Posted: Jul 21, 2017
Fresh from a two-day break in his first season as a wildland firefighter, Trenton Johnson was about to begin his first initial attack on a fire when disaster struck.
The 19-year-old Missoula man had just finished a two-week deployment mopping up a fire in Utah for Grayback Forestry Inc., an Oregon-based business with a firefighting contract to the U.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPVI-TV NBC 6
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Posted: Jul 21, 2017
A 40-year member of the Jamesport Fire Department was temporarily suspended and could face departmental charges for his role in a fight that broke out at a fire scene July 3. Tom Brady, 65, a former chair of the Jamesport Fire District board of commissioners, says he wasn’t the aggressor in the fight, which was caught on video by a Riverhead Town employee.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Suffolk Times
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Posted: Jul 21, 2017
Firefighting is an evolving career and adapting is essential when someone's life depends on it.
Construction has changed. Buildings are now more efficient and eco-friendly. That is great for many community members, but most people don't realize it puts firefighters in much more danger. "If you look at the traditional woods, mill wood, lumber, things they used to build houses with, and then they would fill in the gaps with plaster, with lath materials to make it insulated.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSAT-TV ABC 12 San Antonio
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Posted: Jul 21, 2017
PHOTO - A young man and boy suffered serious burns Thursday when the sedan in which they were traveling on Landmarks Boulevard left the road, hit a light pole base and burst into flames.
The unidentified victims are being treated in St. Louis; their conditions were not available late Thursday.
The Alton Police Department’s Traffic Division continues investigating the crash.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Alton Telegraph
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Posted: Jul 21, 2017
In a society that is flooded with email, text messaging and tweets, forming strong relationships with grant makers can be the difference between funding your initiative or cutting it due to your continuously decreasing budget. Relationship currency can be the most vital strength for a grant proposal.
- PUB DATE: 7/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
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