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Retired Louisville, KY firefighter. Lifetime member of Local 54 of the IAFF. Sorry, I don't do DM's. https://retiredfirefighters.tumblr.com/

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Louisville Fire Department Newsletter February 2026 February is Black History Month

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Please Support HB 153 & SB 82β€” Protect Access to Life-Saving Treatment for Substance Use Disorder It is critical for constituents to email our state legislators right now because HB 153 and its companion bill SB 82 protect access to life-saving, FDA-approved medications like buprenorphine for trea...

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Please Support HB 153 & SB 82β€” Protect Access to Life-Saving Treatment for Substance Use Disorder. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/plea...

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Indiana brewery gives Curt Cignetti free 'Hoosier beer' for life after IU's national title win The wins keep coming for Indiana football coach Cig.

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Parent company of Kentucky Owl bourbon files for bankruptcy, moves to liquidate operations The bankruptcy has had ripple effects in Kentucky’s bourbon industry.

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Meet the Los Angeles Fire Department crew tasked with protecting communities from the next wildfire disaster | CNN The smell of wet grass from the recent atmospheric river rains, mud and gasoline wafts through the warm Southern California air as Alec Derpetrossian works the chainsaw with a foreman, Randy MagaΓ±a, w...

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She credits this medication with saving her life. Kentucky makes it nearly impossible to get. A new bipartisan bill aims to eliminate regulations that make it harder to get treatment for opioid addiction than it is to get opioids. "I'm Shay McAlister, and this is Shay Informed: an independent...

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Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services. The cuts could total as much as $2 billion.

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I don't think there's a statute of limitationsΒ on murder.

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Section of South 6th Street renamed in honor of fallen Louisville firefighter In December 2025, a sign was dedicated to Louisville Fire Sergeant John β€œStrawn” Nutter, who was killed 31 years ago on the job.

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PRP firefighters rescue dog from an abandoned septic tank in southern Jefferson County The teams got to work erecting a pulley system to lower a firefighter down into the hole to bring the dog back up.

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It's happy dance day! It all tilts back the other way! πŸ˜ŠπŸ˜ƒπŸ˜‰

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Now is the winter of our discontent today a loved one died a preventable death from a treatable disease because treatment was prevented yesterday These are dark days:Β  Over 270,000 KentuckiansΒ have opioid use disorder – alm…

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A swing and a miss November 10thΒ should have been a turning point in Kentucky’s effort to reduce overdose deaths. But instead of ending a broken and outdated rule, the Administrative Regulation Review Subcommitt…

Nov 10, ARRS let the buprenorphine rule Dr. Pat Murphy opposed move forward. But good news, the next committee won’t meet until Jan 2026! We’ve pushed this into the 2026 KY General Assembly, giving us time to fight for a law to stop it for good. This is a WIN!
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Retired Captain David McGintry, Louisville Fire Department (KY), celebrated his 96th birthday today, 11/17/25.

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Managing the Disease of Addiction | Kentucky Health Classifying addiction as a disease can allow for better outcomes for patients. James Murphy, MD, discusses the treatment of addiction.

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Employment | Richmond

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Jeffersonville Vintage Fire Museum to host β€˜Annual Muster’ this weekend A β€œmuster” is a firefighter celebration for displaying equipment and skills.

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Firefighters stop truck fire from spreading to barn in Nelson County Fire officials said no injuries were reported, and the fire was put out in about an hour.

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