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Oct. 5, 2012

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Dear Member,

In this week's highlights, married firefighters were injured in a fire truck crash, and a quick-thinking pilot saved a firefighter from a fast-moving blaze.

And lastly, be sure to catch the world's smallest fire truck in action.

— From the FR1 Team

Top Stories of the Week

Married firefighters injured in Texas fire truck crash
The volunteers, husband and wife, lost control of the apparatus they were driving, causing it to flip and crash

Pilot saves firefighter with water bucket
A firefighter was surrounded by flames until a pilot lowered a water bucket to fly him to safety

Former firefighter lives without pulse for 6 months

Wis. men jailed for phony fire calls, stealing drugs

Patient death probed, medics 'used choke hold, spray'

2 Philly firefighters injured

EMT allegedly tells seriously ill patients not to go to hospital

2 firefighters injured in airport training accident

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Popular Columns of the Week

Chicago Fire: The story behind TV's newest firefighting show

What producers had to say about making the show "authentic."

Maps and apps: Does technology help or hinder firefighters?

Is all technology moving so fast that our brains can't keep up?

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Top Photos of the Week

Iraqi firefighters extinguish a fire at the scene of a car bomb attack near the Sacred Heart Church in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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Fireground Tips and Tricks

Chaffing harness straps

Many bunker gear manufacturers are incorporating a Class II harness into pants to allow for aerial- and ground-ladder operations, but chaffing can erode the straps. Here's how to avoid that.

Firefighter Bailout Training Prop

Chicago Fire: Watch the premiere online

Fire truck hits car, flips

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Top Comments of the Week

"Maybe we need to take a roof ladder up, even on a FLAT roof, to lay across the rafters/trusses to stand on (like in an ice rescue)."
— Allen John Cameron in response to Reality Training: Commercial roof collapse

"I knew I liked this guy!"
— Scott Mosher in response to The real Tom Sawyer revealed

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	Firefighter loses leg to flesh-eating bacteria 571

	Mich. firefighter collapses, dies after training 451

	Photos: Man freed from trash can after getting head stuck 431

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