Fire Academy
Misconduct
In a twist on a spray-painting tradition, the 2021 academy graduates put their academy number on the inside of a Sacramento tank
Recently demoted Chief Michael Gala told Arnaldo Rodriguez not to return to the academy
Assistant Chief Kevin Brennan and Deputy Assistant Chief Charles “Chuck” Downey, who leads the FDNY Fire Academy, made requests this week
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Fire departments must design a new paradigm for their future existence – one more focused on prevention
Clinton Firefighter-EMT Kacie Ortiz comes to the department with EMS experience and said she is eager to complete her full fire academy training
Goffstown Fire Capt. Steven W. Tower, 54, became ill during the Candidate Physical Ability Test at the New Hampshire Fire Academy on Monday
Training at the Quinn Fire Academy has been temporarily suspended
Norwalk’s mayor said an investigation found a firefighter may have fed exam answers to his son during the entry-level firefighting exam
Former St. Paul Fire Training Officer Jovan Palmieri alleges that Chief Butch Inks gutted training staff and allowed “poorly performing” recruits to graduate
Currently, candidates must be no younger than 21 and no older than 31 to join the Middleburg Heights Fire Department as a firefighter-paramedic
Facing mounting fiscal challenges, many departments are forced to eliminate or reduce training, fire prevention, travel and physicals
With no time to celebrate his achievement, FDNY Probationary EMT Kevin Gordon, the valedictorian of his class, hit the ground running after COVID-19 put the FDNY to the test
A pandemic makes you first witnesses to history, but are you prepared to face this test – and the many others ahead?
A random encounter with a Latvian prompted my commitment to learn something new every day
Staffing
The firefighters were allowed to graduate a month early to help fill gaps after 11 department members were quarantined
Understanding the difference between hazing, bullying and training in the academy setting
More than 30 first responders participated in a course to learn the basics of communicating with deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals
The high school senior hopes the plush toys and dolls will comfort children going through traumatic situations
Fire Chief
Records reveal that officials raised concerns about female cadets frequently being pulled out of training by the chief, who is accused of sexual harassment
The Anthony Jackson Memorial Scholarship Fund Award, which honors a paramedic who was shot and killed, was presented to Kenneth Brown Jr. by Jackson’s mother
James Devane responded to a 2011 house fire that earned three New Hyde Park firefighters the Gold Medal of Valor for Devane’s and another firefighter rescue
Abdi Warsame, 28, and Mohamed Daoud, 24, will be the first Somali-American firefighters in St. Paul
The firefighter recruits help an officer that was trapped in an unmarked Worcester police cruiser involved in a three-car crash
Many of the new firefighters will begin work at Houston fire stations as early as Saturday.
Graduates could enter the workforce as emergency medical technicians or continue their education in Sinclair’s Fire Academy program
Instructors tout the inaugural program as cost-effective, incorporative of department-specific techniques and convenient for recruits
Budget
A pay parity measure is preventing 68 fully-trained firefighter cadets from being sworn in, after Houston city officials could not come to a budget agreement
Denzel Adonis, a graduate of FDNY High School class of 2011, was one of 50 paramedics who walked across the stage after a seven-year journey to fulfill his dream
Lake Station Fire Chief Chuck Fazekas said Taeylor Holliday, 18, is part of “a different breed,” willing to risk her life to save others
Logan Kurek was the first to administer aid to Officer Amy Caprio after she was struck by a vehicle, and he is now a member of the Baltimore County Fire Department
Shooting
Juan Lopez had threatened to shoot up the Chicago Fire Academy nearly five years ago after he was fired for “improper conduct” towards women
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