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• Humpday Hangout: Discussing Firefighting Tactics with Our Brothers Abroad

  12-07-2017 22:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  In this week's Humpday Hangout, Bobby Halton, Mike Dugan, and Bill Gustin discuss firefighting tactics with veteran fire officers from Australia and Germany.
  
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• Woman Pays $400 Denny's Tab for Southern California Firefighters

  12-07-2017 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  The Southern California firefighters tab at Denny's: $400.
  Public generosity: Priceless.
  A team of firefighters from Colton got a pleasant surprise Saturday when someone paid their $405.22 food tab at a Denny's.
  The 25 hungry firefighters just got off the line battling the La Cadena Fire in La Loma Hills that burned 70 acres when they grabbed a meal at a nearby Denny's.
  - PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles
  
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• Supervisors urge Los Angeles County Fire Department to hire more ‘wonder women’ to boost diversity

  12-07-2017 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  Four L.A County supervisors donned Wonder Woman headbands Tuesday in support of a motion that would upgrade a Marina del Rey fire station with bathrooms and sleeping quarters for female firefighters.The supervisors’ action also cast a spotlight on a broader issue of why so few women work as firefighters in the county fire department, and why fewer than half of all stations offer separate bathrooms and sleeping quarters for women.
  - PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Dail
  
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• Six 30-year vets retire from Massachusetts fire department

  12-07-2017 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  The formal retirement of Gloucester’s assistant fire chief on Sunday and the retirement of five other senior Fire Department members over the last 2 1/2 weeks have created a six-person void in the city’s firefighting force, Fire Chief Eric Smith said Monday.Aiello’s official departure on Sunday came just two weeks after the retirements of Deputy Chief Miles Schlichte and firefighter Joseph Misuraca, both of whom also served with the department for more than 30 years.
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• Judge: Pacemaker data can be used in Ohio arson trial

  12-07-2017 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  In what is believed to be the first case of its kind to use data from a beating heart as evidence, a Butler County judge ruled Tuesday that evidence from a pacemaker used to get a Middletown man indicted for arson can be presented at trial.Ross Compton, 59, was indicted in January on felony charges of aggravated arson and insurance fraud for allegedly starting a fire in September 2016 at his Court Donegal house.
  - PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal-News
  
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• IAFC Applauds Virginia for Becoming First State to Opt-in for FirstNet

  12-07-2017 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  Dan Eggleston, IAFC director-at-large and fire chief of the Albemarle County (Va.) Fire and Rescue, Kevin McGee, chair of the IAFC Terrorism & Homeland Security Committee and chief of Prince William County (Va.) Fire Rescue, and Mark Light, IAFC CEO/executive director, today joined Gov. Terence R. McAuliffe at a ceremonial letter signing declaring that the Commonwealth of Virginia will allow the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and AT&T to proceed with the deployment of the o
  
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• 5 keys to a great fireground incident action plan

  12-07-2017 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  When writing about the management of emergency incidents, I find myself – as well as other writers – including this verbiage, “Develop an incident action plan.”Why? Because developing this plan, successful communicating their part to fire officers and monitoring progress towards its completion are three of the key responsibilities for the incident commander.
  - PUB DATE: 7/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
  
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