Each year the Florianville volunteer fire department hosts a pancake breakfast on Palm Sunday. Yesterday though that event was cut short because they had failed to get a city health and resale certificate.
Read More »Academy announces Well Trained Firefighter award recipient
Academy class 387 is about to graduate on Friday. In preparation for the graduation Academy Director Eric Eroldson has announced the recipient of the coveted prize as top of the class, or Well Trained Firefighter, WTF. This year the award ...
Read More »Exclusive run down on New Products debuting at FDIC
The Fire Department Instructors Conference officially gets underway today, April 9, 2014. Pre-Conference workshops and classes started Monday, but today starts the general conference and Exhibitors will start to show off their stuff in the vendor halls.
Read More »Firefighter looking forward to FDIC so he can finally eat at a Chick-Fil-A
Firefighter Josh Robinson from the North Point, WI fire district will be making his first trip to the Fire Department Instructor Conference, FDIC, this year. Out of all the possible experiences of going to arguably the best conferences a firefighter can attend, Robinson is looking most forward eating at a Chick-Fil-A restaurant.
Read More »Firefighters take snow day after Polar Vortex slams Midwest
“We’re taking a snow day – if the schools can do it, then so can we,” Chief Redmond Blaze said.
Read More »Grocery Shopping Firefighters Foil Credit Union Robbery
The Baconia Police Department is crediting their city’s fire department with foiling a bank robbery that occurred earlier today, which resulted in closing out case files on five other recent unsolved bank robberies.
Read More »Awesome April Fools prank Fire Chief pulls on his crew
Seeing how everyday we publish fake, satirical news, it did not seem right to do so on April Fools day. So instead when we found out about a amazingly epic April Fools Joke played by a chief on his crew we decided to just post the video.
Read More »Firefighter suing for negligent retention “if they had fired me years ago, I would not be hurt today”
Patrick Ozhireniye, or Oz, was injured working a structure fire in early January. Oz suffered a broken hip along compound fractures in his left leg and ankle. According to his doctors Oz will require the use of a cane to walk for the rest of his life.
Read More »Rookie Firefighter disappointed by first day on the job
Rick Cline had his first day as a full time paid firefighter over the weekend. After twenty-four hours working at the firehouse Cline expressed disappointment. He did not put out any fires, no lives were saved, but some toilets got cleaned.
Read More »Fire Chief orders Firefighters to stop using Minitor pager alerts sound as ringtones
A fire chief has put out an unusual memo to his department. He has formally banned the use of Minitor Pager alert sounds as cell phone ringtones.
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