Recent Fire News

• ReIGNITE Quick Take: The impact of firefighter misconduct and how to manage ethical dilemmas

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  Assistant Chief Debbie Carpenter shares tools and strategies for firefighters and fire leaders when making and maintaining ethical standards

• Putting a thermal imaging device to the test in the California wildfires

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  This pocket-sized monocular from FLIR can scan large areas through darkness, glare and haze to pinpoint hot spots before they flare up

• Firefighter mental health: How to manage on- and off-duty issues

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  It’s vital that officers watch for signs that a call is “sticking” with members or general changes in behavior and mood

• Pink for a purpose: How the fire service supports breast cancer awareness

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  How a simple question – “Can you paint our engine pink?” – led to a powerful campaign for firefighters

• How to sanitize your rugged laptops and tech tools

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  Follow this step-by-step guide to remove dirt, germs and other contaminants from your computing devices

• 2 FDNY FFs injured in 'all-hands' apartment blaze

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  Firefighters responded Wednesday to a blaze on the fourth floor of a Staten Island apartment building

• Ga. FD's ambulance service suspended for a year

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  Augusta's legal department has 30 days to develop a detailed plan for the city's EMS response after city commissioners voted to halt the fire department's service

• Lawsuit: Rejection of treatment center for first responders discriminates against disabled people

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  The Hale Foundation has filed a lawsuit after the Valor Station's zoning application was rejected following widespread opposition from residents

• Ariz. city develops task force to address problems at 911 center

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  The task force was developed after a third-party review found problems with staffing levels, training, morale, harassment and more at Tuscon's Public Safety Communications Department

• NJ fire department shuts down after COVID-19 exposure

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  The Washington Township Fire Department will shut down immediately as contact tracing is conducted

• NOLA superintendent to retire; announcement prompts conflicting reactions

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  Tim McConnell was praised by officials for his efforts to restore fire stations after Hurricane Katrina, but endured scorn related to long-standing labor grievances

• Video: San Francisco FFs rescue man from wave-whipped rocks near Golden Gate Bridge

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  The department used thermal imaging to locate a heat signature on the cliff and a helicopter shining light on the rescue swimmers during the rescue

• Video: Engine 51, of 'Emergency!' fame, hits the streets

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  The engine has been in the Los Angeles County Fire Museum shop since the museum was closed for COVID-19 restrictions

• How new, lighter fabrics promote heat loss without sacrificing safety

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  New technology makes it possible to reduce the overall weight of turnout gear – and the stress on the firefighter wearing it – without compromising heat resistance

• James Pribyl shares an honest look at a day in the life of a volunteer firefighter

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  Inside why one firefighter chose to be a volunteer firefighter, how it connects to his time in the military, and the weight of the work on his psyche

• IAFF's COVID-19 interim after-action report criticizes government's response

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  The International Association of Fire Fighters outlines how the organization worked to fill gaps that is says were caused by a lack of support from federal and state governments

• Nonprofit coffee shop aims to help recruit volunteer firefighters

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  The owner of Second Alarm Brewhouse in Pasadena, Md., Duane McKee, has been a volunteer firefighter himself for more than 20 years

• Retirement badge of Mo. city's 1st fire marshal returned to family years after being lost

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  The late Clayton Fire Marshal Roy Weckherlin's badge was lost in a restaurant in Florida years ago, and the Florida man who found it spent four years working to return it to its rightful place

• Pa. FD not being dispatched despite being reinstated

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  One councilman who supports the Gill Hall Volunteer Fire Company claims the delay in getting the station dispatched is a "stall tactic" designed to force the agency into a merger

• Police: Ky. rescue squad's Humvee stolen

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  The Humvee was later recovered from a ditch with its doors torn off

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