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A bona fide trial by fire
At 6-foot 5-inches, crawling through a 16-by-16-inch hole with more than 50 pounds of gear is no easy task for Burbank Fire Engineer Matt Garland.
When it’s dark, smoky and loud and the floor moves like a teeter-totter, he lets muscle memory...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, International Association of Fire Fighters, Advanced Training, Advanced Training, Fires
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Conn. Home Invasion Killer's Elaborate Oyster Suicide Plan
Alaine Griffin, Hartford CourantHARTFORD, CT -- While Steven Hayes sat on Connecticut's death row late in 2011, the trial of his accomplice in the Cheshire home invasion killings was underway in a New Haven courtroom. Joshua Komisarjevsky's lawyers were rolling out a no-holds-barred,...Tags: Joshua Komisarjevsky, Entertainment, Human Interest, William Petit, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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January 10: Author - Bill Cosgrove, Chicagos Forgotten Tragedy
WGN NewsBill Cosgrove To purchase a copy of the book: Chicago's Forgotten Tragedy William Cosgrove was born in Chicago and was raised on the south side of the city as one of 10 children of a Chicago firefighter. He wore his fathers badge for more than 28...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Chicago Fire Department, WGN, Robert De Niro
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Buchanan Volunteer Fire chief suffers electric shock during mobile home fire
Anchor/ReporterBuchanan Volunteer fire chief Billy Joe Carter was shocked when a power line overheated and fell on him at a mobile home park. In a hospital in the Intensive Care Unit, Chief Billy Joe Carter says he's thankful he's still alive. Tuesday night it was...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Health, House Building, Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics
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Several families displaced following Park Jefferson fire
SOUTH BEND — Darren McNair awoke this morning to a telephone call from a cousin telling him his Park Jefferson apartment building was on fire.
McNair, 22, and a friend, Lindsey Johnson, 18, quickly fled the building with just the clothes on their...Tags: American Red Cross, Disasters and Accidents, Charity, Human Mishaps, Human Mishaps
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Sounding the alarm in Southwest Pasadena
Recently, at a residential site proposed to temporarily house an ambulance in Southwest Pasadena, Pasadena Fire Chief Calvin Wells acknowledged that a rescue ambulance was already serving the area, and that the proposed ambulance was not an additional...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Fires
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Names of propane blast victims released
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsUpdate: Global Propane released the following statement following the blast: "We continue to grieve for our lost friend and co-worker, and our hearts go out to all of those affected by the fire. We are cooperating fully with all the authorities in...Tags: American Red Cross, Disasters and Accidents, Charity, Hospitals and Clinics, Emergency Incidents
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Chief seeks South Bend firefighter's demotion, suspension for posting video
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — A South Bend firefighter actively working a fire at Park Jefferson Apartments earlier this month is facing a possible suspension for allegedly recording a video of the blaze on his cell phone and uploading it to Facebook. The South...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Media Industry, Facebook, Cell Phones, Punishment
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Marist College Students Mourn Victims of Deadly Weekend Fire
PIX11.com / @kerrydrewStudents at Marist College in Poughkeepsie are in mourning after a tragic fire killed two students and a friend over the weekend. Cell phone video captured the intense flames shooting through the three story home on Fairview Avenue where six students...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Human Interest, Teaching and Learning, Services and Shopping, Kevin Johnson
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Fountain Valley back to exploring shared services
After opting to keep its own Fire Department intact, the loss of redevelopment funds has led Fountain Valley to reconsider sharing fire services with neighboring Huntington Beach. The potential loss of up to $1.4 million in redevelopment funds from the...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Health and Medical Professionals, Fires
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Firefighter in fair condition after Tippecanoe Lake house fire
LEESBURG – One firefighter was injured after putting out a house fire, police say, late Thursday night.
According to the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department, seven fire departments responded to the scene at 10:06 p.m. after dispatch was...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Leesburg, Fires
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Firefighters respond to fire at W. Washington St. apartment building
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comIt took Hagerstown firefighters about five minutes to extinguish a fire that started Tuesday morning in the walls of an apartment building at 632-634 W. Washington St., city fire officials said. There was a smoldering fire in the walls when...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Fires
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