A veteran of the D.C. Fire and EMS Department says the city's training academy is leaving new firefighters woefully underprepared. Some rookies leave having never used a fire hydrant, a recently retired deputy fire chief with decades on the job wrote in an internal memo obtained by News4. The nine-page memo says the recruits are rushed through a training program.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Washington

The Chicago Fire Department Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of an explosion that killed four firefighters in the Back of the Yards neighborhood responding to a fire in a sausage factory. On Feb. 7, 1968, more than 300 firefighters were called to the Mickelberry Food Products Company at 50th and Halsted.
- PUB DATE: 2/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS Chicago

Belmont (WI) Fire Protection District top-mount pumper. Commander cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Rosenbauer N 1,500-gpm single-stage pump.

Belmont (WI) Fire Protection District top-mount pumper. Commander cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Rosenbauer N 1,500-gpm single-stage pump.