NFPA 1950 isn’t just a merger of previously separate standards. This consolidation represents an initial step, gathering multiple standards for technical rescue, wildland, and EMS PPE into a single document.

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Students at SUN Area Technical Institute in New Berlin restore a 1958 Dodge Meadowbrook for auction, with proceeds benefiting the New Berlin Fire Company. The auction is scheduled for April 23-24.

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Staten Islanders experienced multiple traffic incidents over Christmas, including an ambulance crash on Forest Avenue, resulting in three minor injuries, and another crash on Victory Boulevard, sending two to the hospital.

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VIDEO: A fire destroyed a single-family home and a large attached shop in Skagit County, according to the Big Lake Fire Department. The victims of the fire, Matt Johnson and Kayla Bowen, tell KING 5 they were the only people who lived in the damaged property. They said that, in addition to the structure damage, both of their daily vehicles were destroyed by the blaze.

“It’s overwhelming. I think I’m in shock, still. Initially, I was crying but now I feel like I’m in shock or something. It’s very overwhelming to take it all in,” said Bowen. Neither Bowen nor Johnson were inside the home when it caught fire; Johnson said he was outside while Bowen was in Johnson’s father’s house, about 50 yards away on the same property. “I ran out but by the time time I came out, it was too late to hose it down or anything,” said Bowen.

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PHOTOS: Firefighters battled to contain a massive blaze that sparked Friday evening at a historic wharf in Portland, Maine. One building was destroyed in the fire, and others were damaged in the blaze that broke out on the Custom House Wharf, FOX 23 reported.

The Old Port in Portland was a major 19th century and early 20th century hub for the commercial fishing industry in the area and is now a popular tourist area with restaurants and shops; working fisherman still keep their boats there.

“Unfortunately, it looked like the fire had a pretty good head start on us when we got down here, but the first companies did a great job. And they made a really aggressive attack to keep it from spreading down the rest of the wharf,” Deputy Fire Chief Jon Hendricks told us.

FOX News

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