*  More job opportunities:  Firefighter Blog is posting the .pdf notices and applications for Firefighter and Fire Apparatus Engineer that Cal Fire is advertising.  Cal Fire is the fire suppression branch of Calif.’s dept. of forestry, but they also do a lot of contract work for structural protection in small towns around the state.  You can read them HERE.

*  STATter911 has the story of a clueless judge who ruled that the D.C. Fire Dept. can’t require FF’s to shave their beards.  Where do they get these guys?  Check out the STORY.

*  FireNews.net has a story on a 3-story apt. building burnout that left 23 people homeless.  From the looks of the photo, it must have been a fast-mover.  See it HERE.

*  FireRescue1 is reporting on a fire in Massachusetts in a multi-family dwelling that killed an occupant and led to 12 FF injuries HERE.

*  California Fire News talks about today’s dedications at the California Firefighters Memorial in Sacramento HERE.

*  FirefighterHourly’s daily CFD shortfall covers a high-angle rescue which the dept. didn’t have any equipment to handle it.  A neigboring FD came in and did it HERE.

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