The 2002 “memorial weekend” honoring America’s fallen firefighters was a particularly large event, mainly because it included the tally of firefighters murdered at the World Trade Center on 9/11.
A poster in my office says something to this effect: “There are a heck of a lot of things they forgot to tell me about this outfit when I hired on!” How true!
On Friday, June 10, 2005, at 1800 hours, Lockport Township (IL) firefighters were dispatched to a construction site for a report of a subject injured in a construction accident.
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Although many firefighters are aware of the significant advances in technology and fire suppression hardware that make their job safer, most are not familiar with advances in wireless mobile data and software that increase efficiency and eliminate headaches associated with day-to-day fire department operations.
● Michgan-based HELPING OUR OWN (HOO) partnered with the SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY (CA) FIRE DEPARTMENT (SBCFD) to deliver more than 25 tons of firefighting equipment valued at $1.
It is estimated that there are more than one million firefighters in the United States today, consisting of career, volunteer, part-time paid, municipal, marine, military, wildland, and various combinations of each.