Recent Fire News

• 4 dead after small plane crashes on Utah highway

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  A witness said the plane was like a “big black solid red ball of fire”

• Fact or fiction: Transdermal fentanyl exposure

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  For opioid toxicity to occur the drug must enter the blood and brain from the environment

• Photos: Scott Safety previews manufacturing facility tour for chiefs before FRI

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  The tour included a look at the in-mask thermal imaging camera

• Converged Idaho fires almost completely contained

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  The 48,569-acre fire is part of the Craig Mountain Complex, which is 95 percent contained

• San Francisco considers floating fire station

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  The two-story, 16,300-square-foot firehouse would house the vehicles needed to get to waterfront incidents quickly

• IAFC issues call to action for fire service to urge governors to opt into FirstNet

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  The IAFC stressed that they believe FirstNet will "enhance emergency response operations" in the fire industry "for years to come"

• Teen strolls in to get soda, robs Mo. fire station

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  The teenager allegedly left with a paramedic's purse and keys to a firefighter's truck, which he came back to steal

• Off-duty U.S. soldiers save civilians from Ukrainian apartment fire

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  The soldiers rescued the occupants of an apartment in Lviv, an hour's drive from the Yavoriv Combat Training Center where they were stationed

• Then and now: EMS practices through the years

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  Orange radio boxes, oxygen trunks, antiquated stretchers and duct tape: the tools of the fire/EMS first responder have come a long way

• Police: Homeless woman set on fire by homeless man

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  The woman suffered extensive burns and is in critical condition at a hospital

• At least 3 drown trying to cross Rio Grande; 7 rescued 

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  The El Paso Fire Department water rescue team recovered the bodies of a teenage boy and girl and an adult woman

• Fires force evacuation of 12K in 3 French Riviera towns

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  Nearly 600 firefighters were trying to contain the flames that had run through 3,210 acres

• Fire department rebuilds after troubling 6-month audit

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  Hubert Volunteer Fire Department was put in the spotlight when Onslow County withheld quarterly funds from them pending the submission of a correct audit

• Allegheny Mountain Firefighter Initiative reaches goal of 300 trained firefighters

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  The Allegheny Mountain Firefighters Initiative has been recruiting volunteer firefighters since 2013

• Bystanders dodge bullets after ammunition-filled truck catches fire

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  April Swanson took her truck to have the fuel pump repaired when it exploded while her cousin was underneath the vehicle

• Fire Chief Digital: How to build a fire station

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  This issue explores the need for new stations and how to navigate station renovations

• IAFC and Pierce Manufacturing honor 2017 fire chiefs of the year

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  Chiefs from North Lenoir Fire & Rescue in Kinston, N.C. and Macon-Bibb Country Fire department in Macon, Ga., receive prestigious awards at Fire-Rescue International

• Firefighters treat colleague for an hour after he collapses at barbecue

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  Firefighters gave Steve Sawatzky CPR while waiting for an ambulance at a company outing

• Teen spends last $40 to buy firefighters water

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  Kenneth Bennett, 15, took action when he noticed the firefighters battling the blaze at his house had an empty cooler

• Driver in truck trafficking case tells fiancée he's innocent

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  Darnisha Rose said James Matthew Bradley Jr. claimed he had no idea how so many people came to be crammed inside his trailer

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