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EVT of the Year, William F. Foster Awards Winners Honored at Fire Truck Training Conference (opens the original)
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Several honors were awarded during last week's Fire Truck Training Conference in Lansing, MI, including the Emergency Vehicle Technician (EVT) of the Year and the William F. Foster Award of Excellence. The awards dinner took place on the first day of the five-day conference, designed to bring fire apparatus and emergency vehicle EVTs, mechanics and fleet managers together with manufacturers to learn about the latest innovations and provide training to install or troubleshoot issues on equipment
The Firehouse Yak: Adam Barowy – The Latest on FSRI’s Electric Vehicle Fire Research (opens the original)
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For the last few years, electric vehicle (EV) fires have made national news headlines because of the unique and unknown challenges they present to firefighters, leading UL Research Institute’s Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI) to launch a research effort to understand the mitigation and safety concerns. Adam Barowy, a principal research engineer with FSRI, details the three-year effort to document EV fires and help fire departments develop operating guidelines as well as raise awareness to f
Photos: Record-Breaking 2,100 Climb Lambeau Field to Honor Fallen 9/11 Firefighters (opens the original)
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As the nation paused to remember the events of Sept. 11 last week, a record turnout participated in the 14th annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Lambeau Field. The 14th annual stair climb, sponsored by Pierce Maufacturing, was held Saturday morning and brought over 2,100 climbers—firefighters, families, police officers, EMS providers, fitness groups and a football team—from several states to climb through the bowl of the historic stadium, home to the Green Bay Packers football team. The funds ra
The Firehouse Yak: Andy Ruiz – Los Angeles Fire Department; Rooted in Training (opens the original)
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Peter Matthews talks with Capt. II Andy Ruiz, who oversees the In-Service Training Unit for the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). He explains how LAFD is rooted in training with recruits beginning their training at the site where a firefighter was killed in the line-of-duty during a fire at the now-LAFD academy. He shares how the department manages in-service training across 468 square miles at four sites, plus the Frank Hotchkins fire academy. Ruiz explains how the department has responded to
The Fire Service Honors FDNY Members Who Died on 9/11 by Taking Action (opens the original)
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In the hours and days that followed the Sept. 11 terror attacks on the United States, what was believed to be the final number of missing and deceased FDNY firefighters was announced as 343. The number seemed unfathomable, but having been at the World Trade Center that horrific morning, it certainly wasn’t surprising. I ran into some recalled firefighters who worked in Brooklyn, and they asked what it was like. I said, although still in disbelief, that the buildings were gone. They didn’t believ
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