Here’s a look at the top stories that interested Firehouse.com visitors in 2014.
A dispute on the placement of a fire truck that resulted in a California firefighter wearing a pair of bracelets was the most read story last year.
Stories about firefighters killed while battling blazes also generated a lot of interest.
Toledo Firefighters Stephen A. Machcinski, 42, and James Dickman, 31, were killed while battling a blaze in a building.
Machcinski was appointed in 1998 and assigned to Engine No. 3, and Dickman on Sept. 3, 2013.
The building owner was charged for setting the fire.
Readers also clicked on and followed the loss of two Boston jakes killed in a fire in a brownstone.
Michael Kennedy, 33, and Lt. Edward Walsh, were remembered as dedicated firefighters.
Another article that generated a lot of interest involved a distraught father leading a protest outside a Philadelphia firehouse.
Patrick Sanyeah was the father of two of four children killed in the row house fire.
"The Fire Department, right here, you let four kids burn into ashes," he shouted.
Also, this past year, two Atlantic City battalion chiefs took off their gear and handed over their radios as a building fire raged.
It's not that they wanted to leave, but when the clock struck midnight, they were no longer officers. Battalion Chiefs Robert Macready and Kevin Bennett were retirees.
Other popular stories of 2014 included the arrest of two Maryland firefighters who took an emergency vehicle to fight a fire in tunnel in West Virginia.
The charges were later dropped, and authorities noted their actions saved lives.
And, the lack of D.C. firefighters' actions that also generated interest with readers.
Despite pleas from people to help a man who had collapsed, the firefighters didn't cross the street to help. The longtime D.C. employee died.
