Fire Fighter Suicide and Behavioral Health Are Becoming a Concern to the Fire Service. This is the second of a three part series of blogs highlighting selected authors, titles, and publications used for fire fighters and behavioral health research. For additional information and the annotated bibliography for each study navigate to: http://www.nfpa.org/ffsuicideawareness Finney, Emmanuel...Read More
Authorities say six dogs died and a firefighter was injured in a house fire in Sand Springs. Tulsa television station KJRH reports that the fire broke out Wednesday afternoon at a home on West Fourth Street. Fire officials say that seven people were inside the home at the time of the blaze but all escaped...Read More
A Redmond smokejumper is fighting for his life after being critically injured in a fall while fighting a wildfire in Alabama. Ray Rubio, a smokejumper with the Deschutes National Forest, was one of many from the area who were sent to an assignment in Birmingham, Alabama, as more than 30 wildfires are burning in the...Read More
Almost a week after a crash killed a Dougherty County Police officer and a little girl, first responders worked to bring awareness to the difficulties they see in their line of work. “Once I got there, and I saw it was a little girl…I didn’t know what was going on but knew I had to...Read More
The United States Fire Administration has received notice of the following 5 firefighter fatalities in the month of November: Name: Alfred A. Stewart Rank: Firefighter (Former Fire Chief) Status: Volunteer Date of Incident: 11/06/2016 Fire Department: West Milford VFD Age: 79 Years of Service: 52 Incident Description: Firefighter Stewart reported to the fire station for...Read More
