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“Your honor and integrity are as much as your word. He was big on that,” Justin Chesson said of his father, Ray Chesson
Capt. Brad Tendall, 43, had been a volunteer with the Nevada Fire Department for 24 years
Trucks barely fit into the current Canton fire station, which was not designed to include sleeping quarters, despite EMS personnel working overnight shfits
Police believe the victim and the killers belonged to rival white supremacist groups
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The 21-year-old firefighter and the others called themselves the ‘Black Flag Family Gang’
Opening themselves for criticism takes a lot of guts and we owe to them to make the best of it
Officials say the incident revealed communication failures that “must be addressed”
Poor water supply meant shuttling water 7 miles to the scene
He is charged with stealing money from two funds between 2009 and 2011
The money will go to buy new PPE
The best clips include two dash-cam videos that show frightening hits
Smith, a former volunteer fire captain, confessed to setting the most recent of the 77 fires
Volunteer fire departments are only receiving a portion of the money collected by state fees
The pair are suspected of setting the majority of the more than 70 arson fires
110 fire trucks were on hand to pay tribute to a fallen brother
One firefighter suffered dehydration; the other came in contact with an electric feed
The money will boost the ranks of the combination department for two years
A 40-year-old woman is being held without bond; it is unclear if she is connected to more than one of the fires
The 22-year-old was a volunteer with the Pine Hill (N.C.) Fire Department
43 cows broke loose prompting police and volunteer firefighters to capture them before they stampeded
There have been more than 70 deliberately set fire since November
He took gasoline from the firehouse and lit a vacant structure so he could fight the fire
He faces 4 arson charges and 5 other charges including falsely reporting a car had gone over a cliff
The 35-year-old firefighter was also a volunteer with the Readington Volunteer Fire Company
Some say the move was to oust the chief; the board has 60 days to negotiate a new deal
Two people escaped; the cause of the fire is under investigation
The boy’s father is a volunteer firefighter who donates time to the NFFF
The limited turnout gear was kept on the truck and the first to respond got the gear when Shaw started fighting fire
The money will be used on recruiting and retention programs
The firefighter has repaid the money, but can no longer serve as a volunteer firefighter
Structure and wildland fires are completely different animals, and so too are the PPE needed to keep firefighters safe
It is the department’s first brand new apparatus