Firefighter Nation WebChief's Blog – July 2007 Archive (3)

Alcohol, Firefighters STILL A Bad Mix

Andee Huber, Rest in Peace In 2003, a beautiful, intelligent, driven 16-year-old student firefighter -- Andee Huber (pictured left) -- was killed when the fire truck she was riding in crashed thanks to a drunk driver.

Sadly, that driver was driving the fire truck! (Read…

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Added by Firefighter Nation WebChief on July 31, 2007 at 9:52pm — 9 Comments

National Volunteer Fire Council Launches Junior Firefighter Program

The National Volunteer Fire Council has launched its Junior Firefighter Program, in partnership with Spartan Motors.

I was proud to have been an early participant in the development of the program, which encourages and promotes youth participation in the fire and EMS service.

There are thousands of local junior firefighter programs nationwide. The National Volunteer Fire Council and Spartan Motors have…

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Added by Firefighter Nation WebChief on July 30, 2007 at 11:59pm — No Comments

Two California Firefighters Killed in Rescue Attempt at House Fire

An early morning house fire Saturday

killed four people, including two firefighters trapped by surging

flames while trying to rescue one of the home's residents, authorities

said.

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