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Fire Fighter Nation NOW | View online | August 24, 2016 |  Forward to a Friend Connect with us August 24, 2016 The FDIC 2017 Scholarship nominations are now open. Send that deserving firefighter from your department to the largest training show around. Details HERE. Registration is open for the NFFF 2nd Annual National Stair Climb. Find all the details here to register and climb - even if you can't make it to New York City - HERE. Fireground tactics is our theme for August. What issues and challenges has your department faced in understanding the latest fire behavior research? Send your comments in an email so that we can share them in a later story. - Bill Carey, Online News Manager NEWS Several Dead and Injured as Earthquake Strikes Italy  Rescue crews using bulldozers and their bare hands raced to dig out survivors from a strong earthquake that reduced three central Italian towns to rubble Wednesday. The death toll stood at 120, but the number of dead and missing was uncertain given the huge number of vacationers in the area for summer's final days.  Read more » Share: MORE FIRE AND RESCUE NEWS  • Pennsylvania Family Files Lawsuit over Cancer, Firefighting Foam • Wildfire Closes Road to Yellowstone • Police Question Suspect in Fatal Chicago Apartment Fire • Taxi Strikes Crowd in San Francisco • Train and Bus Collide in Germany • Fire Destroys Five Buildings at Maine Retreat • Rescues at Illinois Hotel Fire • More News on FirefighterNation FIRERESCUE MAGAZINE FEATURES Special Operations: Post-Earthquake Building Collapse Tactics  You’ve arrived at a building collapse site in the aftermath of an earthquake. Treat this response as you would any other incident, but remember that your incident may be one of many, and you may need to operate with fewer resources initially than you would on a single-site incident.  Read more » Share: Technical Rescue: Incorporating Volunteers into Search and Rescue  Due to budget reductions, fire departments across the country have had to reduce levels of support staff along with highly trained firefighters/paramedics. Many departments haven’t been able to take advantage of training or purchase needed equipment due to their lack of funding.  Read more » Share: VIDEOS AND PHOTOS Commercial Structure Fire in Quebec  The fire broke out before noon and propagated across a large vacant building that used to be a wood plant. See More Videos Read more » Share: Gallery: Earthquake Strikes Central Italy  Rescuers carry a victim on a stretcher in the town of Amatrice, central Italy, following an earthquake. (Italian Firefighters Vigili del Fuoco via AP) See More Galleries Read more » Share: FEATURED BLOG Lessons from the Fireground: Buffalo  On August 24, 2009, 45-year-old Lieutenant Charles “Chip” McCarthy and 34-year-old Firefighter Jonathan S. Croom died in an early morning fire after a partial first floor collapse at a mixed occupancy commercial/residential structure. Read More from Fire EMS Blogs Read more » Share: Subscription Information Fire Fighter Nation invites you to forward this newsletter to colleagues or associates who might be interested Forward to a Friend. If you do not subscribe to FFN newsletters but would like to, click on the following link SUBSCRIBE