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Is there a Connection between Blue Eyes and Firefighters?
Do the inherited traits of those with blue eyes predispose them to a life of serving the public and taking risks? Jeez, what a question right? 7000 years ago, give or [...]
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BlogThe Untouchables.
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BlogInc. Yourself
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BlogVolunteer Rebuttal to “The Media Damage to the Fire Service”
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HistoryOur Lady of Angels Fire
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BlogPortraits of an Emergency
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HistoryThe Upstairs Lounge Fire, 24 June 1973
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BlogI’d like to buy a challenge
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BlogFAMILY OF FALLEN FIREFIGHTER ANNOUNCES CARNEY STRONG INITIATIVE
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BlogLeadership: A View from the Bottom Up
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BlogThe Road to Retirement
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BlogNot Accepting Mediocrity
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BlogLIVE! From Ohio
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PodcastsEp001: Stephen Kavalkovich – The Rescuer Who Needed The Rescue
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BlogOn Scene Arms Race
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BlogHarvard University Discovers Fire Station Dust Loaded with PFAS in Published Study
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BlogDecisions
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BlogThe Dash
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BlogRogue Waves
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PodcastsEp006: Leckey Harrison – Raise Your Resilience
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BlogFirefighter Safety
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BlogThe Media Damage to the Fire Service
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BlogBlastMask
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BlogBe Smart About The Hype: Transitional Attack, SLICE-RS, and Our Blue Collar Roots
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Health and WellnessFireStrong.org
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BlogGet a Life! (outside of work)
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BlogWhat We’re Born To Do: Lessons From the African Fire Service
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BlogThe Shlammer
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BlogWe Are Hope
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BlogNotre Dame University Pushes the Modern Fire Service to be Better.
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HistoryLa Salle Hotel Fire, Chicago
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BlogFireFit!
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Health and WellnessFirefighters and Alcohol Abuse
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Health and WellnessFirefighters and PTSD
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Health and WellnessWhy Don’t more Firefighters have PTSD?
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BlogStickers
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Health and WellnessChappy’s Weight Loss Solution Part 3
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Health and Wellness
FirefightersWeightLoss.com
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Health and Wellness3 Reasons Why it’s OK to have Dark Humor
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Health and WellnessDo Firefighters Even Sleep?
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Health and WellnessPain Relief for Mind & Body
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PodcastsEp010: Jeff Dill – Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance
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PodcastsEp008: Dan Willis – Create a Bulletproof Spirit
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Podcasts
Ep001: Stephen Kavalkovich – The Rescuer Who Needed The Rescue
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PodcastsEp004: CHECKPOINT ONE – Move Past Trauma
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PodcastsEp003: Marty Mayes – The Fire Asylum…When you want to achieve greatness, stop asking permission
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PodcastsRescue the Rescuer Show Episode 17 Ben Vernon
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Podcasts
Ep006: Leckey Harrison – Raise Your Resilience
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PodcastsEp007: Dan DeGryse – Mental Health Fitness for Duty
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PodcastsThe Rescue the Rescuer Show Episode 24- Fire and EMS Casualties of War
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PodcastsEp011: Dr. Tania Glenn – Treating First Responders with PTSD and More
Latest Articles
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A new peer-reviewed study published recently in the Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology highlighting Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) content in fire station dust. The study was conducted in 15 fire stations throughout Massachusetts, including Boston. The result of this dust study provides further evidence and credibility to a fire gear [...] -
Author: Frank Docimo As a fire officer you have been given the responsibility under the law to understand, guide and direct a hazardous material emergency. 29 CFR 1910.120(q) as well as HAZMAT IC training requirements under Federal, OSHA and NFPA 472 address the minimum training requirement for anyone commanding a hazardous material incident. The law states: IC’s who [...] -
In a recent commercial aired at half-time during last Saturday’s Notre Dame Football game; The University of Notre Dame puts the Fire Service on notice that they’ve been studying our fire gear and something is amiss. See here. and below. We’ve reported fairly-widely on this topic, and we even broke this story almost 3 years ago (here) when Diane Cotter, [...]
