Newport, Ore. crews got a 1-mile evacuation on an ammonia question, then shrank it once they confirmed the tanks held. Know your ice plants. firerescue1.com/hazards-hazm… #fireservice

Mass. will require annual checks for recalled sprinkler heads after the Gabriel House fire killed 10. Nobody was checking them before. firerescue1.com/fire-safety-… #fireservice

43% of on-duty firefighter deaths since 1990 were cardiac. Autopsies found enlarged heart muscle more often than blocked arteries. A treadmill test does not catch it. medicalxpress.com/news/2026-… #firefighterhealth

Every exit door in America swings out because of one night in Boston. 492 died at the Cocoanut Grove in 1942, most of them piled behind a revolving door. The codes changed within a year. So did burn medicine. youtu.be/DINYmG2G6vw

Monday, St. George Fire is the first La. FD to carry blood. Medics trained since March, dispatchers trained to know when to send one. The blood was the easy part. firerescue1.com/fire-based-e… #FireService

Boston, 1942. A nightclub rated for 460 had over a thousand inside. The main exit was a revolving door. It jammed with bodies and broke. 492 died. Outward-swinging doors would have saved 300. New documentary, up now. youtu.be/DINYmG2G6vw

Huntsville's SCBA cascade trailer failed an oil test June 15, back in service July 2, retest results July 8. Over 50 firefighters report illness. City denies a link. firerescue1.com/legal/ala-fi… #FireService

CPSE's new 32-page guide on drone-as-first-responder programs is mostly staffing and public trust. The aircraft is the cheap part. firerescue1.com/uas-uav-and-… #FireService

Forest Service apprentice Kaitlyn Gallagher, 24, killed by a falling tree on a 10-acre fire in Kisatchie NF. Acreage is what drops your guard. firerescue1.com/line-of-duty… #LODD

A stopped train put Lockland, OH crews 7 minutes from a house fire they were 30 seconds from. A woman died. Count the crossings in your first-due. fireengineering.com/firefigh… #fireservice

OCFA will test fire modeling that lets crews add their own containment lines. Div. Chief Mike Sheehan on today's models: "it's based on if we do nothing." firerescue1.com/technology/c… #fireservice

NY quadrupled the volunteer firefighter tax credit, $200 to $800. Lands on 2027 returns. Nobody claims a credit they never heard of. whec.com/top-news/state-legi… #firefighter

Southington, CT turned down a $3.03M SAFER grant for 12 firefighters, 5-4. An award is not a job until the council votes on the town's share. firerescue1.com/fire-grant-c… #firefighter

LA city and county fire pre-positioned crews and aircraft ahead of this week's Santa Ana winds. Nothing was burning when that call got made. That is the hard part. heysocal.com/2026/10/15/fire… #fireservice

Anne Arundel County landed a $4.97M SAFER grant funding 26 positions. A SAFER award is the earliest hiring signal a candidate gets. Watch the jobs page, not the recruiting post. This week's issue: rogers-newsletter-257a18.bee… #firefighter

A vacant LA church burned a third time Monday. 180 firefighters, all of it from the outside, embers at 25 houses. The building was already gone. The block was the job. abc7.com/post/large-fire-tea… #firefightersafety

Six EVs burned at a Fort Worth dealership. Fort Worth FD worked it 17 hours 33 minutes. Water does not reach a sealed pack. firehouse.com/operations-tra… #fireservice

Buckholts VFD firefighter Rick Fuentes, 26, died Sunday driving to a grass fire. The truck left the road and rolled. He taught middle school science. kltv.com/2026/10/12/buckholt… #LODD

The Greenbrier Engine 1 rollover report is out. Inattentive or erratic operation. Speed unknown. Defects unknown. Your drivers learn nothing from that. arkansasradio.com/2026/10/re… #firefightersafety

Boise Fire: $2.3M SAFER grant, nine firefighters, four-person staffing at three more stations. Covers 62% for three years. Then the city owns all nine. firerescue1.com/idaho-fd-win… #firefighter