The United States Fire Administration has received notice of the following 4 Firefighter fatalities in the month of August: Name: James E. Sommers Rank: Fire Chief/Public Safety Director Status: Career Date of Incident: 8/06/2019 Fire Department: … [Read more...]
This is unedited police radio audio from the first two hours of the shootout. Police officers were trying to serve a narcotics warrant in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood Wednesday afternoon when they were caught in gunfire. NOTE: While not directly fire related, this radio … [Read more...]
NEW IAFC PRESIDENT, FIRE CHIEF GARY LUDWIG KICKS OFF A NEW FIREFIGHTER SURVIVAL CAMPAIGN: "If You Don't Feel Well... Don't Make It Your Farewell" Last week at the IAFC's Fire Rescue International Conference, Chief Gary Ludwig (who was just installed as President of the IAFC) … [Read more...]
As you probably know by now, 3 of the five children who lost their lives in Sunday morning's fire at that Erie (PA) daycare were the kids of a local Firefighter. As the fire broke out, Luther Jones was responding to another call in the city (mutual aid) just blocks away as a … [Read more...]
Firefighter Line of Duty Death for July 2019
The United States Fire Administration has received notice of the following 5 Firefighter fatalities in the month of July: Name: William "Casey" White Rank: Chief Status: Volunteer Date of Incident: 7/02/2019 Fire Department: Sun Country Volunteer Fire … [Read more...]
I love Ben Franklin. I have spent the better part of my life reading his stuff and the stuff that's been written about him. Ben Franklin himself had no shortage of his own quotes as well: "Who is wise? He that learns from everyone." (Ben Franklin, Firefighter, Smart … [Read more...]
Hopefully you will be attending Fire Rescue International, the week of August 5th-look forward to seeing you there. Here are a few things we want to pass on to you related to your personal/professional agenda while in Atlanta: ======FIREFIGHTER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: A few months … [Read more...]
The following are excerpts from a new report related to the LODD of Howard County (MD) Firefighter Nate Flynn. The best any of us can do is to "honor by learning" the published/known facts of what happened and then applying those to our own departments, realistically available … [Read more...]
We easily talk about the fire service as a family. We use words like love, caring, brotherhood/sisterhood. We would protect each other with our life. These are heartfelt sentiments, but how do they translate into behavior? As with all cultural issues, it is only my behavior … [Read more...]
Firefighter Line of Duty Death for June 2019
The United States Fire Administration has received notice of the following 5 Firefighter fatalities in the month of June: Name: Christopher Moore Rank: Firefighter/Paramedic Status: Career Date of Incident: 6/07/2019 Fire Department: Maryland Heights Fire … [Read more...]
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