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More than $10,500 raised at Battle of the Badges hockey game featuring Kalamazoo, Portage public safety departments

25-Feb-2013: The safest place in southwest Michigan on Saturday night may have been Wings Stadium, as firefighters and police officers from the Kalamazoo and Portage public safety departments converged for the third annual hockey game between the neighbors. Read more >>

Groundbreaking woman firefighter retires

25-Feb-2013: A woman who simply wanted a job retired Monday from the Battle Creek Fire Department. Jennifer Bradley spent her last work day at Station 4, sharing some donuts and stories after 21 years in what was once a male dominated occupation. Read more >>

Canton Township getting 2 new ambulances

21-Feb-2013: City officials say last year firefighter and paramedics responded to 5,472 medical calls that resulted in over 3,500 transports to area hospitals. Read more >>

Southfield Fire Department seeks new life-support units

21-Feb-2013: The Southfield Fire Department has started the process of replacing its nearly seven-year-old fleet of life-support units with new ones. Read more >>

Holland firefighter Ted Slenk retires

19-Feb-2013: The first story Ted Slenk tells about his 37-year career is about a house fire that happened more than 25 years ago. Read more >>

Former battalion chief to lead Port Huron fire operations

19-Feb-2013: Michael Reaves, public safety director, announced Monday that Battalion Chief Daniel Mainguy has been promoted to operations chief for the fire division of the newly merged public safety department. The move is effective Feb. 23. Read more >>

REMINDER: Fire Instructor-I courses for 2013

16-Feb-2013: The MFFTC Instructor-I course is designed to challenge current instructors to become the keystone for instructing the modern fire service. You will be taken out of your comfort zone and continually pushed to become a superior instructor. Read more >>

No funds after '13 for right-to-work law hires

15-Feb-2013: Lansing — Money to hire two government specialists to implement the state's upcoming right-to-work law has been dropped from the state's budget plan after this year. Read more >>

REMINDER: Firefighter Announcement for the City of Livonia

13-Feb-2013: Applications for this examination must be received at the office of the Civil Service Department, 33000 Civic Center Drive, Livonia, MI 48154, no later than 5:00 p.m, Friday, February 15, 2013, in order to be accepted. Click here for more info.

Ypsilanti firefighter urges city council to consider other options

11-Feb-2013: Ypsilanti firefighter Ken Hobbs addressed the council in relation to the city’s current goal for the fire and police departments. He said the Ypsilanti Fire Department will continue to maintain outstanding public service by continuing to meet the demands of the community.

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