Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com are putting together a massive photo mosaic to showcase at the Firehouse booth during this year's FDIC show in Indianapolis from April 19-24.

Firefighters charged with setting fires, cheating scandals, thefts of fire department funds and equipment, responding to incidents after drinking alcoholic beverages, harassment and discrimination.

With these incidents occurring in fire departments across the nation, it may be time to adopt a code of ethics, according to the Fire Service Reputation Management White Paper released Tuesday morning.

"The nation's fire service has long been held in justifiably high esteem. This reputation has been hard earned.

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A Nevada County captain passed out behind the wheel of a fire engine on March 7, according to The Union of Grass Valley.

Nevada County Consolidated Fire Chief Tim Fike told the newspaper that Capt. Bruce Niederberger was en route to the hospital to pickup his partner at approximately 10:30 a.m. when he "started to get tunnel vision."

"He passed out" after turning on the siren and jamming his foot on the brake, Fike said.