Meet Bryan Scafede, age 41, ladder truck engineer with the Golder Ranch (AZ) Fire District (GRFD).

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Texas crash reports found Houston Fire Department apparatus operators at fault in two July collisions with Metro light rail trains.

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Hundreds of firefighters based at Madras High School battled the 60,000-acre Bench fire on the Warm Springs Reservation.

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Richmond will install transit signal priority for fire trucks and regional buses by next spring, but police cars and ambulances are excluded in the initial rollout because of funding.

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Bullard launched the Adaptix Rescue Helmet, a lightweight technical rescue helmet certified to NFPA 1950, with side-impact protection and configurable accessories.

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