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November 16, 2009

ANOTHER TRAGIC LOSS FROM FIREFIGHTING CANCER-MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THIS FD's FF's ARE DEALING WITH CANCER

While we (logistically) cannot list all job related cancer line of duty deaths from Firefighting, we do want to take a moment to express our condolences in the very sad passing of Seattle FD’s Battalion Chief Dave Jacobs, who has died from cancer. Dave was a major player in fighting for the rights of Firefighters...
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FATAL RESPONDING FIRE APPARATUS CRASH IN FLORIDA

A 26-year-old civilian was killed last night in a crash with a responding fire apparatus in Florida. At around 2100 hours, the civilian was driving a pick-up truck east bound while a fire apparatus driven by a Hernando County Firefighter/Paramedic was reportedly heading in the opposite direction. Apparently the civilian veered his truck into the westbound lanes...
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