Friday, October 19 2012 8:22 PM EDT2012-10-20 00:22:23 GMT
Last week we reported a Detroit paramedic had been charged by fire brass for giving a donated blanket away to a man. Friday, blankets from around the globe arrived at fire headquarters.
Last week we reported a Detroit paramedic had been charged by fire brass for giving a donated blanket away to a man. The internet burned with international outrage. Friday, blankets from around the globe arrived at fire headquarters.
Monday, October 15 2012 5:39 PM EDT2012-10-15 21:39:26 GMT
FOX 2's Charlie LeDuff reported a Detroit medic was written up for giving a blanket to an elderly man. Now the city is calling the story "blatantly false", but LeDuff says it's the city that's blurring the facts.
Last week, FOX 2's Charlie LeDuff reported a Detroit medic was written up for giving a blanket to an elderly man as he watched his home burn. Now the city is calling the story "blatantly false", but LeDuff says it's the city that's blurring the facts.
Wednesday, October 10 2012 5:50 PM EDT2012-10-10 21:50:17 GMT
A Detroit paramedic says he is in trouble for breaking the rules. His offense? Giving a cold man a blanket. Top brass tell us employees must have permission to hand out "department property".
A Detroit paramedic says he is in trouble for breaking the rules. His offense? Giving a cold man a blanket. Top brass tell us employees must have permission to hand out "department property", but that blanket was one of many donated to the department to help people in need.
By FOX 2 News Staff
DETROIT -- Detroit Fire Commissioner Don Austin says paramedic Jeff Gaglio is not being punished for giving a man a blanket.
"Paramedic Gaglio was disciplined by the City's EMS division for failing to follow Fire Department reporting policy, not for providing a blanket to a citizen in need," Austin said in a statement Tuesday. "Paramedic Gaglio properly provided a blanket to a citizen who was burned out of his home on September 18, 2012. However, Paramedic Gaglio was cited, with an official departmental document, for failing to follow Department policy related to inventory accounting for an ambulance. Paramedic Gaglio has not and will not be suspended."
"It is the Fire Department's policy to assist the public in any way possible, including comfort in times of need; definitive care for the injured and ill; transportation to medical facilities; and protection from risk hazards to the greatest possible extent," he continued. "The members of the Detroit Fire Department are compassionate EMS personnel and fire fighters who are committed to protecting the safety of the citizens of Detroit and the public at large."
Last week, Gaglio told FOX 2's Charlie LeDuff, "I'm being punished for giving a man a blanket, something that would seem like a common, every day courtesy. Something that any man or woman would do in the City of Detroit, give a freezing man a blanket. I'm being punished for it."
Mayor Dave Bing's office then issued a statement challenging LeDuff's report. "The only reprimand Mr. Gaglio has received involves his failure to inform his supervisor after the fact," the statement said.
Meanwhile, LeDuff says he stands by his story.
"Isn't that what the guy's charging documents say?" LeDuff said in his report on Monday. "Specifically violation of 5.15 -- loaning, selling or giving away departmental property."
Friday, May 17 2013 11:55 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:55:04 GMT
"We intend to build cars in North America for [the] North American market, build cars in Europe for the European market and build them in Asia for the Asian market," said Don Graunstadt.
"We intend to build cars in North America for [the] North American market, build cars in Europe for the European market and build them in Asia for the Asian market," said the CEO of North American Operations for the electric car company.
Friday, May 17 2013 10:19 PM EDT2013-05-18 02:19:58 GMT
It can creep up on you without you realizing it. One day you step on the scale and you're obese. That's what happened to a St. Clair Shores woman who never though she would lose the weight.
It can creep up on you without you realizing it. One day you step on the scale and you're obese. That's what happened to a St. Clair Shores woman who never though she would lose the weight.
Friday, May 17 2013 8:43 PM EDT2013-05-18 00:43:34 GMT
Sabrina Gianino was found dead with a cord around her neck inside a Grosse Pointe Park home early Thursday morning. The medical examiner has ruled her death a homicide.
Sabrina Gianino was found dead with a cord around her neck inside a Grosse Pointe Park home early Thursday morning. The medical examiner has ruled her death a homicide.
Friday, May 17 2013 7:48 PM EDT2013-05-17 23:48:59 GMT
A Molotov cocktail was thrown through a kitchen window of a waterfront mansion on Whittier Street in Grosse Pointe Park around 3:20 a.m. Friday. Fortunately, someone inside put it out.
A Molotov cocktail was thrown through a kitchen window of a waterfront mansion on Whittier Street in Grosse Pointe Park around 3:20 a.m. Friday. Fortunately, someone inside put it out.
Friday, May 17 2013 6:26 PM EDT2013-05-17 22:26:25 GMT
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan urged Detroit's pastors and majority black population Friday to join him in an effort to buy neglected properties and take other steps to help revitalize the struggling city.
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan urged Detroit's pastors and majority black population Friday to join him in an effort to buy neglected properties and take other steps to help revitalize the struggling city where the movement started more than 80 years ago.
