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Posted: Aug 8, 2018

Tragedies, mishaps and close calls: 20 years of preventing LODDs through The Secret List

Chief Billy Goldfeder – “Billy G” as he is affectionately referred to by his innumerable fans in the fire service – has always been focused on firefighter survival. He attributes his interest to the 1970s, when firefighter line-of-duty deaths where all too common. “It really impacted me,” he says, because though, “we didn't know better back then,” it was accepted as part of the job.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
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Posted: Aug 8, 2018

Nevada fire department tests new sensor technology to find people faster in an emergency

The Reno Fire Department performed a new sensor technology test on Saturday, Aug.4 at the University of Nevada, Reno Innevation Center that can potentially help find people faster in an emergency. SimpleSense developed sensors to assist firefighters in what’s called the primary search. The primary search is the best chance for firefighters to find anyone trapped inside a burning building, and involves quickly searching as much of the building as possible to locate anyone still inside, according to Reno Fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRNV NBC Reno
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Posted: Aug 7, 2018

IAFC and Pierce Manufacturing Announce 2018 Fire Chiefs of the Year

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company today announced the winners of the 2018 IAFC Fire Chief of the Year awards. Volunteer Fire Chief, Herbert Leusch, of the Glen Echo Fire Department in Bethesda, Maryland, and career Fire Chief, Joanne Hayes-White, of the San Francisco Fire Department are this year’s honorees.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs
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Posted: Aug 7, 2018

249 Nights Away at California Fires: Firefighter Families Cope With a 'New Normal'

Melissa Morgado began 2018 trying to solve an arithmetic problem: How many nights did she and her firefighter husband spend apart because of work in the previous year? He was gone for the hot summer months, of course, and again for most of October, and then 19 more days in December when deadly fires broke out on the Central Coast.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: GovTech.com
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Posted: Aug 7, 2018

Kansas Firefighter, His Two Sons Killed In Oklahoma Plane Crash

The Independence Rural Fire Department in Kansas confirms that one of their firefighters was killed in a plane crash Saturday (Aug. 4) outside Ponca City, Oklahoma. Sycamore Firefighter Nicholas Warner, along with two of his sons, his dad Bill, and friend Tim Valentine all died in the aircraft accident, according to a Facebook post.
- PUB DATE: 8/7/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFSM-TV CBS 5 Fort Smith
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