By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• Four Alpha Fire Company firefighters, all Penn State students, were honored for rescuing an injured captain at a second‑alarm fire in Haines Township, Pennsylvania.
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The Briefing• Fire crews responding to a Jan. 21 house fire in Reading, Massachusetts, encountered severe hoarding conditions that made interior...
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The Briefing• A two-alarm residential fire in the Phoebus section of Hampton, Virginia, killed two people and injured five others, including...
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The Briefing• A three-alarm fire at a high-rise apartment building in Baltimore, Maryland, injured 13 people, including firefighters.• The blaze broke...
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The Briefing• Search and Rescue of Mineral County in Montana marked its first anniversary since forming in January 2025 to provide...
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The Briefing• Albany Fire Department used more than $68,000 in state grant funds to buy inflatable lifting chairs and train care...
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The Briefing
Los Angeles County — One year after the Palisades and Eaton wildfires, after-action reviews cite staffing, coordination, alerting and water-supply failures that complicated evacuations and initial attack. FireRescue1
Key fixes underway:Â LAFD says during red-flag...
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The Briefing• The St. Johns County Fire Rescue in Florida shifted to a 24/72 shift schedule to improve staffing and firefighter...
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The Briefing• Fire crews responding to a Jan. 21 house fire in Reading, Massachusetts, encountered severe hoarding conditions that made interior...
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The Briefing• A NIOSH firefighter fatality report highlights the death of a Houston firefighter at a vacant warehouse fire in November...