/tags/firefighters firefighters en-US WLRN Tue, 08 Aug 2023 22:00:00 GMT /florida-news/2023-08-08/florida-firefighter-union-joins-challenge-against-states-restrictions-on-unions The Florida Professional Firefighters union has joined the Florida Police Benevolent Association in challenging the way a state agency is carrying out a new law that placed additional restrictions on public-employee unions. Tue, 08 Aug 2023 22:00:00 GMT /florida-news/2023-08-08/florida-firefighter-union-joins-challenge-against-states-restrictions-on-unions Jim Saunders /hurricane-coverage/2022-10-06/helping-others-around-the-clock-ian-firefighters-neglect-their-own-homes-thats-where-union-solidarity-steps-in Firefighters in Southwest Florida are working around the clock to protect residents and don't have much time to repair their own homes. That's where the union is helping out, with firefighters from Broward among those stepping in. Thu, 06 Oct 2022 20:54:09 GMT /hurricane-coverage/2022-10-06/helping-others-around-the-clock-ian-firefighters-neglect-their-own-homes-thats-where-union-solidarity-steps-in Gerard Albert /local-news/2022-09-21/heroes-at-work-rock-stars-on-the-weekend-meet-miami-dades-fire-brigade To play in the Fire Brigade, you don’t need a background in rock music. The one requirement is to work for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. The band members tell their story. Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2022-09-21/heroes-at-work-rock-stars-on-the-weekend-meet-miami-dades-fire-brigade Verónica Zaragovia /local-news/2022-06-28/first-responders-continue-to-work-on-healing-a-year-after-the-condo-building-collapse-in-surfside A year ago this past Friday, the Champlain Towers South condominium collapsed in Surfside. Many first responders who searched for weeks to find victims are still struggling with what they saw, smelled and heard. Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:30:20 GMT /local-news/2022-06-28/first-responders-continue-to-work-on-healing-a-year-after-the-condo-building-collapse-in-surfside Verónica Zaragovia /news/2022-05-13/fire-crews-battling-the-massive-new-mexico-wildfire-want-a-break-from-relentless-wind The giant, wind-whipped blaze burning in New Mexico has displaced tens of thousands and is on track to become the largest wildfire in the state's history Fri, 13 May 2022 14:30:14 GMT /news/2022-05-13/fire-crews-battling-the-massive-new-mexico-wildfire-want-a-break-from-relentless-wind Eric Westervelt /news/2022-04-25/destructive-wildfires-in-new-mexico-trigger-emergency-declaration Southwest fires have burned dozens of homes in northern Arizona and threatened small villages in New Mexico, as wind-fueled flames chewed up wide swaths of tinder dry forest and grassland. Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:54:37 GMT /news/2022-04-25/destructive-wildfires-in-new-mexico-trigger-emergency-declaration The Associated Press /news/2022-02-03/wildland-firefighters-use-small-fires-to-avoid-big-ones-and-help-the-environment If you see a huge plume of smoke rising into the sky this time of year in Florida, there is a good chance it’s an under-control wildland burn that has little chance of spreading as opposed to a raging wildfire. Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:20:00 GMT /news/2022-02-03/wildland-firefighters-use-small-fires-to-avoid-big-ones-and-help-the-environment Tom Bayles /npr-breaking-news/2020-01-16/aussie-firefighters-save-worlds-only-groves-of-prehistoric-wollemi-pines Fire swept through the canyons where the rare trees had outlived the dinosaurs. For days, the smoke was so thick that no one knew whether the careful plan to protect them had worked. Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:30:00 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2020-01-16/aussie-firefighters-save-worlds-only-groves-of-prehistoric-wollemi-pines Laurel Wamsley /news/2019-09-11/9-11-miami-beach-first-responder-fights-illness-decades-later Miami Beach Fire Chief Virgil Fernandez has vivid memories of being a first responder at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Fernandez… Wed, 11 Sep 2019 17:04:31 GMT /news/2019-09-11/9-11-miami-beach-first-responder-fights-illness-decades-later /2019-04-25/firefighter-cancer-benefits-get-final-approval The House on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that would expand benefits for firefighters who are diagnosed with 21 types of cancer, sending the... Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:52:42 GMT /2019-04-25/firefighter-cancer-benefits-get-final-approval News Service of Florida