. Police, fire and emergency communications computing networks were each given a major overhaul.
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AZ FIRE DISTRICT RAISES MONEY TO BUY FIRE EQUIPMENT
Originally Posted: January 18, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Apache Junction selling certificates to buy equipment...
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US PARAMEDICS TRAIN EMTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Originally Posted: January 6, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Paramedics for Children (PFC) of Charlotte, NC will open the new year...
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FIRE, RESCUE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE UNITS LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS IN FUNDRAISING
Originally Posted: January 6, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Any of your customers interested in this March fundraising conference?
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FEDERAL MATCHING GRANTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY?
Originally Posted: January 6, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Try the Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP) grants from the US Department of Commerce.
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FIREFIGHTERS GET NEW TRAINING ON PROPANE EMERGENCIES
Originally Posted: January 6, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
"Propane Emergencies" -- developed by the National Propane Gas Association -- is a new training program for...
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HIRING THE WRONG PERSON FOR YOUR COMPANY COULD COST $36,000
Originally Posted: January 6, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
Advantage Hiring, a recruitment company, has taken thirteen variables associated with the hiring process and...
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IF YOU HAVE A WEBSITE, ARE YOU PAYING THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE?
Originally Posted: January 6, 2000 12:00 AM
Last Updated: October 1, 2001 1:35 PM
More and more companies in the fire, emergency services and EMS business are...
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