By Matthew Ferremi, LI Herald: Legislation introduced by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, that protects the benefits of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel was passed by the state assembly and...
By Elizabeth Dinan, Sea Coast Online: The recent resignations of volunteer firefighters was unfortunate, said Selectman Thomas Maher, but was the result of the town’s shift from mostly volunteers, to paid...
By Renatta Signorini, Trib Live: DELMONT, PA. — Rick Miller remembers former classmate Rich Balik being taken with the fire service when they were sixth graders at Nicely Elementary in Greensburg. Decades...
By Justin Moore, WPMI: Grand Bay Volunteer Fire and Rescue is looking for a new fire chief after Chief Grayling Christian resigned. Grand Bay Fire District Board ordered Christian to dismiss at least two-to...
By Dean Welte, KTIV: Seven Nebraska Army Guard Soldier based in Norfolk, Nebraska are to head to Romania for a yearlong deployment. On May 17, the seven solders with the 181st Engineer Detachment (firefighter...
By Matthew Ferremi, LI Herald: Legislation introduced by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, that protects the benefits of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical personnel was passed by the state assembly and senate. The...
By Elizabeth Dinan, Sea Coast Online: The recent resignations of volunteer firefighters was unfortunate, said Selectman Thomas Maher, but was the result of the town’s shift from mostly volunteers, to paid...
By Renatta Signorini, Trib Live: DELMONT, PA. — Rick Miller remembers former classmate Rich Balik being taken with the fire service when they were sixth graders at Nicely Elementary in Greensburg. Decades later, Balik...
By Justin Moore, WPMI: Grand Bay Volunteer Fire and Rescue is looking for a new fire chief after Chief Grayling Christian resigned. Grand Bay Fire District Board ordered Christian to dismiss at least two-to-three...
By Dean Welte, KTIV: Seven Nebraska Army Guard Soldier based in Norfolk, Nebraska are to head to Romania for a yearlong deployment. On May 17, the seven solders with the 181st Engineer Detachment (firefighter team)...
By Tristan Scott, Flathead Beacon: Facing the prospect of a new contract with the city of Whitefish that includes fee increases, the rural Fire Service Area Board is considering cutting ties with the city and...
By Alyson Samson, CBC News: Niki Greeley was frustrated watching her neighbour’s property burn to the ground last November, although the event ignited a sense of responsibility for her new home in Labrador. A...
By Rick Markley I’ve spent nearly my whole career striving to become a better writer and to help others with the same. Not surprising, much of that training involves a lot of reading — and not reading for reading’s sake...
By Carolyn Hidy, Lake County Leader: Ronan Fire Chief Chase Adler is not a man to brag. After every incident, he and his fellow firefighters discuss what went wrong and what needs improvement when they respond to the...
Source: National Volunteer Fire Council Registration is now open for the inaugural National Volunteer Fire Council Recruitment and Retention Experience, to be held September 25-26 in Cleveland. This interactive...
Source: Firefighter Close Calls: Tragic news from Turkey as a fire department aerial tower failed resulting in the line of duty death of a firefighter and the critical injury of another. From the below videos the rig...
By Firefighter Close Calls: A Maine volunteer firefighter and a New York volunteer EMT are among the latest first responders to die from job-related COVID-19. A 42-year-old Waldo County firefighter is one of the...
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