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There is a conversation taking place around kitchen tables, training grounds, and officer meetings across the country. It is not always comfortable, but it is necessary. Today’s generation of firefighters is entering the fire service with a different background than many generations before them. For a growing number of recruits, this is their first real
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As fire chiefs, we spend most of our time focused on operations. Staffing. Training. Response times. Equipment. Budgets. The daily responsibility of protecting our communities. But some of the most important work we do happens outside the firehouse. Last year, during a legislative roundtable in Illinois, I raised an issue that had quietly affected firefighters
