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| The Daily Dispatch office will be closed Thursday, June 19 in observance of
Juneteenth. The newsletter will return on Friday, June 20.
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| | | | PHOTOS: The driver of a semitruck that caught fire Friday morning near the Kennedy Bridge survived with minor injuries. "I'm fortunate," Jeffrey Walker said. "I'm telling you, seconds after I got out of that truck it burst in flames." |
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| | | | | | The NFPA released its “Fatal Firefighter Injuries in the U.S. in 2024” report, which showed a total of 62 on-duty U.S. firefighter fatalities in 2024. This number reflects a 31 percent decrease over the 90 on-duty firefighter fatalities reported in 2023 and tied for the fourth fewest fatalities since 1977, when the annual study began. |
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| | | | | | VIDEO: “They ask you to put down your hobbies — your interests,” said Linus Weber, who is a volunteer firefighter back home in Lower Saxony, Germany. “And that’s why I put down that I’m heavily involved in the fire department.” |
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| | | | | | | | | COOPERATIVE PURCHASING |  | Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing - Fire chiefs across North America turn to cooperative purchasing to simplify procurement and stretch their budgets further. As the largest government-based cooperative purchasing organization on the continent, Sourcewell serves as the exclusive group purchasing partner of the Western Fire Chiefs Association. With Sourcewell, departments gain access to a wide range of competitively awarded contracts—helping leaders purchase the equipment and services they need quickly. Get fire apparatus, PPE, training, tech, and more—faster than traditional procurement processes.
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| More than 50,000 public agencies across the U.S. and Canada rely on Sourcewell to simplify purchasing. Buy faster, equip sooner, and skip the hassle of the traditional procurement process with competitively awarded supplier contracts. Fire-Rescue | EMS |
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| Featured Suppliers | Custom Fire Apparatus - A privately held design build manufacturer of fire and emergency response vehicles including design, construction and sale of apparatus
Darley - Equipment for rescue, water flow, hazmat, pumps, vehicles, suppression, ventilation, thermal imaging, wildland, SCBA, PPE and EMS
VIKING Life-Saving Equipment - Provides innovative and reliable safety solutions for firefighters
Safeware - Distributor of public safety supplies |
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| Visit the Announcements section on our website for free updates shared by fire service members — including industry news, special messages, and recognitions. |
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| Visit the Events section on our website for upcoming conferences, meetings, and other important dates relevant to the fire service. |
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