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  • OSHA Levies Fines in Idaho Forestry Firefighter LODD

    News
    Firehouse.com News
    Posted: February 14th, 2013

    The fire management company has been cited for violations and fined by OSHA following a probe after the death of a U.S. Forest Service firefighter in Idaho last summer.


  • Rekindles 1/13

    Article
    Posted: January 1st, 2013

    PRINCETON, NJ: JAN. 1, 1913 – Alexander Hall, the oldest building of Princeton Theological Seminary, was damaged by an afternoon fire. Flames broke out on the fourth floor and spread. Firefighting was delayed as the town’s fire engine was involved in...


  • Command Post: On the Road, Again

    Article
    Posted: October 1st, 2012

    Let me start by saying that my son-in-law recently told me about attending a Bob Dylan concert. We discussed the man’s music and the lyrics of a number of his songs. I spoke of one of my favorite lines from his work that tells us “The Times They Are...


  • On the Road Again for the 2013 FIRE Act Roadtrip

    Article
    Posted: September 15th, 2012

    Let me start by saying that my son-in-law made it to a Bob Dylan concert back in September.  We discussed the man's music and the lyrics of a number of his songs.  I spoke of one of my favorite lines from his work which tells us that, "… the times...


  • Wildland Firefighter Killed Battling Blaze in Idaho

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    Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Moscow, Idaho
    Posted: August 13th, 2012

    Firefighter Anne Veseth was killed after she was struck when one tree fell and crashed into another, causing a domino effect while she was battling the Steep Corner Fire Sunday.


  • Wildland Fires and Thermal Imaging

    Article
    Posted: June 1st, 2012

    I remember the first brushfire I ever responded to, as a mutual aid assignment. I was very young and very new. We could see the smoke for miles before we got there. Thick and black, it covered a good portion of the horizon. This was “the big one...


  • Idaho Firefighter Struck by Deputy's Cruiser

    News
    Posted: December 7th, 2011

    Roberts Firefighter Benjamin Charles Poston was the first at the scene in his personal vehicle and was trying to flag down the deputy when he was hit.