Posts Categorized: Line Of Duty
Situational Awarness on Taking it to the Streets; Did you Listen in?
Taking it to the Streets hosted by Christopher NaumLast month on Firefighter NetCast.com ,Taking it to the Streets presented an exceptional show related to the emerging issues affecting fire ground operations and the emerging and prevailing issues rela…
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NASCAR president & Rusty Wallace to meet firefighters in Dover. Come join the fun.
Get your tickets now for the September 26 event.
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Shining through Suffering – Learning How to Cope with Sadness in EMS
Dealing with the level of sadness we see in EMS isn't something that comes naturally. It's a learned skill. Take your time and find your way. We're all nothing but human.
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A message from the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: Memorial Weekend is fast approaching.
Ways you can help honor 105 fallen firefighters.
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Around The Fire Web
AROUND THE FIRE BLOGS
Firegeezer's SUNDAY EMERGENCY! - Your weekly dose of EMERGENCY!
Backstep Firefighter - Willy and the Firemen
STATter911 - Covering Boston's 9-bagger! Biggest in 25 years for the Jakes!
Firehouse Zen - Roto-Ray and Feder…
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OSHA Considers Safety Violations
BREAKING NEWS>>
NORTH CHARLESTON - State workplace safety investigators are mulling possible citations against the North Charleston Fire Department for its handling of a July house fire that left three firefighters injured.
MORE: OSHA Considers…
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Scholarship for son of fallen DC firefighter.
Brian Carter was eight-years-old when his father John died.
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Byrne Not Happy With FD Direction
BEAUFORT - Former Beaufort Fire Marshal Dan Byrne said that for seven years, he helped build award-winning public-education programs that drew praise from departments throughout South Carolina and across the country.
But when changes in the department…
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LODD in France
A CAREER FIREFIGHTER PERISHED THIS AFTERNOON (Wednesday) in Lanester, France.
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Firefighter Wheatley Interred
CHICAGO FIREFIGHTER CHRISTOPHER WHEATLEY was laid to rest Friday following a funeral mass at St. John Fisher Catholic Church.
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Double-LODD in Spain
TWO MEMBERS OF THE SEAGA FIRE BRIGADE DIED THURSDAY NIGHT while working to extinguish a forest fire in the parish of San Lorezo, in the town of Pontevedra Fornelos de Montes, Spain.
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FD Tackles New Challenge
CHARLESTON -- Charleston's Fire Department tackles one of its biggest challenges since the Sofa Super Store fire. On June 18th, 2007, a fire ripped through the Sofa Super Store. In the year following the fire, experts from around the country dissected wh…
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Riley Ignorant of Routley Team Wanting Thomas Out?! Rigghhtt!
NOTE: The title of this story is loaded with sarcasm.
CHARLESTON - In the wake of the Sofa Super Store fire in June 2007, which took the lives of nine firefighters, Charleston Mayor Joe Riley said the city would be remembered for how it responded to the…
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Quick Takes
Wednesday's fire & EMS news.
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LODD of Chicago Firefighter Christopher Wheatley
LODD Chicago Firefighter Christopher Wheatley. It is with great condolences that I share this information recently posted at FirefighterCloseCalls.com. FF Wheatley came on the CFD in 2000 as a paramedic and became a firefighter in 2008. Wheatley is the first firefighter to die in the line of duty since 2008.
Read More »UPDATED WITH ARRANGEMENTS: Chicago Fire Department Firefighter Christopher Wheatley, 31, Dies in the Line of Duty During Overnight Restaurant Fire
Christopher Wheatly became Chicago Fire Department's first line of duty death since 2008, falling to his death after slipping on a ladder fighting a restaurant fire.
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LODD – Chicago
A CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT FIREFIGHTER DIED EARLY Monday morning after falling 3-4 stories off of a ladder.
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Firefighter Christopher Wheatley, Truck 2, Chicago Fire Department dies from fall. Happened during early morning West Loop restaurant fire.
Fell 35-feet to the ground just after midnight.
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A Little Safety Parable
Firefighting isn't Jackass: There is a serious difference between taking stupid risks and calculated risks.
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The Story Behind the Fire Probe
CHARLESTON -- The candid, critical e-mails among members of an expert fire safety panel investigating the 2007 Sofa Super Store tragedy show a perplexing reluctance by the city of Charleston to acknowledge the shortcomings of its fire department even whi…
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Mayor Rebuts Routley Emails
Statement from Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr.
Charleston, South Carolina
Rebuttal to the Routley Report Emails released to media
CHARLESTON - On Sunday, August 1, the Post & Courier printed a story regarding conversational emails between various m…
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FF and Fire Wife Blogs
Updated August 2010: Blogs by the firefighter and ems community including blogs by firefighter's wives.
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Help Build a Monument
Brownsburgh Fire Department is trying to build a memorial for 9/11.
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Quick Takes
Fire & EMS news for Monday
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Emails Tell Horrifying Story
CHARLESTON - Almost from the outset of their investigation three years ago, a group of experts concluded that Charleston FDt was a mess and that its chief needed to go for the organization to rise from "the dark ages." That theme emerges in hundreds of …
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