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Areas of focus included preparing for wildfire and WUI events, managing lithium battery fires, and new approaches to firefighter health and wellness
The road to PFAS-free PPE is paved with good intentions but full of unknowns
What advice would you share with your newly graduated selves — tips that new graduates can consider for their own paths ahead?
We’re talking about those members who are constantly in conflict and make everyone around them miserable
A Gardner Lake Volunteer Fire Company firefighter described belittlement and other mistreatments; a town employee alleged sexual harassment
The Madison Fire Department said it is adapting to a “changing economic and technological landscape since the COVID-19 pandemic”
“I was young. It was my first mistake,” said Brandon Hagans, who was fired from Delray Beach Fire Rescue after failing to properly check the patient’s vital signs
“We don’t have an objective pay structure,” said Webb Smith, one of two Marietta firefighters to resign in protest
Survey respondents resoundingly recommend a career in the fire service – a vital stat amid growing recruitment challenges
Debilitating physical pain can have a similarly devastating mental impact
Going beyond Chief Brunacini’s guidance to “Be nice”
How these institutions changed firefighting – and my career trajectory