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- ‘What’s in it for me?’: Spotting the self-serving leaderon April 23, 2026 at 3:52 pm
Ego and self-interest can push fire service leaders away from service and toward organizational harm
- Wildfires tear through Southeast, destroy homes and force evacuationson April 23, 2026 at 2:58 pm
Fast-moving, drought-fueled fires in Georgia and Florida have destroyed more than 50 homes and displaced hundreds
- Firefighter-built structure helps Calif. FFs focus on 'targeted search' during live fire trainingon April 23, 2026 at 2:20 pm
Vacaville firefighters rotated through controlled burns at “Train Town,” simulating real fires to build experience and maintain readiness, especially for newer firefighters
- The special obligation of male firefighters to stop sexual harassment in the fire serviceon April 23, 2026 at 2:03 pm
Too many male firefighters are still not listening, especially when the message is coming from a woman
- FDNY’s future: AI, BWCs and pay parityon April 23, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore on recognizing EMS as an essential service with the funding and career pathways to match
- 7 EMS providers among at least 30 sickened at fatal W.Va. chemical leakon April 23, 2026 at 1:44 pm
A toxic gas release at a silver recovery facility in Kanawha County left two people dead and about 30 others hospitalized as officials investigate a chemical reaction involving nitric acid
- Boston reverses course, orders plastic fire hats for kids after taking heat over budgeton April 23, 2026 at 12:28 pm
After pausing distribution because of budget tightening tied to a $48.4M budget gap, the fire department says new plastic fire hats have been ordered and will soon be back at firehouses and community events
- Names of 204 fallen firefighters to be added to national memorialon April 23, 2026 at 9:38 am
During the NFFF Memorial Weekend in May, the names of 97 firefighters who died in 2025 and 107 from previous years will be added to the memorial