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Posted: Sep 11, 2018

Texas fire department braces for federal report on firefighter’s death

San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood offered his interpretation of a federal report to be released this week that examines the circumstances surrounding the death of firefighter Scott Deem. He has seen a preliminary copy of the review that was conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, an institute within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News
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Posted: Sep 11, 2018

NFPA 950 Open for Public Comment

The first draft of the 2020 ed. of NFPA 950 – Standard for Data Development and Exchange in the Fire Service is now open for public comment. If you develop and sell software for fire departments, if you help fire departments specify and procure software, or are a firefighter who uses software (yes, that means just about everyone) it is essential that you check out the proposed changes and additions for the 2020 edition.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association
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Posted: Sep 11, 2018

Update: California volunteer fire department approved for dissolution

The Julian Cuyamaca Fire Protection District, the last volunteer fire department in the county whose members respond to medical emergencies and structure fires in the area, on Monday got a step closer to being dissolved. The members of the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) unanimously agreed to move forward with plans to eliminate the volunteer department and absorb it into the San Diego Fire Authority.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Diego Union-Tribune
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Posted: Sep 10, 2018

Fire and propane tank explosion kills South Dakota Assistant Chief and resident

A deep gouge in a gravel driveway and a smashed well house speak to the force of a propane tank explosion that took the life of a Sturgis firefighter, who perished along with another man in a raging residential fire in this quiet bedroom community Friday evening. At a somber Saturday morning news conference in Sturgis, authorities identified the firefighter as David Fischer, 43, of Sturgis.
- PUB DATE: 9/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rapid City Journal
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Posted: Sep 10, 2018

Federal judge dismisses lawsuit by Ohio fire official

A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit of a high-ranking Cincinnati fire district chief who claimed he was wrongfully passed over for a promotion after he brought issues of wrongdoing to the former city manager's attention. Last month, U.S. District Judge Timothy Black dismissed the lawsuit filed by Raffel Prophett, the District One chief in the Cincinnati Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 9/10/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCPO-TV ABC 9 Cincinnati
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