Posted: Jan 22, 2019
VIDEO: For the past nine weeks, teens from the Sacramento area have been learning what it takes to become a firefighter.
The Sacramento Regional Firefighter Youth Academy offers a program that provides life guidance and career exploration for at-risk high schoolers.
“We characterize ‘at risk’ as being youth who might have academic, social or economic challenges in their life, and we just want to make sure that we can be a resource and that we can provide opportunities for youth to be successful in life,” said Byron Berhel, a retired fire captain who is now the CEO for Solutions for At Risk Youth.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA 3
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Posted: Jan 22, 2019
VIDEO: he wind chill was -30 degrees Monday morning when a rental box truck crashed into the back of a tractor trailer on the Thruway in Henrietta.
The driver's life was saved, in part, because the firefighters who got there kept him warm.
They used an industrial heater to pump hot air into the cab of the truck when they were trying to pull him out.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHEC News 10
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Posted: Jan 22, 2019
Deaths of first responders to suicide, increased depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other symptoms of mental health trauma have led some fire department leaders to change the way they want to see their peers cope with the often stressful and heartbreaking job.
“Tradition is you just suck it up and go about your day, and just let it go,” Lakeland Fire Department Lt.
- PUB DATE: 1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Ledger
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Posted: Jan 22, 2019

Laurel (MS) Fire Department 77-foot MVP rescue ladder quint. Cinder cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump; 470-gallon polypropylene tank.
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Posted: Jan 21, 2019
When two firefighters clocked into work Monday, they didn't realize they'd be making history. In a first for Spokane County Fire District 8, an all-female firefighting team ran the paramedic unit.
But Meg Williams and Jennifer Raudebaugh say despite Monday's milestone, it felt like any other day on the job.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2019 8:09:15 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4
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