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•July 21, 2026

LODD: FORMER FIRE CHIEF PASSES AWAY WHILE RESPONDING – NEW YORK

All,  We regret to pass on that Chief Steve...
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•July 21, 2026

NIOSH WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU – HELP IMPROVE THE FIREFIGHTER SERIOUS INJURY AND LODD INVESTIGATION PROGRAM!

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)...
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•July 21, 2026

NIOSH FFFIPP SCBA Fact Sheets

The following NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention...
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•July 20, 2026

SACRAMENTO FIREFIGHTER HIT BY DOWNED POWER LINE – CALIFORNIA

Downed power lines hit a Sacramento firefighter while crews...
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•July 20, 2026

AMBULANCE STOLEN WHILE ON CALL – PENNSYLVANIA

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM)– A Lancaster County man was...
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•July 19, 2026

FIREFIGHTER INJURED, ANOTHER SUFFERS MEDICAL EMERGENCY AT HOUSE FIRE – MARYLAND

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A house fire...
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•July 22, 2026

Firefighter Hazing Termination Questioned After Police Report Contradicts Investigation-Videos (The Secret List)

All, As you know, 3 Firefighters were fired after an outside investigation found hazing at...
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•July 19, 2026

3 FFs Terminated and 2 Suspended: Rookie Hazing Behaviors (The Secret List)

All, Three St. Lucie County (Florida) Firefighters were terminated and two others suspended after an...
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•July 13, 2026

NFA? Now Is Your Chance…As In Right Now! (The Secret List)

All, FROM THE NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY NOTE THE DATE: ***Must Apply by Wednesday July 15th*** ….for...
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•July 13, 2026

NEW NIOSH Update, PILOT LODD, “Horrible Conditions”: Ohio Fire Captain (The Secret List)

All, The following NIOSH FFFIPP report and slides were recently published: BUT PLEASE NOTE…. 1-These “perfect...
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•July 12, 2026

2 PARAMEDICS & PATIENT KILLED IN CRASH – LODD (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that 2 Prince Edward Island (Canada) Paramedics died in...
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•July 11, 2026

NJ FIREFIGHTER, 23, KILLED FOLLOWING RESPONSE CRASH, FRANCE: FIREFIGHTER, 22 Killed During Wildland Fire Ops (The Secret List)

All, We regret to pass on that the 23-year-old Malaga (Gloucester County, NJ) Volunteer Fire...
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EMS Close Calls

•July 13, 2026

AMBULANCE STOKEN FROM FIREHOUSE – FLORDIA

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office and the Jacksonville Fire Department confirmed with Action News Jax that...
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•July 9, 2026

Ohio Fire Medic Stabbed By Patient (The Secret List)

All, An Ohio Fire Paramedic was taken to the hospital after being stabbed while preparing...
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•June 29, 2026

THREE PEOPLE INJURED IN WRONG WAY CRASH INVOLVING AMBULANCE – NEW YORK

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Three people were injured on Saturday following a wrong-way crash involving...
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•June 2, 2026

MEMBERS NEARLY STRUCK AT FATAL STRUCK BY CRASH – NEW JERSEY

A 43-year-old woman was killed Friday morning on Route 1 in West Windsor after she...
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•May 21, 2026

THREE INJURED IN AMBULANCE ROLLOVER CRASH – MICHIGAN

ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. — Northbound US 131 was closed for about five hours between mile...
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•May 21, 2026

TWO EMTS NEARLY KILLED WHEN MULTILPE GUN SHOTS HIT THEIR AMBULANCE IN THE BRONX

Two EMTs were nearly killed when their ambulance was struck by gunfire in the Bronx,...
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