Taking a look at the 93 on-duty firefighter fatalities in 2017 reveals similar trends from previous years, with cardiac and health-related issues marking a bulk of the fire service's losses. According to numbers provided by the U.S. Fire Administration, the overwhelming physical stress firefighting has on the body remains at the forefront of modern firefighter health and safety.
- PUB DATE: 1/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

It was the banging about 7:30 a.m. Sunday that caught the on-duty engineer’s attention and drew him to a rear window of the Hopland fire station on Feliz Creek Road. Outside, a woman with an aluminum bat was whacking two vehicles in the parking lot, smashing windows, mirrors and lights, and puncturing all the tires.
- PUB DATE: 1/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Press Democrat

Wiith the retirement of two familiar faces, Aurora Fire Rescue will lose more than 80 years of firefighting experience at the end of month. And it’s not just the knowledge Capt. Mike Ackman and Capt. Clint Mitchell picked up during their decades spent on the line, training or managing fire crews that Aurora firefighters will say goodbye to this month.
- PUB DATE: 1/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Aurora Sentinel

Parker’s Mill Fire Department, Somerset, KY, MVP rescue-ladder-quint. Cinder cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump; 500-gallon polypropylene tank.

Parker’s Mill Fire Department, Somerset, KY, MVP rescue-ladder-quint. Cinder cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump; 500-gallon polypropylene tank.