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FIVE FIREFIGHTERS INJURED AT HOUSE FIRE – KENTUCKY

MANCHESTER, Ky. (LEX News) — Multiple firefighters are now recovering from injuries sustained while fighting a fire that reached an estimated 1,375 degrees Fahrenheit at a Manchester home Friday. According to the City of Manchester Fire Department, crews responded to a two-story home just before 11 a.m. Friday. When they arrived, they found the home […]

FDNY FIREFIGHTER SUFFERS SERIOUS INJURIES AT STATEN ISLAND APARTMENT FIRE – NEW YORK

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Firefighters battled a blaze Thursday at the Park Hill Apartments in Clifton, leaving one FDNY member and one civilian injured, officials said. The call came in at 1:16 p.m. for a reported fire on the fourth floor of 140 Park Hill Ave., a seven-story apartment complex. The fire was brought under […]

UPDATE: BOSTON FIREFIGHTER KILLED AT FIRE SCENE AND JUST WARNED OTHER FIREFIGHTERS TO “GET BACK” PRIOR TO COLLAPSE

BOSTON — Fallen Boston firefighter Robert “BK” Kilduff Jr. had warned other firefighters to “get back” right before a portion of a Dorchester home collapsed, and he fell three stories. Kilduff’s last selfless act mimicked his whole life, fellow Rescue 2 firefighter Lt. Greg Kelly said at his friend and colleague’s funeral service Monday. “He’s leaving such […]

FORT WORTH FIREFIGHTER DIES AFTER BATTALING CANER WHILE FIGHTING TO FIND KIDNEY DONOR FOR WIFE

A Fort Worth firefighter who was battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer – and simultaneously fighting to find a lifesaving kidney donor for his wife – has died. Todd Brook, a 30‑year veteran of the department, died after months of declining health. CBS News Texas recently interviewed him as he worked to help his wife, Jennifer, secure […]

FIVE FIREFIGHTERS INJURED AT FURNITURE STORE FIRE – NORTH CAROLINA

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) – Five firefighters were injured in a major fire that tore through a Jacksonville furniture store this afternoon. The fire was reported around 1:15 p.m. and started in the Furniture Plus warehouse on North Marine Boulevard. It then spread to the store itself, as smoke was pouring out of the front of […]

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It's not just what I am inside, but what I do that defines me.

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Type of Organization: Fire/Rescue Department - Paid

Job Function: Captain

Years in Fire/EMS:: 16

Primary Fire/EMS Department:: Republic Fire Dept. Republic, MO

Years With Department/Agency: 1.5 years reserve, 5 years full time

Dept. Web Site:: http://www.republicmo.com/departments/fire/history

Other Past or Current Departments and Organizations: Central Crossing Fire Protection District, Shell Knob, MO; Cox Health EMS, Springfield, Mo: Emergency Medical Dispatcher

My Training:: FFI, FFII, EMT-B, HazMat Awareness & Operations, Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator-Pumper, Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator-Aerial Apparatus, Missouri Division of Fire Safety: Fire Service Instructor I, NIMS 100, NIMS 200, NIMS 700, NIMS 800, Intro to wildland fire suppression, Aircraft Firefighting Techniques for Structural Firefighters, The Art of Reading Smoke, Fire Cause Determination, Dynamics of Emergency Vehicle Response, Emergency Response for Electric Hybrid Vehicles, Missouri Division of Fire Safety: Fire Inspector, Red Cross CPR Instructor for the Layperson, MUFRTI: Responding to Propane Emergencies, Nationally certified Emergency Medical Dispatcher, Missouri Division of Fire Safety: Fire Officer I, Missouri Division of Fire Safety: Fire Investigator

Relationship Status:: Married

Facebook or Other Online Profile:: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/Firesqwasher357?ref=profile

Why I Joined Fire/EMS: I am a third generation firefighter. My Grandfather retired from the old Ballwin Fire Dept, now Metro West, outside of St. Louis. Then was the Fire Chief for the Central Crossing Fire District in Shell Knob, MO for 31 years. My father has only been a volunteer, but has worked on an ambulance for several years now. So being around it all my life, it is in my blood. I became a volunteer in 1994 when I turned 16, and after many moves finally became a full time firefighter for the City of Republic in January 2006.