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Line and Chief Officers, this is a matter that should command your attention (please)



NEW NFPA APPARATUS STANDARDS & HELMET WEARING/USE

Tuesday, February 26, 2008



The following is in the new revision of NFPA 1901, effective for apparatus contracted on and after January 1, 2009.



"14.1.8.4* The… Continue

EMMITSBURG, MD -- Hal Bruno retired Thursday as the chairman of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation's board of directors.



Dennis Compton was unanimously selected to replace Bruno, a charter member of the board.







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Baltimore Firefighter Dies While Exercising

Funeral information…

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We regret to advise you of an LODD FD ambulance crash involving the Brown Township Fire Department in Central Indiana (Morgan County). Police report that an SUV crossed the center line on State Road 144 and struck the ambulance head on. A member of the BTFD was killed in the Line of Duty. Another BTFD member was transported to the hospital in an unknown condition. The civilian driver of the SUV was also pronounced dead at the scene. The ambulance was not in an emergency response when the crash… Continue

Several firefighters were briefly trapped inside a burning apartment complex in Raleigh (N.C.) Saturday before they escaped unharmed. (RADIO AUDIO BELOW) The firefighters responded to a fire at a 12 unit, 3-story apartment building at 3211 Shore View Road, when the roof collapsed. Those firefighters were able to get out unharmed, and the fire was eventually controlled. Fire officers said that five of the units…

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OHIO FIRE CHIEF LODD: It is with deep regret that we advise you that the Chief of the Ohio City FD in Ohio City, Ohio (30 miles to the east of Ft. Wayne, IN) has died in the Line of Duty. Veteran Fire Chief, Paul Swander, age 74, went to the fire station around 1400 hours on Thursday January 31 to fuel the station generator due to an impending winter storm. To fuel the generator, it required him to ascend a ladder into a loft area where the generator is located. At some point he fell from…

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Mark Puente

Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

Cleveland paramedics will soon be dodging bullets with the police SWAT…

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LODD-BALTIMORE CITY RESCUE CO.1 CAPTAIN DON HUBBEL

Saturday, February 2, 2008

It is with deep regret that we advise you of the Line of Duty Death of Captain Donald Hubbel, Baltimore City Rescue Company #1 which occurred yesterday, February 1, 2008. For those who knew…

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