Joe Pfeifer had a date in mind for retiring from the job he has done for 37 years. It would be the second Wednesday after Labor Day. After schools were back. Sept. 12. He could hardly wait. Then he decided, no, he wouldn’t delay. “Do some sailing,” he said. “Decompress.” So this will be his last week with the Fire Department, retiring as an assistant chief from the agency where he started as a 25-year-old from Queens in 1981.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Times

President Donald Trump on Monday signed legislation to set up a national registry for firefighters to help track links between exposure to fumes and cancer. The Firefighter Cancer Registry Act requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to set up a database in order to study possible links between cancer and the fumes and toxins firefighters are exposed to.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

A Hillsborough County firefighter was flown to the hospital as a trauma alert after falling out of his fire truck, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Hillsborough Fire Rescue says that around 5:28 p.m. Tuesday, they received a radio alert that one of their own was injured. Eric Seidel with Hillsborough Fire Rescue says the firefighter left HCFR Station 28 at 4551 Sun City Center Boulevard and was in the process of responding to the scene of a fire when he received the injuries.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTS-TV ABC 28 Tampa Bay

About 20 ranking officers at Harford County volunteer fire stations lost those ranks after failing to submit new required certifications July 1. Roughly 200 officers completed their certifications on time, said Rich Gardiner, a spokesman for the Harford County Volunteer Fire & EMS Association. He declined to release the names of those who did not qualify.
- PUB DATE: 7/11/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun

South Hill (VA) Volunteer Fire Department Inc. AerialCat platform quint. Predator cab and chassis; Cummins ISX15 600-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump; 100-foot midmount aerial.