One-third of Firefighter Injuries 'Caused by Exercise'

Firefighter injuries more likely to occur while exercising, which aims to prevent injuries, than while putting out fires, new research suggests.
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California Fire Department Criticized for Failure to Find Woman's Body After Fire

Report: Lack of communication between commanders, sloppy search efforts were to blame for the failure.
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Tennessee Firefighters Let Mobile Home Burn Because Couple Didn't Pay Protection Fee

A Tennessee couple has lost everything after their home burned to the ground as firefighters watched and did nothing.
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NIST Study Finds Failure Points on Firefighter Protective Equipment

NIST researchers uncover temperature and heat-flow conditions that can seriously damage facepiece lenses on standard firefighter breathing equipment.
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States Struggle With Lucrative Taxpayer Funded Pensions

With Americans increasingly likely to live well into their 80s, critics question whether paying lifetime pensions to retirees from age 55 or 60 is financially sustainable.
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City of Canandaigua: PERB Ruling Supports Restructuring of Fire Department

The state deferred ruling on the city's appeal that they violated the Public Employees’ Fair Employment Act.
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Voters Say Yes to a New Fire District

Voters in Brockport, Clarkson and Sweden have given approval to create a new joint fire district.
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DHSES Announces Changes

DHSES Commissioner Jerome M. Hauer announces organizational and staffing changes.
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NYS EMS News

SEMSCO meets to approve budget and hold elections.
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Fire Department EMS Codes to Expire

Required paperwork due the end of the month.
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Firefighter Cancer Support Network Donates Bell to North Shore-LIJ's Monter Cancer Center

President Skip Sylvester, 1st Vice President Rich Messina, and Ron Barz from NYSAFC were present at ceremony.
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NYSAFC Spring 2012 Seminar Series Announced

Begbie and Zayas to address risks and rewards fighting strip mall fires.
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FIRE 2012 Education Program Lecturers Announced

31 fire and 10 EMS programs available to Conference Full Term registrants.
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What is NYSAFC’s Paid Officers Committee?

And how can you help them meet their goals?
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Spring 2012 Seminar Series

"Taxpayer/Strip Mall Fires: Is the Risk Worth the Reward?"
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Company Officers Leadership Training (COLT)

April 2012 - Buffalo
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FIRE 2012 (Fire Industry, Rescue, & EMS Expo)

NYSAFC 106th Annual Conference — June 13-16, 2012 — Turning Stone Resort
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