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Posted: Sep 25, 2018

Video: 5 Station Features from F.I.E.R.O. Fire Station Design Symposium

 

Photos of past chiefs in the station conference room and power to PPE racks are a couple of Chris Mc Loone's favorite fire station design features from the F.I.E.R.O. Fire Station Design Symposium.

For more fire station videos, visit: https://fireapparatusmagazine.brightcovegallery.com/category/videos/the-station.

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Posted: Sep 25, 2018

Elderly man found alive inside building 5 days after D.C. apartment fire

An elderly man was found alive and apparently with a "sense of humor" inside of a D.C. senior apartment building five days after a fire broke out causing more than 100 residents to be displaced. The man has been identified as 74-year-old Raymond Holton, according to sources. Crews hired to evaluate the safety of the structure located Holton Monday morning sitting inside of his apartment in the building that caught on fire last Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV 9 DC
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Posted: Sep 25, 2018

Training on dead body ‘was neither normal nor acceptable,’ Washington fire chief says

One Bellingham Fire Department veteran officer retired and another resigned after an investigation revealed a deceased patient in July was taken to Fire Station 1 to await pick up from a funeral home and several department members, including a division chief and EMS captains, practiced multiple intubations on the body, according to information provided by City of Bellingham Communications Director Vanessa Blackburn.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald
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Posted: Sep 25, 2018

Michigan firefighter charged after stealing pill bottle from scene of fatal crash

A fireman was charged after evidence showed he stole a prescription pill bottle that was found at the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash involving two victims, according to the Macomb County Sheriff's office. On Aug. 21, Macomb County sheriff’s deputies along with the Harrison Township Fire Department, responded to the motorcycle crash near the area of Executive Drive and Joy Boulevard in Harrison Township.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDIV-TV NBC 4 Detroit
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Posted: Sep 25, 2018

Column: Scientists studying turnout gear for fluorinated chemicals

An independent study is being conducted on turnout gear after initial samples tested positive for fluorine. According to a press release, University of Notre Dame Experimental Nuclear Physics Professor Graham Peaslee is testing new and used personal protective gear issued through the 2000s for the presence of perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs), which have been linked to various forms of cancer.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1.com
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