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November 24, 2010

TRUE “ANTI-FIREFIGHTER” FEELINGS SLIP OUT IN AN E-MAIL BY A MISSOURI CITY HALL DWELLER

An e-mail mistake, over budget cuts targeting firefighters, is stirring up some controversy and sparking an apology from St. Louis (MO) City Hall.  St. Louis is looking at a $10,000,000 shortfall and there is growing frustration with the fire department, which is running $3,000,000 in the red. Tiana Jost, a wife of a firefighter, wrote...
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TRUE "ANTI-FIREFIGHTER" FEELINGS SLIP OUT IN AN E-MAIL BY A MISSOURI CITY HALL DWELLER

An e-mail mistake, over budget cuts targeting firefighters, is stirring up some controversy and sparking an apology from St. Louis (MO) City Hall.  St. Louis is looking at a $10,000,000 shortfall and there is growing frustration with the fire department, which is running $3,000,000 in the red. Tiana Jost, a wife of a firefighter, wrote...
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DETROIT ENGINE VS. UNDERPASS – A LITTLE TOO SHORT

Not a whole lot of information on this one from Detroit but as it appears the 7′ 11" underpass was a little too low for this Detroit Engine Company this week! Make sure you know the height of your apparatus!
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AZ AMBULANCE INVOLVED IN FATAL COLLISION

An ambulance was involved in a fatal crash on the Beeline Highway in the northeast Valley. A spokesperson with Rural Metro Fire says a wrong-way driver crashed head-on into the ambulance Tuesday at about 8 p.m. on Highway 87 near the Fort McDowell casino. The driver of the car was killed. The ambulance driver and...
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2011 Date Change, Apparatus, LODD Updates, Inmate FF’s (The Secret List)

Hey, IMPORTANT DATE CHANGE: The 2011 National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend DATES HAVE BEEN CHANGED. Traditionally held the first weekend each October, it has been changed for 2011 to be held on October 14th through 16th.  This is different from what was previously announced.  The 2011 weekend is especially poignant as it marks the 30th...
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2011 Date Change, Apparatus, LODD Updates, Inmate FF's (The Secret List)

Hey, IMPORTANT DATE CHANGE: The 2011 National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend DATES HAVE BEEN CHANGED. Traditionally held the first weekend each October, it has been changed for 2011 to be held on October 14th through 16th.  This is different from what was previously announced.  The 2011 weekend is especially poignant as it marks the 30th...
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