Recent Fire News

• Six firefighters injured battling fire at Brooklyn house

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  A total of 170 fire personnel were needed to get the blaze under control

• NY volunteer firefighter dies Thanksgiving morning in a fire at his own home

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  Thornwood firefighters were able to save two members of Sean Carroll's family

• ‘This is not what I signed up for’: Why some firefighters simply don’t understand the job

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  We must ask key questions to determine where we are going wrong in communicating firefighter job expectations

• The all-in engine company: Making it work with 3 members

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  Outlining the roles of firefighter, driver and officer and the tasks to prioritize

• Vertical ventilation: A firefighter’s ladder-to-roof guide

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  Back to basics – sounding and walking on the roof, using roof ladders, working from an aerial, cutting the hole and punching through

• Firefighters save D.C. landmark where President Monroe lived

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  One firefighter suffered a minor injury

• Civil Service Commission sides with Mass. female FF-EMT passed over for promotion

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  The ruling requires that Tracy Blanchette get back pay, and Methuen FD must decide whether to promote her to captain or create an equal supervisory position

• FDNY, Columbia work to improve EMS response operations, balance hospital capacity loads

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  "Our new pattern for FDNY EMS is shaving about a minute off ambulance trips from incident locations to hospitals,” said Professor Andrew Smyth

• Federal lawsuit accuses Del. FD of years of racial, religious discrimination

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  A 23-year Wilmington veteran was subjected to racial slurs by other firefighters and senior management along with harassment over his beliefs, the suit says

• Idaho FD's newest fire truck tips on side in crash

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  The three crew members inside the apparatus were treated for minor injuries; the engine suffered significant damage and it's unclear if it can be repaired

• Ill. firefighter-paramedic dies after a smoke investigation at Argonne National Laboratory

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  Scott Williams, 46, was found unresponsive in his bunk, the U.S. Firefighters Association said

• Ind. FD hires first 2 female firefighters

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  Both Goshen Fire Department Firefighter Megan Berry and Firefighter-Paramedic Hannah Estes have experience working in the fire service

• Virgin Islands firefighter killed in crash that injured another crew member

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  The firefighters were returning from a training exercise; witnesses said the St. John fire truck flipped over after rolling downhill

• ‘The Great Resignation’: It could go either way for the fire service

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  The fire service must capitalize on this phenomenon to attract new members or be destined to experience its own mass exodus

• How to prevent – and extinguish – a Christmas tree fire

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  Take these prevention measures to lower the chance of your holiday centerpiece going up in flames, and find out what to do if that does happen

• ‘Lives would have been saved’: Fire alarms didn’t go off before Fla. tower collapse

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  Seven minutes before the Champlain Towers collapsed, the pool deck's fall triggered a building alarm system distress call to the alarm company, which should have set off condo units' alarms

• How to prevent, recognize & stop a chimney fire

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  Each year, more than 20,000 residential blazes are caused by chimney fires; learn how to spot one

• Former FF-medic to sue Ore. fire district after labor bureau finds gender discrimination

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  A report by the state found that former Knappa Fire District Firefighter-Paramedic Amy Lenz was not promoted while her male co-workers were

• Ind. fire chief arrested on 4 felony charges

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  Police responded to multiple gunshots being fired in St. Paul

• More than the tailpipe: Locating firehouse toxins

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  The complexity of firefighter health exposures requires mitigation solutions beyond the fireground

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