NEP Presents: Fire News Now: Recent Episodes
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The July 8, 2022 Episode of NEP Media's Fire News Now podcast is out! With stories covering the mass shooting in Highland Park, IL and the evolution of the "rescue task force" model across much of the fire service; the "Electra" wildland fire rages across the Sierra Nevada in California; Denver firefighters battle long EMS wait times; a Polk County, FL paramedic fights for cancer benefits; the Jersey City, NJ Fire Department expands for the first time since 1937; and Dallas Fire-Rescue celebrates 150 years of service! Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The March 18, 2022 Episode of NEP Media's Fire News Now podcast is out! With stories covering the massive Walmart warehouse fire in Indiana; 12 hurt, including 9 FDNY firefighters in a Brooklyn blaze; LAFD firefighters battling a fatal house fire; Knoxville, TN firefighters rescuing a woman from a "vacant" building; expanding mental health support for firefighters; help for Ukraine firefighters; and a TX firefighter competing on American Ninja Warrior! Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The March 9, 2022 Episode of NEP Media's Fire News Now podcast is out! With stories covering tragic, fatal fires in Illinois and Massachusetts; wildfires burning across the Florida panhandle; more efforts to get PFAS chemicals out of the workplace; a training ground marriage proposal and more! Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The March 4, 2022 Episode of NEP Media's Fire News Now podcast is out! With stories covering a child killed despite a heroic rescue attempt in Greenville, MS; a Houston FF caught in a collapse; a wildland fire near Anaheim; LA's first female Fire Chief is confirmed; a HAZMAT in Lexington, KY; a tribute to the late Jim Smith; and more! Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The March 2, 2022 Episode of NEP Media's Fire News Now podcast is out! With stories covering a South Metro, CO house party floor collapse; a young Arkansas firefighter struck and killed at a highway incident; an Oakland tiller truck crashing through an apartment building; staffing and collective bargaining updates; and the war in Ukraine sending a Missouri firefighter off to Europe with the US Army. Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The February 25, 2022 Episode of NEP Media's Fire News Now podcast is out! With stories covering bullets riddling a Harrisburg, PA firehouse; two Anaheim firefighters injured in an explosion in an illegal THC lab; a Baltimore Councilwoman proposes that city firefighters wear body-cams; measures out of Oregon and Minnesota to protect firefighters from cancer; a Tampa area fire department gets a therapy dog; and more! Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The February 18, 2022 Episode of NEP Media's Fire News Now podcast is out! With stories covering Oakland, CA firefighters rescuing residents but also calling a Mayday at a high-rise apartment building fire; a gasoline tanker crash on Long Island, NY; multiple brush fires burning in Texas; a PFAS cancer lawsuit filed by 15 Massachusetts firefighters; a Wisconsin firefighter responds to a fire in his own home (you can help: https://pffwcf.networkforgood.com/projects/153610-the-schmitt-family?fbclid=IwAR0WCzckxl11tLtgp3Q_jA9r_dvgVCniXx07XE0bHoah6160FWqAEcGF-wk) and more! Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The February 15, 2022 Episode of NEP Media's Fire News Now podcast is out! With stories covering the flash-over in Chicago which injured 7 firefighters; rescues in Jersey City and San Francisco; a double fatal fire in Buffalo; the first female interim Commissioner is appointed in the FDNY; Tennessee firefighters start a long journey to support PTSD coverage; and more! Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The February 12, 2022 episode of NEP Media’s Fire News Now podcast is out! Stories covering the fast-moving Laguna, CA brush fire; multiple balcony rescues at a Charleston, SC apartment building fire; a massive blaze in an under construction Oklahoma City apartment complex leaves $65 million in destruction; some Maryland Heights, MO firefighters being in the right place at the right time; residency requirements may be going away for Pittsburgh firefighters; vaccine mandate updates from several cities; and more! Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The February 8, 2022 episode of NEP Media’s Fire News Now podcast is out! Stories covering the tragic line of duty death of a Oregon volunteer firefighter; reports from incidents in Buffalo, Rhode Island, and Winston-Salem, NC; staffing issues from big city departments to small rural ones; and the sad last few weeks of an iconic fire apparatus manufacturing plant in northeastern Pennsylvania. Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
In January of 2022, the National Public Pension Coalition released a comprehensive report chronicling the failure of the 401(k) defined-contribution plan as a retirement vehicle. While never meant to be a sole means of retirement, many private sector entities have gone away from the more stable defined-benefit pension plan. This report focuses on states and municipalities that have eliminated pensions and are now having to adjust to the fact that the move simply didn't work.
Read the full NPPC Report here: https://protectpensions.org/2022/01/18/nppc-releases-report-pitfalls-converting-public-employees-401k-plans/
The February 1, 2022 episode of NEP Media’s Fire News Now podcast is out! Stories covering the tragic shooting death of a Stockton Fire Captain; a mass casualty carbon monoxide incident at an Ohio hotel; the latest on the investigation on the deadly Baltimore row home fire; the Pittsburgh bridge collapse; mountain trail rescues on the rise in Phoenix; and South Carolina’s oldest active firefighter celebrates his 95th birthday. Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The January 28, 2022 episode of NEP Media’s Fire News Now podcast is out! Stories covering the vacant building epidemic in St. Louis; an update from Baltimore City; a very busy start of the year for the Milwaukee Fire Department; staffing and pay shortages in the Carolinas; slow turnarounds at Sacramento area hospitals; and a heroic water rescue in the frigid Hudson River by Troy, NY firefighters. Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The January 25, 2022 episode of NEP Media’s Fire News Now podcast is out! Stories covering the line of duty deaths of three Baltimore City firefighters in a row home fire building collapse; tragic stories of children being killed in separate Aurora, CO and Brampton, ON blazes; an update on the unusual large winter forest fire in Big Sur; coverage of the resignations of nearly 3/4s of one New Mexico city’s fire department members; and a tribute to the late Dennis Smith. Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The January 21, 2022 episode of NEP Media’s Fire New Now is out! With stories covering a tragic fatal fire in Slidell, LA; to staffing updates from Philadelphia and Portland; to historic new fire chief appointments in Los Angeles and Virginia; to continued COVID related impacts on responses and at hospitals; to much more! Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The January 19, 2022 edition of Fire News Now! Stories covering a St. Louis, MO firefighter killed in a collapse at a fire in a vacant house; Belleville, MO firefighters rescue a toddler from a house fire that also kills a woman and leaves two men injured; Hundreds of firefighters in northern New Jersey fight through frigid temperatures to contain an 11-alarm blaze that rips through industrial complex; East Pierce, WA Fire and Rescue adding behavioral health specialist to work in EMS division to better serve residents who may have complex medical, behavioral, and social service needs; Seattle, WA firefighters rescue dog trapped for six days in house wrecked by mud slide; and an Idaho firefighter wins big in the Powerball lottery!
Explosion at a Mesquite, TX Apartment; Austin, TX firefighters battle a 3-alarm blaze; helicopter crash in Upper Darby PA; an update on last week's deadly row house fire in Philadelphia; and more!
The January 12, 2022 edition of Fire New Now is out! With stories covering a horrific fire in a NYC high-rise building that killed 17 people, including eight children; the dangers of a growing number of fires caused by batteries in electric bicycles and scooters; Keene, NH firefighters battle a frigid 5-alarm fire which left several businesses and apartments destroyed; a Barstow, CA firefighter has died after he was struck by a vehicle while operating at a motor vehicle accident; and more! Listen or subscribe to subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The January 7, 2022 edition of Fire News Now is out! With stories covering a fast-moving fire that ripped through a Philadelphia row home, leaving 12 dead including eight children; 2 Mineral Point, WI volunteer firefighters killed in an apparatus crash; a Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighter killed battling a Rancho Palos Verdes house fire; COVID-19 causing staffing crises Cincinnati, OH; and more. Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
Our first episode of the new year features stories out of Hillsboro, OR and East Haven, CT. A new Tik Tok craze has injured a child, Federal Fire Fighters win better benefits, and a tribute to actress and icon Betty White.
Our last episode of 2021 focuses on the massive wildfire that destroyed hundreds of homes in Colorado, a lack of Fire Fighters in Baltimore City, and a fire fighter battling for a kidney.
News and notes from the Fire Service. Featuring news from Bucks County (PA); Yonkers, NY; Pasadena, TX; Shreveport, LA and the Oregon Office of Emergency Management. Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The December 21, 2021 edition of Fire News Now is out! With stories covering a massive, deadly fire at a QVC warehouse in Rocky Mount, NC; a Birmingham, AL firefighter is killed in an off-duty shooting incident; the Seattle, WA fire department expands its social outreach program to help the city's homeless population; Fairfield, CT swears in its first female firefighter in more than 30 years; Loudoun County, VA firefighters earn the right to collectively bargain; Miss America sees its first ever firefighter contestant; and Ottawa, ON firefighters once again conduct a massive holiday toy drive. Listen or subscribe to Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
This special report features excerpts from a recent Buzzfeed News feature detailing the horrors faced by wildland fire fighters and their families when they are injured or killed in the line of duty.
Link to Buzzfeed Article: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/wildland-firefighters-gofundme-injuries
Grassroots Wildland Fire Fighting Group:https://www.grassrootswildlandfirefighters.com/
Wildland Fire Fighter Foundation: https://wffoundation.org/
The December 14, 2021 episode of Fire News Now is out! With stories covering a Jersey City, NJ Battalion Chief dies after finishing his shift; Tampa firefighters battle a ship-board blaze in the Port of Tampa; Portsmouth, RI firefighters respond to two 100’ long boats on fire; California State Senator proposes plan to hire more than 1,000 more wildland firefighters; a Montana firefighter calms a little girl involved in a crash. Listen to or download Fire News Now from wherever you get your favorite podcasts.
The December 10, 2021 episode of Fire News Now is out! Stories covering New Orleans firefighters rescue two men trapped on a balcony of a burning home; Off-duty Yonkers Fire Lieutenant saves a life; 3 Canton, OH firefighters injured battling a blaze; Graham, WA firefighters rescue an unusual animal! Listen or download Fire News Now from wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The December 8, 2021 edition of Fire News Now is out! With stories covering line of duty deaths in Sterling, IL and the FDNY; a Barstow, CA firefighter critically injured while operating at a motor vehicle accident; three Minneapolis firefighters injured in a roof collapse; the IAFF and the American Cancer Society partners up to address occupational cancer and share research; and the US House of Representatives takes first step in passing legislation to provide presumptive benefits to federal firefighters. Listen to or download Fire News Now wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
The December 2, 2021 edition of Fire News Now is out! Stories covering a New York firefighter killed in fire in his own home; North Carolina firefighters gaining presumptive cancer protections; fatal fires in Wichita, KS and Chicago; a falling cast iron tub injures Miami-Dade firefighters; North Carolina firefighters battle a large wildfire; the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) bringing significant funding increases for wildland firefighting; an Ontario, Canada fire department unveils a "fire engine" Zamboni; and more! Listen to or download Fire News Now from wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
Teaser for the newly created Fire News Now, bringing breaking news and critical information on the fire service to listeners twice a week starting in December of 2021.