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More tragedy for MD State Police Aviation Command. Off-duty flight medic struck & killed. Tobin Triebel was former DC medic.

(Click here for more fire & EMS news from STATter 911) First Sergeant Tobin Triebel from MSP website Click here…

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Just one word: Plastics

KPRC-TV image. Click here for the station’s video. KHOU-TV raw helicopter video KTRK-TV story and video In the Houston, Texas…

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Services for three firefighters from Virginia

Roy Smith III The 17-year-old member of the McGaheysville VFC in Rockingham County was killed early Friday morning while responding…

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Lawsuit by former FDNY firefighter hit with chair goes to trial

Excerpts from Staten Island Advance article by Frank Donnelly: Nearly five years after being brutally beaten with a metal chair…

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MD State Police fire chopper fleet whistle blower. Claim insubordination and lack of proof from pilot.

Excerpts from Baltimore Sun article by Gadi Dechter: Maryland State Police fired yesterday a medevac pilot who just days before…

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Twenty percent of department disciplined over bar incident where firefighter grabbed wrong hose

From the News-Press.com’s Denes-Husty III (the article has generated quite a debate in the comments section of the News-Press article):…

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A gambling referendum? Letting the public vote on firehouse roulette.

In Sacramento, CA, where they fire department has been dealing with rotating firehouse closures, or “brownouts”, the union has a…

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Assistant chief on leave for dog beating. He says it was self defense. Witness says the chief snapped.

“The Los Angeles County Fire Department is deeply concerned with allegations regarding Assistant Chief Glynn Johnson’s actions in the beating…

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Firefighter falls into elevator shaft

Click here to see WTAJ-TV story Looking at the small apartment building you might not think it would have an…

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Virginia firefighter killed. Teen in crash while responding from home.

(Click here for more fire and EMS news from STATter 911) Click here for funeral information Read more about Roy…

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