Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue Chief Brad Martin recently received his certificate of completion for the National Fire Academy's Executive Fire Office Program (EFOP). The EFOP spans a four-year period, with four mandatory core courses divided into two-week resident classes that provide senior fire officers with a broad perspective on various facets of fire and emergency services administration.
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The American West needs a new kind of firefighter that fights fires that aren't only wild or urban, but burn in the space between. This was the main finding from a group of researchers who studied the 2012 Waldo Canyon fire, Colorado's second most destructive wildfire and one that has come to epitomize the transformation of wildfires into massive urban disasters.
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Jessamine County paramedic John Mackey, who was struck by a car last week, died Monday, and his former supervisors remembered him as a caring professional. "He was a great employee, a dependable employee," said Jerry Domidion, former director of Jessamine County's Emergency Medical Services. "He was fun to be around and he took his job seriously.
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Fire Director James Stewart has rankled some in his ranks by naming a recently hired payroll clerk — who also happens to be his future daughter-in-law — to serve in his stead while he takes a vacation this week. Tawan Baxter, who was hired as a chief clerk Aug. 24, was named acting fire director as of 8 a.
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Two days after visiting a San Bernardino County fire station, a 5-year-old boy used what he learned to save himself and his grandmother from their burning home. On Monday, he was honored for his heroism. Nathaniel Stocks, 5, is credited with saving the life of his grandmother and their Chihuahua Saturday morning using skills he learned at a fire department field trip.
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