Fire trade media is written and read to educate the fire service about strategy and tactics. They also spend considerable space focusing on firefighter safety, but again in the context of firehouse and fireground operations. Many reflect upon or review the facts and circumstances of firefighter injuries or deaths, but these reflections are primarily operational in focus.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com

A 14-year dispute concerning overtime pay for D.C. was resolved Saturday after Mayor Muriel Bowser and the D.C. Fire Fighters Association signed an agreement. The agreement will result in $45 million to be paid to firefighters who worked more than 42 hours per week, dating back to Sept. 23, 2001. The mayor’s office said funds have already been allocated through surplus revenue in fiscal year 2015.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nbcwashington,com

Firefighters used to have a good idea of what dangers they faced on a call. It was going to be smoke or flames. But as society has changed, so have the risk factors. Two firefighters taking care of a patient at a bus station are stabbed by a bystander this summer in San Diego. The firefighters survived the attack.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: woodtv.com

Eleven people who worked in rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have died in the six weeks since the most recent anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. Another Ground Zero worker, Roy McLaughlin, died Sept. 10, one day before the anniversary. McLaughlin, 38, was a Yonkers police officer when the World Trade Center was attacked.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Ithaca Journal

After two high-profile mass shootings in Colorado in the last 10 years, Boulder County is working to change how firefighters respond to the scene of large-scale dangerous situations. In July, the Longmont department of public safety participated in a regional training exercise, called Operation Buffalo Shield at University of Colorado to prepare police officers and firefighters for a mass shooting situation.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Times-Call