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Captain Andy Loso took pride in educating children during Fire Prevention Week and in responding to calls, the St. Joseph Fire Department said
The Boulder Emergency Squad, a technical search and rescue team, has created a fundraiser to support its volunteers
“Our name, like our logos, symbols and actions must represent today’s volunteer fire service,” said First Vice President Edward Tase
After a major fire, the people of Prophetstown stepped up to thank, help and restock their fire department
The student pays tuition up front, and the grant reimburses the tuition once the degree is acquired
They stole frozen food, stuff animal prizes and then vandalized part of the building
Here are some steps to avoid last minute chaos and help score the funding
The department officials said they don’t have any receipts for the $40k in questionable purchases, explaining who bought what and why
The newest recruits won’t be able to fight any fires until they’re done with their training; they now have 59 volunteers
Joseph McQuiston, 36, admitted that most of the sexual contact happened at his volunteer fire department
Mapping out the year’s training and drilling plan is the first step to better preparing volunteer firefighters
That’s a question that seems to lead to as many questions as answers, so we asked three experts to weigh in
The lessons from Gordon, Wis., and other communities is to defend your fire station against fire
Hundreds of people turned out to raise money for the department’s that helped put out a devastating downtown fire in the summer
To understand the U.S. Fire Administration’s report on 2012 on-duty firefighter deaths, you need to look deep into the numbers and their trends
Disbanding the entire fire department on a whim leaves all 196 Onslow, Iowa residents at risk
He was bitten more than 40 times by two Labrador retrievers and is in an intensive care unit
The building is a total loss as are at least six trucks inside, including pumpers and tankers and other emergency vehicles
Mark Doty came from a long line of volunteer firefighters and oversaw the training of more than 18,000 firefighters this year
The cut was born out of the fire department’s non-compliance with a citywide audit
Fire officials rescued a stack of firefighting plaques Thursday morning from the two volunteers’ home
Officials say they didn’t know the cause of the fire or explosions; no injuries were immediately reported
When one firefighter fails to properly wear all of his or her PPE, it puts the entire operation at risk
He had no firefighter gear, but he got on his hands and knees and started crawling to get into the house to save her
e was about two years from retirement and was passionate about his family, friends and working as a firefighter
From tiring the forced-entry crew to barring emergency egress, bars that buttress doors closed are bad news for firefighters
His father was a decorated member of Rescue 3 who was killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks
Firefighter David Ray Wright, 49, was under water for about half an hour Monday night before divers got to him
Gregory Potter, a Peterborough firefighter, set the fires on Feb. 2 in five off-campus student apartments
Led by the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department’s swift water rescue team, the local first responders assisted in the disaster zone from Friday morning through Sunday night
Firefighter Clayton Ball had been with the department for more than 10 years
You can’t guarantee that a building that should have standpipes does, or that if it does, that it will work properly; find them before they find you
The Mack family has had a member on the volunteer fire department since its inception 75 years ago