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1 week ago | 
firehouse.com | Daniel W Byrne |Susan Mac Nicol
The Pawtucket FIre Department is down eight firefighters amid a probe into criminal wrongdoing. Four were fired and four retired while the state attorney general's office investigates allegations. “I have seen cases that are very atrocious in terms of behavior … But I haven’t seen anything to this degree or this extent.
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1 week ago | 
firehouse.com | Daniel W Byrne |Susan Mac Nicol
With the number of volunteers dwindling, three Indiana fire departments decided it was time to merge to better serve their residents. Now, that plan -- involving South Madison Fire Territory, Andams-Markleville Fire Protection District and Lapel Stony Creek Volunteer Fire Department -- is in jeopardy. But, it's not because one or more changed their minds. A bill currently before the state legislature could sink it.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
firehouse.com | Susan Mac Nicol
LODDSThomasville, MO, Firefighter Killed when Pumper Rolls Over The Thomasville firefighter killed was a passenger in the rig that rolled over while responding to a fire call. Thomasville Volunteer Fire Department/FacebookA Thomasville firefighter was killed in a crash while responding to a fire call Thursday night. When the pumper ran off the right side of the road, the driver overcorrected attempting to regain control.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
firehouse.com | Susan Mac Nicol
EMSJudge Rules Beaumont, TX, EMS Crews are Civil Service Workers Although the EMS division was absorbed by Beaumont Fire and Rescue, the city considered them civilians. Beaumont EMS workers got a big win this week as a district judge ruled that the city needs to classify them as civil service employees and not civilians. Although the EMS division was absorbed by Beaumont Fire and Rescue in 2021, the city still considers them civilians, 12 News Now reported.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
firehouse.com | Susan Mac Nicol
Safety & HealthKansas City, KS, Firefighter Hit by Coupling after Vehicle Runs over HoseThe senior firefighter suffered an open lower leg fracture after he was struck by the coupling pulled away from the hydrant. A Kansas City firefighter was seriously injured when a vehicle ran over a hose at an incident scene. “A firefighter was taking the supply line off the back of a fire truck and wrapped the fire hydrant to get a water supply.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
firehouse.com | Susan Mac Nicol
Preston Martin figured the retro blue Volkswagen van he slept in for a year during college was a goner, given that he parked it in a Malibu neighborhood just before the Palisades fire ripped through, reducing homes and cars to rubble and charred metal. So the surfboard maker was stunned to find that the vehicle survived. Not only that, a photo of the vibrant bus taken by an Associated Press photographer was circulating widely on television and online, giving viewers a measure of joy, NBC reported.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
firehouse.com | Susan Mac Nicol
Operations & TrainingLaddersWind Hampers FDNY Firefighters' Efforts at Bronx Building Blaze The wind pushed the fire across the common cockloft, FDNY Chief of Operations Kevin Woods said. Firefighters battled the wind as they tackled a four-alarm fire in the Bronx Wednesday night. One of the 180 FDNY firefighters suffered a minor injury, but no residents were injured, abc 7 reported.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
firehouse.com | Susan Mac Nicol
LODDSFallen Montgomery County, MD, Firefighter Remembered as 'One of our Best'Master Firefighter Christopher Higgins, 46, who collapsed at a house fire in Laurel last Saturday, will be honored at a service Jan. 23. “Chris was a fireman’s fireman, one of our best.”That's what Montgomery County Battalion Chief Rafael Gibson called his fellow colleague and friend, Master Firefighter Christopher Higgins, 46, who answered his final alarm Saturday night.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
firehouse.com | Susan Mac Nicol
It was a teaful virtual reunion between a woman trapped by a raging wildfire and the fire captain who drove through the flames to save her. While Patty Phillips and Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Malcolm Dicks are looking forward to a face-to-face meeting, both know it won't happen right now. Dicks is heading the Urban Search and Rescue operation in the Palisades area, KCAL reported.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
firehouse.com | Susan Mac Nicol
A man was found dead and two others were injured in a Chicago aparment fire early Wednesday. Firefighters found the victim, believed to be in his 30s, in his apartment just after 4 a.m., WGN reported. Two residents were transported to a hospital for smoke inhalation. The cause is under investigation. Susan Nicol | News EditorSusan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol.
