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  • Fire Wire 4/13

    Article
    Posted: April 1st, 2013

    FEB. 25: DELTONA, FL – Bystanders noticed an SUV smoking next to the gas pumps and quickly pushed the vehicle away from the gas pumps while off going City of Deltona Engineer/Paramedic Fire Fighter Heather Langston quickly evacuated the Kangaroo...


  • Higher Education Briefs: FESHE and TRADE Conferences Merge

    Article
    Posted: April 1st, 2013

    The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), which for more than a decade has hosted the Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education (FESHE) Professional Development Conference and the Training Resources and Data Exchange (TRADE) Conference, is now merging the...


  • Poles Replaced With Slides in Nation's Fire Stations

    News
    Gannett News Service
    Posted: March 3rd, 2013

    Many fire departments across the USA have or are opting to install a slide, either of the plastic looping variety or the traditional steel playground-style rather than brass poles.


  • Pierce Delivers Seven Apparatus to Prince George's County, Md.

    Press Release
    Posted: March 1st, 2013

    APPLETON, Wis. (February 28, 2013) - Pierce Manufacturing, an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) company, delivered five Pierce® pumpers and two 105-foot aerial ladders - all built on the Arrow XT™ custom chassis - to the Prince George's County Fire/EMS...