The Southern Maryland Chronicle on MSN

Reforms Target Gaps in County Volunteer Fire Response

The St. Mary’s County Fire Chiefs Council issued an update this week on operational changes underway across the county’s ...
The Southern Maryland Chronicle on MSN

Trossbach Report Blames Gaps in Fatal St. Mary's Blaze

The Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department released a 145-page after-action report on November 6 detailing operational shortcomings that contributed to the line-of-duty death of Firefighter Brice ...
The Bulletin

What's happening as Norwich volunteer Fire companies push back against a unified command

Two volunteer fire departments in Norwich, Connecticut, are considering a legal challenge to a new Unified Command Structure. The new structure, implemented after a fatal fire, aims to standardize ...
The Bulletin

Otis Street fire demonstrated the need for a unified command for city fire departments

A fatal fire in Norwich, Connecticut, claimed the lives of a mother and her 8-year-old daughter. The incident prompted the city to unify its career and volunteer fire departments under a single ...
Marine Corps Times

Marines fire entire command for Osprey squadron in Hawaii

A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey is shown during the 2025 Kaneohe Bay Air Show at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 9. (Pfc. Peter Bannister/Marine Corps) A Marine general fired the commander, executive ...
The Oakland Press

Farmington Hills reopens fire headquarters with new emergency command center

Farmington Hills has a revamped headquarters for its fire department, with a new emergency operations center to coordinate command during disasters both natural and man-made. The project, which city ...
Los Angeles Times

Firefighters urged mass Altadena evacuations. It took three hours for command center to act

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Some L.A. County firefighters on the ground of the Eaton fire urged broader evacuations before midnight Jan. 8, ...
Firefighter Nation

MD After-Action Report in LODD Points to Need for County-Wide Coordination and Improved Training

A safety review committee issued an after-action report on a house fire in Leonardtown, Maryland, where firefighter Brice ...
Stars and Stripes

Marine Corps fires Osprey squadron’s command team over ‘loss of trust’

The Marine Corps has relieved the command team of an MV-22 Osprey squadron based in Hawaii, citing a loss of trust and confidence in their ability to meet aviation standards, a service spokesman said.
KOAT Albuquerque

Evacuation orders continue to come out as Blue 2 Fire grows

SEVEN NEWS AT FIVE STARTS RIGHT NOW. A WILDFIRE IS CURRENTLY BURNING IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST NEAR RUIDOSO. IT IS CALLED THE BLUE TWO FIRE AND JUST ONE DAY AT MORE THAN DOUBLED IN SIZE, 3500 ...
Florida Today

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket conducts hot fire test overnight. When is launch?

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully completed a hotfire test of its seven BE-4 engines. The upcoming mission will be the rocket's second flight, launching NASA's ESCAPADE satellites to Mars.