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Police officers and Firefighter in Gilbertville were handed down a new ultimatum today, get off all social media outlets. Dumbfounded city workers are shocked and trying to figure out what to do next.

Citizens in the Tri-County Metro area are concerned with a move by the Fire Department to militarize. The issue stems from the FD taking possession of an armored MRAP vehicle.

Chief Billy Goldfeder sends out a regular email newsletter called “The Secret List”. Last Friday his email contained links to some videos of fires in progress, labeling them Fire Porn. Computer geeks for the city monitoring traffic on the city network keyed on in the use of the word porn and have overreacted

Morus Metro fire (MMFD) has been under heat from citizens questioning the need for firefighters to shop at the grocery store on duty time. In response the city council has ordered the use of military MREs to feed on duty firefighters

Misty Lynn Winger is bringing a sexual harassment suit against a fire department in Texas. The details of Misty’s allegations have been getting a lot of media attention.

Controversy over some departments allowing firefighters to be on duty with Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of up to .08 has been headlines lately. But it seems for one firefighter his intoxication helped to save his life.

Firefighter Chris Fisher has been a bane to his shift mates for about two years now. He insists that the firehouse be Gluten Free whenever he is on duty. Turns out his Gluten free ways are not medically necessary; he is just being a jerk

A group of three firefighters came up with a plan to trade shifts to allow each to get an amazing amount of off time. But for one of the group his dream has turned to a nightmare, because he will not see much of his off time.

Public Safety workers in Verpa are set to end the debate over who the real heroes in the city are. A feud has been brewing in the city for months now after multiple incidents

Fire Service blogger Andrew Catron recently pointed out how the cold water challenge was onset due to the onset of summer. As such he has dropped the gauntlet on doing a pepper spray challenge.