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The order comes after the state fire commission said it would no longer recognize the Stinking Creek Fire Department as a fire department
Tragedy can help remind us of our ultimate mission and our ability to serve as unifiers
Ely Fire Department Lt. Robert McFarland, a correctional officer at Anamosa State Penitentiary, and Nurse Lorena Schulte helped keep others safe during the attack
The 34 firefighters had spent the week working on everything from securing unsafe houses to pumping water out of a power company’s flooded building in the central city
The new processes aim to improve safety, incorporating lessons learned from a tragic incident that took the life of a young volunteer firefighter
Westport Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief Chris Stock was a 20-year veteran of the fire service
He cashed checks for equipment purchases without actually buying the equipment
Highland’s paid-call reserve firefighter program cost the city about $53,000 in the 2009-10 fiscal year
Under the township code, a firefighter can be dismissed if he doesn’t respond to 50 percent of the fire calls for two straight years
Fellow firefighters remember the life member of the department as an intelligent man who offered invaluable insight to Patterson fire chiefs for decades
Sen. Tim Solobay, Canonsburg’s volunteer fire chief, slammed two assailants and activated the siren on his vehicle
While in the water, Firefighter Larry Gressett’s body cramped up and he drowned
Garden City Park Fire Department Volunteer Firefighter Thomas V. Regan had served as a firefighter for 38 years
Two off-duty firefighters helped the victims as they were trapped inside the vehicle
He’s been fighting fires for about six decades
Before the mass resignation, Peyton had 18 firefighters, but now the ranks are down to seven
Volunteer fire companies are confronting a critical shortage of members
The men are working on a unified, computer-aided dispatch system that utilizes “point addresses” to pinpoint emergencies for responders
The new training standards do not take years of experience into account
Volunteer fire company to purchase new communications equipment with funding
The NVFC now lists VESSRA as one of the most significant pieces of legislation affecting volunteer firefighters
The experience itself of a training drill is not where the learning occurs, but is the start of the cycle
Orange County Fire Authority decided to slash its volunteer program in half, but Villa Park has threatened a lawsuit, keeping their crew open
The car the man was riding in was involved in a collision with a volunteer firefighter’s vehicle, and the driver attempted to flee
The farmhouse fire was challenging because firefighters could only fit one apparatus up a narrow hill to the structure
A few years ago, the company bought an engine tanker with hopes of building some excitement among volunteers
Fire Captain Leslie “Les” Clark was driving a tanker to the scene of a reported structure fire when he lost consciousness
Several Brunswick County fire departments have been hit hard by low volunteer rates
Village president calls forum to discuss 15-person volunteer department’s future
Trio facing facing warrants of possessing tools for criminal use and obtaining non-ferrous metals illegally
The fire station includes vintage fire prevention posters and mementos from a time capsule
An assistant fire chief gave a resident a chimney flare to exhaust a fire, instead of calling 911
Most volunteer fire departments in the county face challenges recruiting, keeping volunteer firefighters as well as finding funds to buy equipment