Recent Fire News

• Fire-based EMS trauma care: ABCs vs MARCH

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  This advanced life support framework can help improve your trauma care

• RI city has been without permanent fire chief for over 2 years

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  Despite more than two dozen applications for Providence fire chief, no one has been hired

• Union head: Honululu fire chiefs botched fatal high rise blaze

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  Hawaii Fire Fighters Association president Bobby Lee said Assistant Chief Ronald Rico should have been on the scene but chose not to go

• Texas opts-in to FirstNet to improve public safety communication

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  Governor Greg Abbott announced his decision to partner with FirstNet and AT&T to provide Texas with modernized communication devices

• 4 firefighters hurt, 1 civilian dead after Ky. fire truck crash

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  Police said the fire truck was en route to a call with lights and sirens when it collided with a car

• Newborn meets firefighter-paramedics who delivered him

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  Crews delivered baby Timothy with an umbilical cord wrapped around his neck

• Unique partnership leads to a regional recruiting and retention grant

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  A county-wide effort results in a $4.3 million SAFER grant to fund recruitment and training of 500 additional volunteer firefighters

• Colleagues save firefighter-paramedic having heart attack on duty

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  Captain Dave Galbraith took an elevator to his colleague’s office when he felt pressure coming from his torso

• Search dog teams respond to Mexico earthquake, Hurricane Maria

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  Just after search and rescue dog teams returned home from Harvey and Irma, they set back out to rescue victims from more disasters

• Funding the fire, EMS response to the opioid epidemic

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  HHS, CDC commit opioid funding grant money to public health based models for combating the crisis

• Authorities: Father killed sons, set house on fire

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  Officials identified the two boys only by their initials, 2-year-old CR and infant brother RR

• New plaintiffs added to suit over Houston chemical plant fire

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  Six more first responders joined the case, saying they've suffered from everything from burning eyes to bronchitis following the explosions

• NM sends crews to help with western wildfires

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  At least 100 State Forestry personnel are supporting firefighting efforts around the region

• Video: ‘Only the Brave’ cast pays tribute to first responders

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  The actors teamed up to speak of the bravery the Granite Mountain Hotshots showed when they battled the Yarnell Hill wildfire

• Former paramedic sues fire department for harassment

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  Jeffrey Dean said he was told to teach his new partner to “keep his mouth shut”

• Shovel-wielding man, bees prevent firefighters from battling island blaze

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  "It was very weird and unusual... there were a lot of issues," Deputy Fire Chief Mark Leporati said

• Video: Fire department calls out impatient drivers who ruptured hose

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  The Indianapolis Fire Department shared a clip of two vehicles driving over a water supply hose, causing it to burst

• Photos show charred aftermath of post-Harvey chemical plant fire

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  The U.S. Chemical Safety Board released the grim photos of containers at the Arkema plant

• Video: Fla. home is swallowed by sinkhole

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  The 25-foot-wide crater destroyed the home that Ellen and Gary Miller had lived in for 49 years

• Q&A: How mobile training benefits fire, EMS departments

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  Sacramento Metro Fire Capt. Matt Cole, who helped create EVALS, the leader in tracking skills development and field training, breaks down why mobile training benefits responders

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