Traditional weddings are, you know, traditional — and they don't typically include things like setting yourself on fire as you head off into the night. For one Utah couple, however, being sprayed with a fire extinguisher to douse errant flames is commonplace, so doing the same on their wedding day was just par for the course.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Deseret News

The1930 American LaFrance Tiller Truck is now back home. The Middletown Fire Department used the truck from 1930 to about 1963 and recently got a call from someone in Binghamton, New York – the old truck was sitting on a lot there. Jim Loewenthal, a retired Middletown firefighter, enlisted his friends and fellow former firefighters and had the 75-foot fire truck brought back to Middletown.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTIC-TV FOX 61 Hartford

The IAFF has been collaborating with the U.S. Navy on a program to improve the fitness, health and wellness of Navy fire fighters by encouraging them to become more active. In January 2022, the IAFF launched Integrated Group Navy Fire Instruction, Training and Education (IGNITE), a comprehensive 18-month wellness-fitness program, in collaboration with fire fighters from Navy Region Mid-Atlantic (NRMA).
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFF.org

The Kissimmee Fire Department will begin integrating telemedicine and patient navigation into the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system with the Tele911 program beginning Monday, June 6. The use of Tele911, Inc. by Kissimmee Fire Department is intended to reduce ambulance transports to the Emergency Room for residents who call 911 with non-emergency medical issues.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Positively Osceola

VIDEO: Fire damage was so extensive and intense at a homeless camp, firefighters say they are not able to determine how it started. The tall flames and huge black plume of smoke could be seen for a mile Sunday around 12:30 p.m. It was a shock for drivers on I-5 and a scare for those living in the encampment and nearby neighbors.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle