It came as no surprise to me to learn that Ron Farr had been recently bestowed with the high honor of the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Volunteer Fire Council. In my mind the only thing that prevented him from receiving it much
The Grand Rapids Fire Department celebrated a milestone recently that it has been working toward for the past 5 years. According to Fox17 West Michigan, the firefighters of Ladder 1 installed their 50,000th smoke alarm on April 14th. The department
April showers brought more than May flowers in Arkansas this month. Over 60 fire marshals from across Arkansas attended the second Fire Safety Summit hosted in Jacksonville, AR. With a high rate of fire deaths in this rural state, fire
Saginaw firefighters are working to make the city safer, one home at a time. According to television station ABC12, FEMA recently awarded the fire department a grant to purchase 1,300 carbon monoxide (CO) alarms. Firefighters have been installing them.
The Boulder County Sheriff’s office in Colorado is crediting “Sam,” a 14-year-old dachshund, with saving a family from what could have been a tragedy. Problems started for the family on a recent evening when the power shut off in
