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• An ordinary day with extraordinary results: Detailing the St. Louis child rescues

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  St. Louis firefighters and battalion chiefs share a play-by-play of the astonishing – and unexpected – rescues

• 2020 trends: Fire service leaders predict what's ahead in the new year

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  From enhanced focus on cancer prevention to managing medication shortages, fire service leaders weigh in on 2020 fire and EMS trends

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  How Southern Manatee Fire Rescue embraced new drone technology for hazmat response

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  Using drones to exchange real-time information has never been easier before for this rescue team

• Chief, enjoy your retirement – and leave the new chief alone!

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  Not being able to let go puts the new chief in an awkward position

• The audacity of the badge: Reconciling the confidence and arrogance that comes with the job

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  Four simple tests can help you determine if your decisions uphold the badge or dishonor it

• Being chief: It's not a popularity contest!

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  Making tough decisions – and pushing for change – is your responsibility, even when it doesn't win you any fans

• Q&A: The life-and-death impact of firefighter training

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  Chief Ed Rush underscores the importance of focusing on simple and relevant drills

• 7 firefighter training drills not found in books

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  Most of these skill-building exercises can be used year-round and with minimal cost and equipment

• How fire departments can gain community support at the ballot box

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  Many departments need community support for financial or organizational requests – and this requires a different type of preplanning and action

• 8 keys to good firefighter extrication gloves

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  Whether or not the gloves are NFPA certified, use this checklist to guide your next extrication glove purchase

• Fire truck design: Is black the new chrome?

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  In some busy departments, durability is trumping design when it comes to how much chrome a rig is dressed in

• How fire trucks got their color

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  Opinions on what color is best won't surprise you, but why they got that color might

• Expert: How to conduct a wildland fire assessment

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  WUI conference speaker gives tips on how firefighters can prepare and conduct home assessments to protect residents’ properties from wildland fires and to become a more fire-adapted community

• How good are firefighter SCBAs at keeping chemicals out?

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  SCBA's ability to ward off external chemicals was greatly enhanced in 2007; now they'll be tested to find out just how good they are

• How many seats should a fire truck have?

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  Picking the correct seating involves factoring safety, staffing and storage; here's how to do the math

• What city firefighters need to know about wildland fires

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  Increasingly structural firefighters are called on to battle wildfires encroaching interface areas; these are very different fires that require training and preparation

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