Daily Dispatch
News for America’s Fire Service
The Daily Dispatch is a free, fire industry-specific newsletter distributed each weekday via email and features timely and relevant national news, job listings, a cooperative purchasing section, and more. Looking ahead newsletter subscribers will see additional functionality and features including state-specific news, wildland news, event listings and equipment ads. The Daily Dispatch is proudly produced by WFCA and recognized by all seven U.S. Divisions of the International Association of Fire Chiefs.
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National News from the Daily Dispatch
- VIDEOS: Firefighters battle massive junkyard fire in Missouri
Firefighters battled a massive blaze at a Kansas City junkyard. The Kansas City Fire Department says it responded to the fire just after 7:10 p.m. on Wednesday near 13th and Kensington Ave.
- Texas fire department gets revolutionary helmet technology to see through smoke
Read about National Fire News: Corpus Christi Fire Department gets revolutionary helmet incident from KRIS-TV NBC 6 Corpus Christi featured on Daily Dispatch...
- North Carolina artist’s latest mural honors firefighters
PHOTOS: Images of firefighters at work, along with a Bald Eagle, American flag and stars are featured in a mural designed and painted by Warren County artist Daniel Guevara which adorns the side of Hawtree VFD.
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WFCA Fire Map
The Western Fire Chiefs Association's Fire Map depicts active and recent wildland fires in the western United States and Alaska. The Fire Map draws near real-time 911 dispatch call data from PulsePoint.
Emerging and ongoing wildland fire location and boundary data are provided by the National Interagency Fire Center IRWIN feeds. FIRIS (California only) provides early fire perimeter and 3-hour forecasting models. Fire dispatch and location data are approximate, and no representation or warranty is given as to the timeliness, accuracy, or completeness of the data.
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