In This Issue: Philly Fuel Facility Fire, Mercury Spill in Houston, Credebility, Elites and Experience…
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News
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Industrial Firefighting
Yesterday, Philadelphia Fire Department units responded to a fire that burned between ethanol storage tanks at a fuel facility in the city, according to reports.
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Hazmat
A 19-year-old man has been arrested after trace amounts of mercury spilled at three locations in Houston, leading dozens of people to be decontaminated as a precaution, FBI said Monday.
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Multiple Fire Departments Respond to Raging Six-Alarm NJ Warehouse Fire
Bill Aims to Prevent Repeat of HI False Missile Alert
Australia Firefighters Warn of Uncontrollable Fires
Three Dead as Suspected Twisters, Other Storms Batter the South
UT Snowboarder Triggers Fatal Avalanche
Fire Helps Stranded Snowmobilers Survive Nine-Hour MT Storm Rescue
Features
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Leadership
Volunteer firefighters sometimes worry about more about being popular that being competent. If you strive for respect by competently going about your tasks, popularity will follow, says Tom Merrill.
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Podcasts
In this podcast, Frank Ricci, Dave Polikoff, and Nick Papa and their guest from Boston discuss the outside truck function.
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But positive fire service relationships cannot be built overnight and not all are built the same way, writes Nicholas Christensen.
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From the Magazine
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Leadership
Yale-educated forester Gifford Pinochet once proclaimed “with the creation of the Forest Service that America would never see another wildfire.” Unfortunately, Mother Nature didn’t get the memo.
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