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

Firefighter Cancer

National Firefighter Registry for Cancer goes offline following NIOSH layoffs

Access to the NFR has been disrupted following federal layoffs, prompting questions about the future of the firefighter cancer-focused research program

April 02, 2025 10:01 AM

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NIOSH

Layoffs hit NIOSH safety, firefighter programs under HHS restructuring

NIOSH faces layoffs of staff working on firefighter safety initiatives like the National Firefighter Registry for Cancer and line-of-duty death investigations

April 01, 2025 12:19 PM

Bill Carey

Structure Fire

‘It feels good': Critically burned Ore. FF returns to work, mentoring recruits

Gresham Firefighter Spencer Tejedas suffered burns to 45% of his body in a house fire where conditions quickly changed, leading to a flashover

April 01, 2025 10:20 AM

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Search and Rescue

Watch: Cleveland teen throws ladder, rescues mom, 3 kids in house fire

Video showed 16-year-old Tyler Sowden climbing a ladder to rescue a mother and her three children in a house fire

March 29, 2025 11:39 AM

Bill Carey

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Search and Rescue

Watch: Calif. FFs rescue woman during house fire

Video shows Orange County firefighters rescuing an unresponsive woman from a Mission Viejo house fire

March 27, 2025 07:48 AM

Bill Carey

Brotherhood and Sisterhood

FFs around the world replace Calif. wildfire victim’s FD T-shirt collection

Garrett Knapp lost his collection of FD T-shirts when the Palisades Fire destroyed his family’s home

March 26, 2025 11:35 AM

Bill Carey

Recruitment and Retention

Pa. officials end volunteer fire company’s paid ambulance service

The Hepburn Township Volunteer Fire Company stated the township supervisors dissolved the ambulance service due to a shortage of EMTs

March 25, 2025 09:32 AM

Bill Carey

Apparatus Crash

Tanker rollover injures Pa. firefighters, causes power outage

The Junction Fire Company tanker was responding to a brush fire when it was struck by another vehicle

March 24, 2025 11:16 AM

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Search and Rescue

‘A room inside of a room': Conn. FF describes rescue of man held captive in burning house

Waterbury firefighters say they were met with unusual conditions and a disturbing scene while rescuing a man held captive in a locked, fire-damaged room within a home

March 21, 2025 10:50 AM

Bill Carey

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Search and Rescue

7 rescued off balconies at Md. 2-alarm apartment fire

Prince George’s County firefighters faced fire on two floors of the three-story garden apartment

March 20, 2025 08:20 AM

Bill Carey