Blogs
From The IC: About the FDNY Rope Rescue
The following was shared by Frank Leeb (FDNY's Chief of Training) who was the Citywide Tour Command Chief for Saturdays fire & rescue. At the FDNY, the Citywide Commander duty is rotated amon...
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NFA 2nd Semester Open Enrollment and Immediate Vacancies in S0770
Open Enrollment - 2nd Semester Resident Classes It's open enrollment time for the U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Academy's (NFA) resident classes scheduled for April 1-September...
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Kenneth Roy Sott, Captain - Summerville Fire & Rescue
Kenneth Roy Sott Captain Summerville Fire & RescueSummerville, SC On Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, Captain Kenneth Roy Sott returned home after physical fitness training with recruit firefighters. A sho...
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Juan Wilson, EMT/Firefighter - Baltimore City Fire Department - LODD
Juan Wilson EMT/Firefighter Baltimore City Fire Department Baltimore, MD On Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, EMT/Firefighter Juan Wilson responded to an emergency medical call at a residence. While performing...
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Alex Moss, Firefighter - Upper Saddle River Fire Department - LODD
Alex Moss Firefighter Upper Saddle River Fire DepartmentUpper Saddle River, NJ On Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, Firefighter Alex Moss responded to the fire station for a residential fire alarm call. He rema...
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Kevin G. May, Firefighter - Westwood Fire Department Westwood, NJ - LODD
Kevin G. May Firefighter Westwood Fire DepartmentWestwood, NJ On Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022, Firefighter Kevin G. May responded as part of a mutual aid assignment to a 5 alarm house fire in Upper Saddle R...
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3 FIREFIGHTERS KILLED-AERIAL COLLAPSE-QATAR
We regret to pass on that 3 Firefighters have died in the Line of Duty during a training detail in the Qatari capital of Doha weeks before the start of the World Cup. Reports are that they were on or...
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Pentagon Shift to PFAS-Free Foam Spurring ‘Tidal Wave’ of Change
Military to replace leading firefighting tool used since Vietnam Airports, oil, chemical industries also bracing for change Kevin Ferrara spent his career working around a wispy white chemical foam t...
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Lithium-Ion Info from FDNY Symposium
With permission, we are passing along a Google Drive link (below) to information from the recent FDNY symposium.Some overall take-a-aways from the 2 days of training: A new Emergency EV Stop device w...
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A Firefighter’s Relationship Challenges
Someone starts dating you and they learn you are a Firefighter. How cooool.Someone marries you and they are proud to say they are marrying a Firefighter. Still cool.Someone starts getting pissed off ...
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