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Posted: Oct 18, 2018

FDNY Tower Ladder Crash

BROWNSVILLE, Brooklyn (WABC) - A firefighter is expected to survive after an FDNY fire truck jumped a curb and slammed into parked vehicles in Brooklyn.

The accident happened just after 6 p.m. Wednesday at East New York Avenue and St. Marks Avenue in Brownsville.

Sources say the truck had been stopped at a traffic light on East New York Avenue when the driver suffered some sort of seizure.

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Posted: Oct 18, 2018

North Whatcom Fire and Rescue fire chief resigns

William Pernett, fire chief of North Whatcom Fire and Rescue (NWFR), announced his resignation to fire commissioners at a special meeting on October 10. “I just want to pursue other opportunities,” he said to The Northern Light in a phone interview, emphasizing there were no other reasons behind the decision.
- PUB DATE: 10/18/2018 2:07:32 AM - SOURCE: Northern Light
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Posted: Oct 18, 2018

Firefighter suffered seizure when FDNY fire truck jumped curb, hit vehicles

VIDEO/PHOTO - A firefighter is expected to survive after an FDNY fire truck jumped a curb and slammed into parked vehicles in Brooklyn. The accident happened just after 6 p.m. Wednesday at East New York Avenue and St. Marks Avenue in Brownsville. Sources say the truck had been stopped at a traffic light on East New York Avenue when the driver suffered some sort of seizure.
- PUB DATE: 10/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com
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Posted: Oct 18, 2018

Fallen Virginia firefighter pens foresightful letter to family in case ‘something like this were to happen’

VIDEO - Colleagues, friends and family members of fallen Hanover firefighter Lt. Brad Clark took to the podium at Meadow Event Park today to share eulogies and memories of the deceased. Lt. Clark was killed in the line of duty on Thursday after a tractor-trailer struck the firetruck that he and 3 colleagues were standing outside of while assisting a motorist on I-295 in Hanover.
- PUB DATE: 10/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVR-TV CBS 6
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Posted: Oct 18, 2018

Fire Service Leaders Urged to Reject AAA Cost Reporting Plan

Recently, the American Ambulance Association (AAA) reached out to local fire and emergency service leaders asking them to sign on to a newly proposed national EMS cost reporting system. The leaders of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), and the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association (Metro Chiefs) ask that fire service leaders not sign on to this effort.
- PUB DATE: 10/18/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs
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