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Video: FDNY FFs call Mayday at fire; Man attacks FF with shovel | Nov. 28, 2012


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		Comeback kid: Losing a leg can't keep this firefighter down
		Firefighter winterization

Nov. 28, 2012

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NIOSH reports on theater roof collapse LODD	Video: NY FFs call mayday at 2-alarm blaze	Man hits firefighter on the head with a shovel

Today's Top Stories:

Residents in uproar over fee-based fire service: Department's chief says move is necessary because of financial hardships

911 tapes from 140-car pile-up released: Victims in the Thanksgiving Day crash that killed 2 and injured 90 beg for help

Responders deal with 29 courthouse bomb threats: No arrests were made and no bombs were found in statewide hoax

Volunteer fire dept. may lose cheap fuel for unpaid bill

Bank donates $2.3M to help firefighters, cops rebuild after Sandy

Man on oxygen lights pipe, sets beard on fire

Rural house fire claims 3 children, 2 adults

Firefighters save man from jumping off bridge

Video: Dog helps firefighters pull down trees

FR1 Exclusive

Comeback kid: Losing a leg can't keep this firefighter down

By Patrick Wong, FR1 Staff

Despite losing a leg to a flesh-eating bacteria, First Lieutenant Ralph Lettieri is only focused on getting back to the fireground. It all began in early July, when he scraped his leg on some poison ivy. Freak occurrence

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		Giant crane catches fire atop university Firefighters were unable to battle the blaze as it was over 200 feet high.
		Residential structure fire Calif. firefighters battled for two hours to bring this single-family structure fire under control.
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PPE Update

The debate: Mandatory gear retirement at 10 years

By Jeff and Grace Stull, FR1 Columnists

The proposed updated NFPA standards still require that fire departments remove any gear from service that has a manufacture date older than 10 years. But a new petition is asking reconsideration of this rule. What do you think?

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