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Recently we asked veteran firefighters to provide us with a list of some of the errors they see new firefighters make. So for all the rookies out there here are five thing to think about and change if you plan to make it as a firefighter.

Regulators from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are taking steps to regulate public safety. Their first target is the fire service and the use of aggressive tactics such as making interior attacks.

Academy class 387 is about to graduate on Friday. In preparation for the graduation Academy Director Eric Eroldson has announced the recipient of the coveted prize as top of the class, or Well Trained Firefighter, WTF. This year the award ...

The Fire Department Instructors Conference officially gets underway today, April 9, 2014. Pre-Conference workshops and classes started Monday, but today starts the general conference and Exhibitors will start to show off their stuff in the vendor halls.

Firefighter Josh Robinson from the North Point, WI fire district will be making his first trip to the Fire Department Instructor Conference, FDIC, this year. Out of all the possible experiences of going to arguably the best conferences a firefighter can attend, Robinson is looking most forward eating at a Chick-Fil-A restaurant.

“We’re taking a snow day – if the schools can do it, then so can we,” Chief Redmond Blaze said.

The Baconia Police Department is crediting their city’s fire department with foiling a bank robbery that occurred earlier today, which resulted in closing out case files on five other recent unsolved bank robberies.

Patrick Ozhireniye, or Oz, was injured working a structure fire in early January. Oz suffered a broken hip along compound fractures in his left leg and ankle. According to his doctors Oz will require the use of a cane to walk for the rest of his life.

Rick Cline had his first day as a full time paid firefighter over the weekend. After twenty-four hours working at the firehouse Cline expressed disappointment. He did not put out any fires, no lives were saved, but some toilets got cleaned.

Former Law Enforcement Officer, Firefighter, and veteran United States Marine, Travis Howze walks into room full of people and lights up the scene with his killer humor