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Judge Upholds Jury's Responsibility Finding in Sterling, IL, Firefighter LODD
1+ week, 4+ day ago (698+ words) Sterling Fire Lt. Garrett Ramos was killed in a basement fire in Rock Falls in 2021. A Whiteside County judge has upheld a jury’s finding that the city of Rock Falls is financially liable for the death of Sterling Fire Lt....
Historic Big Sur, CA, Cabin Wrapped in Fire=Resistant Material
1+ week, 5+ day ago (176+ words) The historic Pfieffer Cabin in Big Sur was wrapped with a fire-resistant materal prior to a backburn as the Plaskett and Timber fires continue to burn. Firefighters and state park officials spent three hours wrapping the 1884 Pfieffer Homestead Cabin, KSBW…...
Security Company Still Charging Man who Lost House in Wildfire in Spokane, WA
1+ week, 5+ day ago (177+ words) A Spokane resident who lost his home in a recent wildfire obviously no longer needs an alarm system. Despite losing everything in the Old Trails Fire, Jeremy Fagan continues to get bills from the security company. When he explained his…...
Mama Bear, Cubs Rescued from Cistern in La Verne, CA
1+ week, 5+ day ago (261+ words) Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif. A mama bear and her two cubs were rescued late Saturday, Aug. 29, from a large cistern in La Verne, where they had climbed in through a vent hole and became trapped. Los Angeles County and…...
New Rules Boost Hazard Pay for Wildland Firefighters Engaged in Prescribed Burns
2+ week, 1+ day ago (297+ words) U.S. Forest Service firefighters burn forest debris in the Angeles National Forest in 2023 as part of the service's forest management practices. A new bill allows for federal firefighters to qualify for 25 percent hazard pay under when conducting prescribed burns. More activities…...
Security Enhanced After Armed Intruders Harass Wildland Firefighters at Santa Fe, NM, Base Camp
2+ week, 4+ day ago (158+ words) Firefighters in Santa Fe County aren't just dealing with the spreading Frioles Fire. Two days before they lost a crew member who suffered a medical issue, the firefighters were harassed in their Frijoles Fire base camp by armed individuals. Police…...
Historic Oakhurst, CA, Saloon Near Yosemite Demolished by Flames
3+ week, 1+ day ago (188+ words) A fire destroyed a historic saloon in the Yosemite resort town of Oakhurst, authorities said. Cal Fire crews were called to the Snowline Saloon, a longtime gathering place near Bass Lake, shortly before midnight Tuesday and found it engulfed in…...
Changes to Firefighting Strategy & Tactics Over the Past 50 Years
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1333+ words) Research that was conducted by UL’s Fire Safety Research Institute and the National Institute of Standards and Technology reversed the decades-old belief that firefighters never should flow water into smoke. It now is understood that water application during hoseline advancement…...