Bill Carey

Associate Editor

Bill Carey is the associate editor for FireRescue1.com and EMS1.com. A former Maryland volunteer firefighter, sergeant, and lieutenant, Bill has written for several fire service publications and platforms. His work on firefighter behavioral health garnered a 2014 Neal Award nomination. His ongoing research and writings about line-of-duty death data is frequently cited in articles, presentations, and trainings. Have a news tip? He can be reached at news@lexipol.com.

LATEST ARTICLES

Fire Department Management

Pa. township swears in first career firefighters

Plumstead Township’s new career firefighters will provide daytime staffing and work alongside three volunteer fire companies as part of a new combination department

August 24, 2026 10:59 AM

Bill Carey

Line-of-Duty Death (LODD)

La. firefighter killed in crash while responding to emergency call

Meaux-Nunez Volunteer Fire Department Firefighter Robert Hughes was ejected from his SUV and fatally injured after it left the roadway while he was responding to an emergency call

August 24, 2026 10:00 AM

Bill Carey

NIOSH

Report released on Calif. firefighter/paramedic seriously injured by patient

A NIOSH investigation into a California behavioral health call shows how fast risk can escalate and why EMS crews need clear triggers to stage, disengage and call for law enforcement

August 21, 2026 02:31 PM

Bill Carey

Risk Management

Normalization of deviance: When unsafe becomes ‘just how we do it’

How small shortcuts can quietly become firehouse culture — and what firefighters and officers can do to stop the drift before someone gets hurt

August 20, 2026 09:53 AM

Bill Carey

Fire Department Management

Okla. FD study calls for 3 new fire stations, 78 more firefighters

A city-commissioned study found Norman Fire Department needs three additional stations and 78 firefighters to improve coverage and meet its five-minute response time goal

August 20, 2026 09:12 AM

Bill Carey

Line-of-Duty Death (LODD)

Fla. FD chaplain killed in crash while checking on crews

Polk County Fire Rescue Chaplain Hector Cruz was traveling between fire stations to check on crews when he was fatally injured in a crash near Eagle Lake

August 20, 2026 08:43 AM

Bill Carey

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Maine fire department becomes first in state to go PFAS-free with turnout gear

East Millinocket Fire Department used a $90,000 grant to replace aging turnout gear for all 25 firefighters with PFAS-free protective equipment

August 20, 2026 08:07 AM

Bill Carey

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Aviation Incidents, Airports and ARFF

‘We have a problem': NTSB report details final moments before Utah firefighting helicopter crash

NTSB preliminary report says the Skycrane pilots radioed that they had a problem before issuing a mayday as their helicopter struck rising terrain near the Widemouth 2 Fire

August 19, 2026 08:19 AM

Bill Carey

Off Duty

Off-duty Calif. paramedic, firefighter husband rescue woman from burning car

Shannon O’Neill-Gentry and Grant Gentry stopped at an El Dorado County crash and helped free a trapped woman as flames spread through her vehicle

August 18, 2026 10:39 AM

Bill Carey

Technical Rescue

Surgeons called to free worker trapped in conveyor belt at Mass. facility

Westford firefighters and a surgical team worked for over two hours to free a worker whose arm became trapped in machinery about 10 feet above the ground

August 18, 2026 09:05 AM

Bill Carey