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    Hackensack Fire Department
    Operations & Training

    This Month in Fire History - July 2024

    Steven Shaw
    July 1, 2024
    July brings Independence Day, picnics, family vacations, the MLB All-Star Game, NFL training camps and...wildfires, lots of wildfires.
    Photo courtesy of the Kingman Fire Department (KFD)
    This bronze plaque that’s located in Firefighter Memorial Park in Kingman, AZ, lists the 11 firefighters who were killed on July 5, 1973, when a leak from a propane rail car resulted in a BLEVE. The artwork to the left of the plaque is made from a portion of the tank from which the BLEVE occurred.
    Historical Incidents

    50 Years Later: The Kingman BLEVE

    Robert Burke
    July 17, 2023
    Robert Burke reports on the ceremony to remember and honor the 11 firefighters who sacrificed their life a half-century ago at a propane rail car explosion.
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    Operations & Training

    Greenwood Nursing Home Fire: Twenty Years Later

    Aaron Dix
    July 13, 2023
    Aaron Dix says the mistakes that night are undeniable, but the lessons learned must be applied.
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    Safety & Health

    Decade after Granite Mountain Hotshots Perish, Push on for New Shelters

    Firehouse.com News
    June 30, 2023
    The same type of shelters used by 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots 10 years ago today remain in use.
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    Careers & Education

    Former Charleston Assistant Chief Reflects on 50 Years in Fire Service

    Firehouse.com News
    May 13, 2023
    Veteran FF Raymond Lloyd, who helped free a man trapped in the Sofa Super Store, is now assistant chief of operations at Folly Beach Fire Department.
    New York City Fire Museum
    Bruce Twickler details the story of the New Yorkers who fought fire and saved lives in the city's first century.
    Historical Incidents

    New York City Fire Museum Launches New Exhibition, 'Colonial Firefighting & The American Revolution'

    March 17, 2023
    The exhibition presents the untold story of a group of volunteers who stood between New York and disaster during years of rampant arson, wars for North America, and the American...