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Six Worcester firefighters died searching a windowless warehouse for two people who had already walked out. Dec 3, 1999. youtu.be/dQWmrPivLfo #Worcester6

Every exit door you walk through swings outward because of one night in 1942. That rule has a receipt. 492 people. youtu.be/DINYmG2G6vw #FireService

A Boston fire inspector walked the Cocoanut Grove on Nov 18, 1942 and signed it off as safe. Ten days later, 492 people died inside it. youtu.be/DINYmG2G6vw #FireService

A Sun Prairie, Wis. firefighter was filmed standing by at a house fire. He was the driver, running water supply for the crew inside. firerescue1.com/social-media… #fireservice

Mount Vernon, NY tossed its June captain and lieutenant exam. All candidates disqualified. Everyone who studied clean lost the list too. westchester.news12.com/mount… #fireservice

Tesla Semi battery fire closed I-880 Tuesday. Southbound shut 10 hours. NTSB logged 50,000 gallons on a 2024 Semi fire. Know your water shuttle. firerescue1.com/lithium-ion-… #firefighter

NHTSA found a clear pattern of driverless cars blocking engines and ambulances. California's new fine triggers at 30 minutes blocked. We don't have 30 minutes. techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/ro… #fireservice

Newport, Ore. crews got a 1-mile evacuation on an ammonia question, then shrank it once they confirmed the tanks held. Know your ice plants. firerescue1.com/hazards-hazm… #fireservice

Mass. will require annual checks for recalled sprinkler heads after the Gabriel House fire killed 10. Nobody was checking them before. firerescue1.com/fire-safety-… #fireservice

43% of on-duty firefighter deaths since 1990 were cardiac. Autopsies found enlarged heart muscle more often than blocked arteries. A treadmill test does not catch it. medicalxpress.com/news/2026-… #firefighterhealth

Every exit door in America swings out because of one night in Boston. 492 died at the Cocoanut Grove in 1942, most of them piled behind a revolving door. The codes changed within a year. So did burn medicine. youtu.be/DINYmG2G6vw

Monday, St. George Fire is the first La. FD to carry blood. Medics trained since March, dispatchers trained to know when to send one. The blood was the easy part. firerescue1.com/fire-based-e… #FireService

Boston, 1942. A nightclub rated for 460 had over a thousand inside. The main exit was a revolving door. It jammed with bodies and broke. 492 died. Outward-swinging doors would have saved 300. New documentary, up now. youtu.be/DINYmG2G6vw

Huntsville's SCBA cascade trailer failed an oil test June 15, back in service July 2, retest results July 8. Over 50 firefighters report illness. City denies a link. firerescue1.com/legal/ala-fi… #FireService

CPSE's new 32-page guide on drone-as-first-responder programs is mostly staffing and public trust. The aircraft is the cheap part. firerescue1.com/uas-uav-and-… #FireService

Forest Service apprentice Kaitlyn Gallagher, 24, killed by a falling tree on a 10-acre fire in Kisatchie NF. Acreage is what drops your guard. firerescue1.com/line-of-duty… #LODD

A stopped train put Lockland, OH crews 7 minutes from a house fire they were 30 seconds from. A woman died. Count the crossings in your first-due. fireengineering.com/firefigh… #fireservice

OCFA will test fire modeling that lets crews add their own containment lines. Div. Chief Mike Sheehan on today's models: "it's based on if we do nothing." firerescue1.com/technology/c… #fireservice

NY quadrupled the volunteer firefighter tax credit, $200 to $800. Lands on 2027 returns. Nobody claims a credit they never heard of. whec.com/top-news/state-legi… #firefighter

Southington, CT turned down a $3.03M SAFER grant for 12 firefighters, 5-4. An award is not a job until the council votes on the town's share. firerescue1.com/fire-grant-c… #firefighter