Jake Powers usually takes to the field as a player during the annual Boots vs. Badges slow-pitch softball tournament to help other safety personnel benefit local organizations, but this year, the Burlington firefighter paramedic will throw out the first pitch.
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Members of the Claremore Fire Department stand with the Oklahoma Blood Institute Boots and Badges traveling trophy. Pictured from left to right: R
The city of Conroe will meet Wednesday to cut $2.6 million from its proposed 2023 budget and trim another $25 million from its capital projects budget. Interim Finance Director Collin Boothe presented a list of items added to the budget during the council’s retreat.
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SALEM — The Perry Township Fire Department is using American Rescue Plan Act funds to buy new battery-powered life-saving tools, enabling firefighters to reach victims quicker.
“With this, you just grab it and go to work,” Fire Chief Doug Messimer said.
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At FDIC 2014, Fire Engineering Associate Editor Derek Rosenfeld visited the Hurst Jaws of Life booth to speak with Bruce Johnston, director of marketing and product management, and to learn more about Hurst’s new eDRAULIC 2.0 Line of cutters.
Here, Bruce gives a quick demonstration
The mowed path of sledding hill below my childhood home doubles as a fire line. The flames of this backfire are sandwiched between short green grass and the prevailing winds, so they are less likely to get out of control.
Drew Guttormson watches over a prairie fire in northeast Iowa as a
A FIREFIGHTING hero who has attended thousands of incidents and saved more than a hundred lives is hanging up his hat after 30 years.
Roger Exley is retiring as manager of Barrow Fire Station at the end of a month after a career spanning three decades.
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The lone survivor of the lightning strike that killed three people outside the White House was saved by quick-thinking Secret Service agents — and her Dr. Martens boots, according to her mom.
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Seattle police officers and firefighters who lost their jobs for not complying with the city's COVID vaccine mandate have turned in their boots in protest.
Videos posted on social media showed dozens of people walking up the steps of Seattle City Hall, some carrying their boots in their