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2013 Year in Review

2013 has been a year full of amazing rescues, horrific tragedies and poignant moments. Join us as we look back on back on some of the biggest stories and issues from 2013. Read first-person accounts, hear from our expert columnists, and catch some of the top videos of the year.

The largest problem in the coming year is how departments deal with young firefighters
Of all the stories to come out of 2013, these seem to best explain the current state of the fire service
There were no shortage of funny things happening on fire and EMS calls this year; here are the best three and two really close runners up
Addressing these five broad issues should be a high priority for the volunteer fire service in the coming year
Here’s a list of the most outstanding innovations to hit the fire service this year and a short list of those I hope to see next year
That a California prosecutor considered criminal charges against the S.F. firefighter who ran over and killed a plane-crash passenger has meaning for us all
Join us as we look back on the most read, commented and shared articles on FR1 over the past year
By July we had the same number of line of duty deaths as we had for all of 2012