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Eight Firefighters Injured In Two Alarm Brooklyn Blaze

Thursday, 03 September 2009
Eight firefighters were transported to hospitals as FDNY units fought a blaze in Brooklyn at 1034 Dekalb Avenue. First arriving companies found smoke and fire issuing from the building and began an attack as trucks went to work performing primary… Read Full Article

Firefighter Injured Fighting Station Fire

Thursday, 03 September 2009
As firefighters begin to contain the Station Fire out in Los Angeles County word came in that a firefighter operating in the Angeles National Forest was injured after falling down a cliff. Reports state the firefighter wasn’t an L.A. County… Read Full Article

Outrageous Cuts At West Palm Beach Fire Department Possible

Thursday, 03 September 2009
In what may be the latest city to follow ill advised recommendations from a “consultant”, West Palm Beach could give pink slips to 34 employees. This after a consulting firm recommended the move in what can only be described as… Read Full Article

Steady Communications Hallmark of Fire Service

Wednesday, 02 September 2009
When New York firefighters entered the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 they were facing something no department had ever faced. Yet, in the midst of what would become a catastrophic collapse of two 110 story buildings communications were… Read Full Article

Battalion Chief Suspended For Sleeping Through Fire

Wednesday, 02 September 2009
A Chicago battalion chief has been suspended for 15 days for allegedly sleeping through an alarm that turned out to be a fire. the battalion chief kept sleeping as units responded to a fire where they ended up rescuing people… Read Full Article

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