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2. International Association of Fire Fighters - Wikipedia

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   Website. www .iaff .org. The International Association of Fire Fighters ( IAFF) is a labor union representing paid full-time firefighters and emergency medical services personnel in the United States and Canada. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL–CIO in the United States and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada.

3. Firefighting - Wikipedia

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   Firefighting is a profession aimed at controlling and extinguishing fire. [ 1] A person who engages in firefighting is known as a firefighter or fireman. [ 2] Firefighters typically undergo a high degree of technical training. [ 2][ 3] This involves structural firefighting and wildland firefighting. Specialized training includes aircraft ...

4. Volunteer fire department - Wikipedia

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   Volunteer fire department. A volunteer fire department ( VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. Volunteer and retained (on-call) firefighters are expected to be on call to respond to emergency calls for long periods of time, and are summoned to the fire ...

5. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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   A vehicle outfitted for firefighting, specifically one outfitted to pump water. Many rural fire engines carry a reservoir of water to pump, and use drafting and water tenders to obtain further supply. Historically, an engine (" enjin " or other spellings) was any kind of machine, tool or "contrivance".

6. Connecticut man bitten by rare rattlesnake he tried to help ...

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   August 1, 2024 at 1:10 PM. HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — When Joseph Ricciardella saw the snake in the road, he stopped his car and tried to help it avoid getting run over. The attempted good deed ...

7. Glossary of firefighting - Wikipedia

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   Alarm: (1) system for detecting and reporting unusual conditions, such as smoke, fire, flood, loss of air, HAZMAT release, etc.; (2) a specific assignment of multiple fire companies and/or units to a particular incident, usually of fire in nature; (3) centralized dispatch center for interpreting alarms and dispatching resources.

8. Two more troopers tied to Karen Read case are under ... - AOL

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   Two more Massachusetts state troopers linked to the Karen Read case are under an internal affairs investigation after her trial, which included allegations of a law enforcement effort to frame ...

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   ActBlue, the leading Democratic online donation processor, reported that donors gave $46.7 million in small-dollar donations through the platform for the day by 9 p.m. Eastern.