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Hero of the Week (3) |
Hero of the Week: Brendan Milewski
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Ann Arbor, MI—A group of arsons lit a building on fire in east Detroit in August of 2010. While no one was killed, seven firefighters were injur...
FireWhat’s Hero of the Week: Hal Bruno
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The inaugural Hero of the Week: Hal Bruno led a life we can all look up to.
Today, Veterans’ Day, FireWhat Inc. is proud to announce a new pr...
Nominate a Hero of the Week
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NOMINATE A HERO!
Do you know a firefighter who deserves to be recognized for his or her heroism? To nominate someone leave a comment at the bot...
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FireWhat News Desk (20) |
The Importance of Exercising Safely
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A recent study indicates as many as one-third of all firefighter injuries are exercise related in nature. While 95% percent of these recorded in...
Seattle Firefighter Severely Injured While Responding to Car Crash
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Seattle firefighter Wynn Loiland was responding to a car crash on the side of Interstate 5 early Sunday morning when he was struck by a passing vehicl...
Caughlin Fire All Tied Up
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The Caughlin fire was declared 100% contained yesterday afternoon, by Incident Commander Mike Brown. The fire began Thursday night of last week,...
Worried About Fire Training? Mobile Labs Create Lifelike Scenarios
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Some departments face a residential, car, or industrial fire of some type every day. While this is an unfortunate statistic, it can be argued th...
Stay Safe, Stay Alive: Don’t Become a Statistic
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Firefighter deaths are decreasing. 2011 may be the third year in a row LODD has decreased.
According to firefighterclosecalls.com, keep...
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FireWhat Company News (2) |
A FireWhat Year in Review
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Looking back on the past year, and looking forward to the next thirty!!!
FireWhat.com Launch: Letter from the CEO
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Just a year ago, I was a firefighter speaking to a mentor about the vast difference between the level of training in our volunteer and professional de...
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Uncategorized (2) |
Firefighter workouts: a $3-8 billion dollar fitness problem
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The NIST reported that approximately 81,000 firefighters in the United States were injured during 2002 amounting to a national cost of $3-8 billion. M...
Twitter: a new firefighting tool?
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During the San Bruno fire, I found Twitter to be the best source of live and up to date information. Hundreds of people posted updates by the second, ...