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AP By Sara Sidner and Eric Levenson, CNN This is Dennis Smith’s 25th fire season with CalFire, so the Fire Captain is fully aware of how much fighting fires has changed in that time. The temperatures are hotter. The fire seasons are several months longer. The blazes are bigger, and there are more of them. “We used to get some what you’d call ‘career fires’ maybe once every few years,” he told CNN. “We’re seeing career fires — 100,000-plus acres — (are) a common occurrence every year now.” For Smith and other firefighters, all that has combined to make their lives more di...

Great Falls Fire Rescue welcomes its first female officer Great Falls Fire Rescue welcomes its first female officer By: Kailey Neitzel and last updated 2021-06-29 19:48:42-04 GREAT FALLS — Maren Reilly took the oath of office on Tuesday and became the first female fire officer at Great Falls Fire Rescue. Fire Chief Jeremy Jones conducted the ceremony, administering the oath and promoting her to the rank of lieutenant. Maren’s husband Eric pinned her new gold lieutenant badge on her uniform, and her parents pinned her new collar brass on. In 1982, the City of Great Fa...

This morning pain staking search-and-rescue efforts entering their seventh day here in surfside. more than 50 agencies and more than 900 personnel have been working tirelessly combing through the debris. overnight i spoke with miami-dade fire captain just ahead of his shift. what's the hardest part about this right now? >> the hardest part is first day we got here and seeing how devastating everything was. we're all trained to maintain our composure and do our jobs the way we're supposed to. i'm sorry i've been working on very little sleep and it's hard not to get emotional about this stuff. i...

Party in la-la land. it's difficult to live in a country with one another where in the past year, for instance you have people who refuse to wear masks because of respiratory theory or refuse to get vaccinated and obviously on january 6th you saw what misinformation can do. so it is a real issue. the information crisis. obama's addressing it repeatedly. it's about time actually some of the other national leaders start talking about this. >> appreciate it. thank you both. this morning a critical new clue from an eyewitness about the condo collapse in surfside, florida. the latest on that inve...

Funeral arrangements have been released for Fire Captain/Paramedic Ralph Parker, III.