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Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com are putting together a massive photo mosaic to showcase at the Firehouse booth during this year's FDIC show in Indianapolis from April 19-24.
Firefighters charged with setting fires, cheating scandals, thefts of fire department funds and equipment, responding to incidents after drinking alcoholic beverages, harassment and discrimination.
With these incidents occurring in fire departments across the nation, it may be time to adopt a code of ethics, according to the Fire Service Reputation Management White Paper released Tuesday morning.
"The nation's fire service has long been held in justifiably high esteem. This reputation has been hard earned.
A Nevada County captain passed out behind the wheel of a fire engine on March 7, according to The Union of Grass Valley.
Nevada County Consolidated Fire Chief Tim Fike told the newspaper that Capt. Bruce Niederberger was en route to the hospital to pickup his partner at approximately 10:30 a.m. when he "started to get tunnel vision."
"He passed out" after turning on the siren and jamming his foot on the brake, Fike said.
Story by thepittsburghchannel.com
PENN TOWNSHIP, Pa.
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Police in one Westmoreland County community said three men have been charged with starting a farmhouse fire and one of the accused is a firefighter.
Penn Township police said Eric Penska, who is a volunteer firefighter for Irwin Borough, along with Jeffrey Caprino and Jaime Wright, admitted to setting the fire on Friday.
Police said no one was inside the building in the 3800 block of Baker School Road at the time of the fire.
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