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    Operations & Training

    This Month in Fire History — January 2025

    Steven Shaw
    Jan. 1, 2025
    January is often cited as a cold, cruel month and nowhere is that seen more than the fire service
    Photos by Michael Daley
    A memorial at the Gloucester City, NJ, Fire Department (GCFD) firehouse honors GCFD Firefighter Thomas Stewart III, Mount Ephraim, NJ, Fire Department Fire Chief James Sylvester and Deputy Chief John West, and the three children who were killed. Problems regarding GCFD culture, training, tactics, communications, personnel assignment and special operations were uncovered from the results of the investigation of the incident. Today, the department’s standards of performance are transformed.
    Operations & Training

    Fire Studies: Lessons Learned—The Gloucester City Tragedy

    Michael Daley
    Oct. 25, 2024
    Michael Daley spoke to one of the members who was rescued during the July 4, 2002, structure fire to hear how that member's department continues to change based on the takeaways...
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    Operations & Training

    This Month in Fire History - October 2024

    Steven Shaw
    Oct. 1, 2024
    The Great Chicago Fire started on Oct. 8, 1871, but did you know an even bigger fire broke out on the exact same day?
    Kathy Magrane
    Sadly, 303 names were added to the Memorial Wall who have passed away this past year alone from 9/11-related illnesses.
    Careers & Education

    Long Island Memorial Honors 9/11 Responders

    Kathy Magrane
    Sept. 17, 2024
    More than 300 names were recently added to the 2,289 heroes already etched on the Memorial Wall.
    Cover photo by Peter Matthews
    At approximately 10:45 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, this off-duty firefighter begins his search of the collapsed World Trade Center Tower 1.
    Operations & Training

    This Month in Fire History - September 2024

    Steven Shaw
    Sept. 11, 2024
    September's look at fire service history could be all about 9/11, but some other significant fires also occurred in this month.
    NFFF
    In 2019, a stair climb took place at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
    Safety & Health

    NFFF 9/11 Memorial Stair Climbs on the Rise

    Steven Shaw
    Sept. 11, 2024
    There are now NFFF-sponsored stair climbs in 41 states, with a goal of reaching at least one in every state in the near future.