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The Fire Service Scoop: NVFC, Nutella Giveaway, UL Research Institutes' Technical Report and More Fire Service Updates
The Fire Service Scoop NFPA's Sparky the Fire Dog's birthday, NVFC and Nutella's 2026 Stacks for Giving Back Program and other news from around the fire service.
March 20, 2026
Southport, NY, Fire Chief Said Firefighter Was Not Fired after House Fire Response
March 20, 2026
Bruce Bisping/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Seventy firefighters spent five days trying to contain a gras fire that spread to 2,300 acres near Pierz, MN.
March 20, 2026
Watershield Industries
Watershield Industries Acquired by HKW
March 19, 2026
Snap-tite Hose
Snap-tite Hose Launches Program in Support of Pennsylvania Fire Departments
March 19, 2026
Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/TNS
President Genethia Hudley Hayes is the latest to step down from the Los Angeles Fire Department Board of Fire Commissioners. Here is a file photo of a Los Angeles Board of Fire Commissioners meeting in August 2018.
March 19, 2026
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The mediation sessions could resolve an ongoing dispute over Norwich's establishment of Unified Command policy and the shutdown of the Yantic Fire Company, which did not sign the policy agreement.
March 19, 2026
A firefighter of the Southport Volunteer Fire Department was fired after he acted against orders to resuce people and animals from a house fire.
March 19, 2026
Miami Herald File
An Islamorada Fire Resuce firefighter/paramedic was arrested after stealing a partially used vial of fentanyl from an ambulance.
March 19, 2026

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