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FireRescue1 2010 Year in Review

As 2010 comes to a close, our columnists reflect on the biggest fire service stories of the year. Read accounts of the year's most memorable incidents in our first-person features, and check out our slideshow for the most powerful images of the year. Stay safe in 2011.

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5 things we learned in 2010

FireRescue1 Editorial Advisor Chief Adam K. Thiel looks back over the past year, and identifies several key themes from the fire service across the many stories we've highlighted in the past 12 months. Full Story

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	Have it your way: The Burger King age For years customer service meant delivering what the customer wants, but these days it may not be what the customer needs – whether they realize it or not. Full Story
	How we're changing the status quo The number of Line of Duty Deaths recorded in 2010 is near the lowest in the past decade. The causes for the reduction are not readily measurable, though the statistics do reflect a status quo or even regression in some ways. Full Story
	The year the beast came to life The fire service has become the very essence of the "look at me" culture. This year, more than anything, we saw that we posted, blogged, and exhibited ourselves without even a nascent sense of the critical self-reflection so necessary for our survival. Full Story
	Times they are a-changin' If you asked Santa for a new EMT card, you'd better give up lest you join the 207 Massachusetts EMTs who thought they had recertified their cards without really trying. Full Story
	The question firefighters need to ask What if the testing labs, manufacturers and fire service members of the NFPA task group on Helmets, Boots, Gloves, and Hoods had not put in so much effort over the past 12 months? I hate to think about that. We owe them all ongoing thanks. Full Story
	Ring in the New Year with new recruits Recruiting new members and retaining the ones we have are two of the biggest challenges the volunteer fire service has been facing in recent years. Full Story
	Stuck in a hard place in 2010 For all local, state and Federal government organizations along with most of the private sector, 2010 will go down in history as an extension of yet another year of hard financial times Full Story
	How did your department fare in 2010? My topic for the annual wrap-up last year was about the upcoming budget impacts that departments were feeling or would be feeling soon. Turns out my predictions were spot on. Full Story

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First-Person Perspective Series

	High pressure: Responding to the San Bruno gas pipeline explosion Chief Ron Lavezzo's mind was focused on one idea: "your value is based on observable behavior and measurable results." Related: Firefighter gives inside account of Calif. gas explosion
	Lessons learned from structure collapse close call in SC Five firefighters were on the second story of a house when the floor tilted, causing three firefighters to fall. Related: Floor collapse close call puts SC firefighters in Mayday
	How we stopped the NYC Times Square terror attack FDNY Capt. Michael Barvels credits firefighters' use of training, size-up skills, instinct, and experience in preventing casualties and damage. Related: Quick thinking by FDNY shows need for terror threat awareness
	How our small community rallied against the BP oil spill Jamie Hinton, the volunteer fire chief of tiny Magnolia Springs, came up with a plan to stop the Gulf oil spill from entering the Magnolia River. Related: Ala. chief risked jail to save town from oil
	How we built up a fire service while responding to the Haiti quake In 2000, Nate Lasseur was shocked by the lack of equipment and supplies in Haiti's fire service, but 10 years later signs of gradual change are appearing. Related: USAR teams deploying to Haiti
	How we fended off a swarm of bees When we arrived, we saw a little black cloud hovering over a man at the end of a driveway. He was rolling around on the ground.

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America's Female Firefighters 2010 Calendar		Ladder Burns - Close Call
Santa's Fire Truck		FF Caught in Van Blast
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