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
- VIDEO: Fire tears through apartment building in New York
A fire on a rooftop deck Thursday afternoon sent flames and heavy smoke into the air above a building on the Bowery, forcing restaurant workers to evacuate and causing damage to at least one business.
- 'Feels like a dream': Missouri firefighter surprised with Super Bowl tickets before Chiefs game
VIDEO: Just a few hours before the Kansas City Chiefs kicked off the regular season against the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday, one firefighter received the surprise of his life.
- Man safely rescued after climbing Texas radio tower, yelling and refusing to come down
PHOTOS: A man was safely rescued after he climbed a radio tower where he began yelling and refused to come down for nearly two hours Wednesday afternoon in Wonder Lake, prompting a major fire department response.
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