Firehouse Daily eNL - May 7th, 2024
 
 
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May 7, 2024
EDITOR'S NOTE

The call for nominations for the 2024 Emergency Vehicle Technician of the Year Award (EVT) is now open and Firehouse is pleased to announce that it will be presented during the 2024 Spartan Fire Truck Training Conference (FTTC), Sept. 29 - Oct. 4, in Lansing, MI. 

The call for nominations’ form and criteria can be downloaded here.

The deadline for submissions is July 22.

Stay safe!

 

The hearing in the House of Representatives is slated to begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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Citizen's Fire Co. Firefighter Jerome Guise, 34, was killed when a porch roof collapsed on him at a house fire in 2020.
Calhoun Fire Chief Mark Hardin said the generous donation couldn't come at a better time as there was $169 in the department's bank account in March.
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Keith Niemann explains four concepts that engine crews can utilize to allow quick, efficient relocation of a hoseline at a structure fire when the conventional stretch to the front door proves to be incorrect for what circumstances present.
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Lance Sutton recounts his crew's last commercial preplan to hammer home the value of the information that's gleaned.
The crew was headed to a fire line when the green Ponderosa Pine fell onto the windshield of their truck.
The firefighter, who was rescued by colleagues and transported to MetroHealth, was in stable condition.
No injuries were reported when the upright trailer struck the support beam on I-66.
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