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Mo. protesters oppose firefighter's return to work after fatal crash
Protesters call for a Kansas City firefighter to be banned from driving fire apparatus

FDIC 2024: Chief David Rhodes talks ‘fire service culture war’
The FDIC education director urged firefighters to become “revolutionaries” who don’t watch from the outside but rather make change from within fire service institutions

350,000-pound load falls on vehicle on Texas highway, killing 2
First responders, surgical staff in Temple worked for over four hours to rescue people pinned inside their vehicle under the load

FDIC 2024: ‘We must be OK letting firefighters be firefighters’
Fire Chief Scott Thompson warned against leaning so far toward firefighter safety that fire victim safety is compromised, leading to tragedy and heightened scrutiny

Ga. firefighters rescue man trapped in 24-inch drain pipe
Catoosa County officials believe the man might have been trapped for more than a day

Sights and sounds from FDIC 2024
More than 30,000 firefighters attended the annual training and education conference in Indianapolis

The lonely firefighter: How company officers can reorient crew culture
Feeling alone within a group, especially one that seems otherwise cohesive, can be the worst kind of loneliness

Conn. town implements virtual reality training for firefighters, EMS providers
The training system provides a variety of simulations for first responders, such as heart attacks, burns, childbirth, lacerations, broken bones and overdoses

Man sets himself on fire outside NYC courthouse
Man doused himself with a liquid inside a barricaded area across from the Manhattan Criminal Court

5 common causes of electrical fires
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, there are approximately 24,000 electrical fires per year.