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• 12/05/2012 -- Fern Lake Fire Slows But Wind Hampers
  Many of the 600 residents pushed out of their mountain homes in Colorado will be allowed to return home.
• 12/05/2012 -- Los Angeles Fire Chief Defends Department
  Los Angeles Fire Chief Brian Cummings defended his department in front of the City Council against allegations that he had no plan to improve fire service.
• 12/05/2012 -- Dedham MA Fire Apparatus Brown Out Concerns Firefighters
  Dedham (MA) Engine 4 has been taken out of service due to lack of funding which concerns firefighters and citizens.
• 12/05/2012 -- Rutland-Dundee IL Fire Apparatus to Aid Hurricane Victims
  The Rutland-Dundee Fire Protection District (IL) has sent a fire truck to Union Beach (NJ) to assist in community recovery from the Hurricane Sandy devastation.
• 11/12/2012 -- New Generation of Wildland PPE Being Field Tested
  Full sets of wildland firefighting gear, redesigned and reengineered, are being tested by more than a thousand wildland firefighters from CAL FIRE (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection), the United States Forest Service, and 11 fire departments in California.
• 10/29/2012 -- Plan Now for Future Purchases
  Outfitting a fire department with the proper apparatus and equipment is expensive. Often in challenging economic times, major purchases are postponed or one-time sources of funding are used. This must be considered just a patch to fix the problem.
• 10/02/2012 -- NFPA 1901: Misunderstood?
  It is unfortunate firefighters make rash uninformed statements in the firehouse that can adversely affect the good will, morale, and discipline that is essential to the smooth operation of the fire service.
• 12/05/2012 -- Building Firefighter PPE Using 3D Imaging
  A major cause of firefighter injuries is ill-fitting and bulky gear, but a Cornell University researcher using 3D motion-capture technology wants to change that.
• 12/04/2012 -- Bethel PA Firefighter Sues Over 2010 Accident
  A volunteer firefighter injured in a July 2010 crash has sued his colleagues, the fire company and Upper Mount Bethel Township (PA).
• 12/04/2012 -- Bay Village OH City Council Approves Fire Apparatus Purchase
  The Bay Village (OH) City Council has authorized the purchase of a $445,000 pumper truck.