Sponsored by Narragansett Council Hosted by Westport Fire Explorers Are you are a Fire Exploring Post looking for more training opportunities for your members? Join us at our annual fire camp held this year at Camp Cachalot in Plymouth, MA. Spend four intensive days learning new skills and honing current ones. Network with other area […]
Acting Onset Fire Chief Jeffrey Osswald: ‘Be true to yourself’
ONSET – Acting Onset Fire Chief Jeffrey Osswald brings more than three decades of firefighting experience to the chief’s post he hopes to fill permanently upon Chief Ray Goodwin’s pending retirement. The 46-year-old Osswald actually started on the Onset Fire Dept. before he had turned 16. Younger recruits were encouraged and mentored, he said. His […]
Volunteer Firefighters Have Higher Levels of “Forever Chemicals”
Levels of potentially health-threatening chemicals rise with years of service, Rutgers study finds Volunteer firefighters — who comprise more than 65 percent of the U.S. fire service — have higher levels of “forever chemicals,” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), in their bodies than the general public, according to a Rutgers study. The study, which was […]
40th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend
It is an honor for the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) to announce that the 40th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend will be held in-person on October 2 – 3, 2021, at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Last year, and the beginning of 2021, has been an extraordinary time in our […]
Williamstown Fire Department christens First Tanker Truck
WILLIAMSTOWN — A week after the Williamstown Fire Department was fighting a wildland fire with mutual aid from departments in Northern Berkshire and southern Vermont, the same departments were celebrating Williamstown’s acquisition of a new tanker truck, the first in its history. Tanker trucks from Adams, Clarksburg, Hancock, New Ashford and North Adams, as well […]
Firefighter Training Paradigm Shift from COVID-19: Traditional vs. Online Learning
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all of our lives, both personally and professionally. Some of us have been affected by the disease, and most know someone who has had it. The United States just recently marked 500,000 deaths and counting from COVID-19. Needless to say, we acknowledge the seriousness our nation and the world have […]
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