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2 days ago | firerescue1.com | Sarah Roebuck

LOS ANGELES — Award-winning actor and former New York City firefighter Steve Buscemi will serve as executive producer for the upcoming documentary, “Into the Unknown,” a film that promises to deliver an unfiltered look at the daily lives and sacrifices of America’s paramedics. Buscemi joins fellow executive producers Wren Arthur, as well as Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe, the beloved stars of the iconic series “Emergency!,” to help bring the stories of today’s EMS professionals to the screen.

4 days ago | firerescue1.com | Paul Wilcoxen

By Paul WilcoxenThe Southern IllinoisanHERRIN, Ill. — The trucks have been rolling out of Herrin’s new fire station for months, but on Friday, the public finally got a chance to step inside. City leaders, firefighters and residents gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house, marking the department’s formal introduction of the modern facility to the community it serves.

4 days ago | firerescue1.com | Josh LaBella

By Josh LaBellaNew Haven RegisterSTRATFORD, Conn. — The local firefighter union and town officials are at odds over two firefighters terminated by the town while on leave for injuries they sustained in the line of duty, letters issued by both sides said. In a letter issued June 13 by Stratford Professional Firefighters IAFF 998, President Steven Michalovic said firefighters William Hertzog and Scot Sanford were fired that day.

5 days ago | firerescue1.com | Trevor Metcalfe

By Trevor MetcalfeThe Virginian-PilotNORFOLK, Va. — A city grievance panel has denied an appeal from a former Norfolk firefighter seeking to get his job back after being fired for medical marijuana use. A three-member panel upheld the termination of firefighter Brandon Beltaine in a June 9 decision after he was fired in 2023 for medical marijuana use.

1 week ago | firerescue1.com | Bill Carey

PHOENIX — The City of Phoenix has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit involving the death of a 2-year-old boy. The lawsuit, filed by the Clugston family, alleged that their son, Abraham Clugston, died after Phoenix firefighters decided he did not need to be transported to the hospital following a seizure, reported. He died later that same day.