Firefighter Close Calls

FL FIREFIGHTER, 35, DIES IN QUARTERS (The Secret List)

We regret to pass on that a 35 year old St Lucie County Fire District Firefighter was found unresponsive in quarters this morning, and subsequently passed away. The Firefighter was found in his bunk ...
Firefighter Close Calls

FIRE DEPARTMENT ADDS THERAPY K-9 – UTAH

The Tremonton Fire Department introduced Rosie, a 5-month-old Sheepadoodle who joined the department as a therapy dog to ...
Firefighter Close Calls

Breaking the Cycle: Compassion, Humility, and Free Will

Part 4 of 4 Read part 1, part 2, and part 3. If ego is the invisible weight we carry, and culture, biology, and stress ...
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Trauma faced by KCFD members goes beyond fire. ‘Your worst day is our every day’

Curt Varone’s voice falters as he describes an all-too-familiar scene. Kneeling on the floor of a stranger’s home, performing ...
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FIREFIGHTER BURNED AT HOUSE FIRE – PENNSYLVANIA

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Seven people were displaced following a single-alarm fire that filled an Allentown house with smoke Sunday afternoon. Around 3:30 p.m., the Allentown Fire Department, police, and ...
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FIREFIGHTER INJURED AT HOUSE FIRE – MAINE

CHINA, Maine — A firefighter was injured while fighting a fire that caused significant damage to a home in China on Sunday night, according to the Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office. Firefighters ...
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FIRE TRUCK INVOLVED IN HIT AND RUN WITH PARKED CAR – MISSOURI

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — An Independence fire truck hit a parked car last week in a cul-de-sac near East 41st Street South and Kerrington Drive as it tried to turn around. Ashanti Grant, the owner of the ...
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FIREFIGHTERS INVOVLED IN HIT & RUN AMBULANCE CRASH – NEW YORK

Two members of the Troy Fire Department were injured Sunday night after a crash involving a fire department ambulance. Troy firefighters said the incident happened near 10th Street and Peoples Avenue ...
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FIREFIGHTER INJURED AT HOUSE FIRE – PENNSYLVANIA

SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Emergency officials in Somerset County say one firefighter was injured while battling a house fire Sunday afternoon in Shade Township. According to Somerset County ...
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WACO, TEXAS INVESTS IN MENTAL HEALTH

Waco is investing in mental health support for police officers, firefighters and other public safety employees, recognizing ...
Firefighter Close Calls

FIREFIGHTERS BREAKING THE STIGMA ON MENTAL HEALTH – TEXAS

Every call a firefighter responds to is different. Some are routine medical emergencies. Others involve crashes, fatal fires ...
Firefighter Close Calls

Data Center Firefighting, Powerlines/Electric Follow-up (The Secret List)

(FYI for those following Firefighter LODD history, Rick D runs an excellent and very comprehensive resource section in FFCC that you will find of value in training, educating probies etc. Check this ...