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Looking back on the past year, and looking forward to the next thirty!!!

A recent study indicates as many as one-third of all firefighter injuries are exercise related in nature.  While 95% percent of these recorded in...

Seattle firefighter Wynn Loiland was responding to a car crash on the side of Interstate 5 early Sunday morning when he was struck by a passing vehicl...

The Caughlin fire was declared 100% contained yesterday afternoon, by Incident Commander Mike Brown.  The fire began Thursday night of last week,...

Some departments face a residential, car, or industrial fire of some type every day.  While this is an unfortunate statistic, it can be argued th...

Ann Arbor, MI—A group of arsons lit a building on fire in east Detroit in August of 2010.  While no one was killed, seven firefighters were injur...

Firefighter deaths are decreasing.  2011 may be the third year in a row LODD has decreased.   According to firefighterclosecalls.com, keep...

Prostate cancer affects one of three men in their lifetimes.  This is a truly terrifying statistic.  The good news is with early detection, ...

Firefighters responded to a house fire in the early morning hours last night.  A propane tank exploded, and while the two firefighters suffered o...

Dunsmuir, CA is a town of 1,600 at the base of Mt. Shasta, in northern California. The fire department has been continuously run since 1897, and aver...

Copperopolis, CA—A CalFire captain was injured while fighting a structural fire in Saddle Creek.  The house was engulfed in flame, when part of t...

Traffic collisions are a horrific, dangerous, and stressful situation for any emergency response unit.  Moving traffic, onlookers, and the victim...

The National Fire Protection Association states overall on-duty firefighter injuries has fallen 8% since 2009.  2010 saw a total of 71,875 injuri...

The inaugural Hero of the Week:  Hal Bruno led a life we can all look up to. Today, Veterans’ Day, FireWhat Inc. is proud to announce a new pr...

NOMINATE A HERO! Do you know a firefighter who deserves to be recognized for his or her heroism?  To nominate someone leave a comment at the bot...

Little Regan Foreman was ready to meet the world a tad earlier, it seems, than mom and dad had planned. Firefighters from Richland Township respo...

Willmar, TX—Lt. Craig Baker, with the Willmar Fire Deparment, responded to a call yesterday evening close to his own home.  Another routine cal...

Tonawanda, NY—Firefighters responded to a house fire early this morning. Whilethe people in the house were able to escape with their lives, the house ...

Dunsmuir, CA--Firefighters from Dunsmuir, Weed, Castella, and other stations in southern Siskiyou County responded last night to a home on Butterfly A...

Fort Collins, CO--Firefighters responded to the New Belgium Brewery yesterday.  That’s right, the folks that bring the delicious experience of Fa...