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Crews prepared to respond
A hazardous materials call Friday and a gas station fire Monday required vastly different responses, but year-round training and organizational tactics enabled firefighters from Aberdeen Fire and Rescue to handle whatever was thrown their way. "The...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Hazardous Materials
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Deerfield firefighters mark centennial
One hundred years ago, volunteer firefighters in Deerfield had two ways of hauling their "fire cart" to a blaze. They could attach the two-wheeled cart to a horse-drawn buggy — or to a car, if available. The cart carried a single coil of hose,...
Tags: Bannockburn, Waukegan, Hospitals and Clinics, Cook County Government, Deerfield
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Oklahoma tornado: Search, cleanup continue; rebuilding ahead
MOORE, Okla. — State and local officials vowed Tuesday to rebuild this bereft suburb, shattered by a tornado that brought death and massive destruction, even as they fought poor weather to push ahead with rescue efforts. In a day marked by...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Joplin Tornado (2011), Barack Obama, Renovation, Natural Disasters
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Fire damages Naper Settlement fort
Fire damaged Naper Settlement's Fort Payne over the weekend, but no one was injured, according to officials. The blaze broke out about 12:39 a.m. Sunday at the living history museum in downtown Naperville and was under control in within minutes,...
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LAFD chief's report slammed by city Fire Commission
The Los Angeles Fire Commission on Tuesday delivered a strong rebuke of a highly anticipated report by the fire chief regarding a controversial plan to beef up the number of ambulances assigned to firehouses. The report by LAFD Chief Brian Cummings...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency
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More L.A. firefighters sent to areas hit by Oklahoma tornado
Two Los Angeles County Fire Department captains have been dispatched with specialized rescue teams to areas ravaged by a tornado that left a 20-mile-long swath of death and destruction in Oklahoma, officials said Tuesday afternoon. One captain is...Tags: Los Angeles Fire Department, FEMA, Tornadoes, Natural Disasters
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Blaze consumes Eddie's Northside in Aberdeen
An Aberdeen service station and garage that had been filling fuel tanks for more than four decades was destroyed by fire Monday. Three employees working at Eddie's Northside Sinclair tried to put the flames out with fire extinguishers, but the blaze...
Tags: Heavy Engineering, Petroleum Industry, Traffic, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Edison agrees to pay $37 million in 2007 wildfire
Southern California Edison Co. agreed Monday to pay $37 million to resolve concerns about three overloaded utility poles that sparked the 2007 Malibu Canyon fire, a settlement that would bring the total for the destructive fire to more than $60 million....
Tags: Verizon Communications, Verizon Wireless, Southern California Edison Company
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Florida Forest Service's Roy Cribb wins Firefighter of the Year Award
In the early afternoon of April 4, 2012, Roy Cribb emerged from the smoke of one fire in the Ocala National Forest and entered another. His primary responsibility at the second fire as a senior forest ranger with the Florida Forest Service was to...
Tags: Ocala National Forest, Wildfires, Awards and Prizes, Forestry and Timber
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One-acre brush fire knocked down in Burbank
Firefighters on Monday were able to knock down a one-acre brush fire that at one point was estimated at 20 acres above DeBell Golf Club. Fire officials said that because of the steep canyon hillside, the blaze appeared to be much larger than it actually... -
Man's hand burned in Virginia Beach kitchen fire
Daily PressThe owner of a Virginia Beach home received burns to his hand from a kitchen fire Monday. The fire happened at about 12:40 p.m. in the 3800 block of Lampl Avenue, said Virginia Beach Battalion Chief Amy Valdez. The man received second-degree, possibly... -
Elkhart Brass built to last
South Bend TribuneELKHART -- A recent episode of the NBC series "Chicago Fire" featured a product made in Elkhart. Elkhart Brass makes more than 2,000 products used in the fire-fighting industry, including nozzles for hoses, controls, monitors and valves. Established in...Tags: NBC (tv network), Chicago Fire (tv program), Science and Technology, Technology, Metal and Mineral
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