I need 5 minutes, please. Many of you know that I’m a big supporter of the National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer. I was before I got cancer*. Now it is even more important. The NFR for Cancer launched in Spring 2023 and is the largest and only National effort to better understand and reduce cancer in firefighters. You...Read More
For those interested in the proposed OSHA Emergency Response Standard changes, the IAFF’s OSHA webinar is live and can be watched HERE: WATCH: https://youtu.be/CRy9jpuO1Ow. Also, a live webinar on how to submit comments is also scheduled for June 24 at 12 p.m. ET. Staff from the IAFF will share feedback on OSHA’s proposed Emergency Response Standard and walk...Read More
Tragic news from Florida as St. Johns County Fire Chief Sean McGee shared his condolences Saturday after a Lieutenant and his wife were found dead inside their home in what the sheriff’s office called a murder-suicide, leaving 4 young children behind. SJCFR Lieutenant Shawn Yarbrough, 46, and his wife Andrea Yarbrough, 34, were found shot...Read More
A Willoughby Hills firefighter leapt through his ambulance’s window Sunday morning to prevent an alleged thief from taking it. According to Willoughby Hills Fire Department, around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, a Willoughby Hills Fire Rescue ambulance stolen from the University Hospitals Lake West Medical Center. The ambulance crew was exiting the hospital when they found a man...Read More
Fire Chief Benny Filiaggi of the Montgomery, WV was found unresponsive at his house on Friday June 14 after he didn’t show up for work. Resuscitation efforts were not successful and he was pronounced at Montgomery General hospital. Chief Filiaggi was the only paid member of Montgomery FD and had a Monday through Friday schedule....Read More
Two off-duty volunteer firefighters, including one who tried to save the other, died after falling into a manure tanker at a cattle farm in upstate New York, police said Friday. Nathan Doody, 33, of DeRuyter and Tyler Memory, 29, from Tully, were working their day jobs when they fell unconscious and tumbled into the tanker...Read More
