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By Doug Page, Homeland1 Columnist First responders searching the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake, terror attack, or even attempting to reach trapped miners ...
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The Hindustan Times NEW DELHI, India — In one of the biggest rescue operations in the Capital's recent history, more than 150 people were evacuated by the Delhi Fire ...
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Jessica Cejnar The Times-Standard MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — A Humboldt Bay fire captain was back home with family Monday after he was reported missing in Trinity County on ...
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By Alan Scher Zagier The Associated Press JOPLIN, Mo. — A day of solemn remembrances and forward-looking celebrations is planned Tuesday as Joplin commemorates the ...
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The fire service has always been an evolving business that has seen its mission and focus change in many ways over the years. Along with these changes, firefighters have developed ...
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By Lori Fowler The San Bernardino County Sun SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A driver was injured early this morning when she plowed into a parked fire truck that was tending to a ...
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By Elizabeth A. Harris The New York Times NEW YORK — A group of officers, at a Queens housing project on Friday for another reason, spotted a call for help from an apartment ...
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By Joe Rubino The Daily Camera BOULDER, Colo. — A 27-year-old man was freed from beneath a "washing machine-sized" boulder on Flagstaff Mountain this afternoon ...
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By Debby Woodin The Joplin Globe JOPLIN, Mo. — During the search and rescue effort after the May 22 tornado, Joplin fire Chief Mitch Randles realized the need for some ...
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Golfire introduced its Pest, a 10-foot-long nylon webbing with four preconfigured loops. The strap has a tensile strength of 4,000 pounds, said John Price, company owner and CEO. ...
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By Melissa Pinion-Whitt San Bernardino County Sun SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Firefighters and sheriff's personnel rescued members of a Lake Arrowhead Boy Scout troop ...
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The Salt Lake Tribune SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City fire crews Monday pulled a 9-year-old autistic boy from a chimney after he climbed in and became stuck. Firefighters ...
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By Mary Ann Thomas The Pittsburgh Tribune Review PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Emergency workers had to cut a hole in the side of house on Manchester Hill Road to free a 600-pound man ...
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By Landon Kafka The Wahpeton Daily News WYNDMERE, N.D. — Thanks to donations by Dakota Ag Co-op and Wheaton-Dumont Elevators, almost all of the fire departments in Richland ...
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By Anne Neville The Buffalo News BUFFALO, N.Y. — Animals pulled from burning houses in Tonawanda and Kenmore now have a better chance at survival, thanks to Project Breathe. ...
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The Firehouse Sub Public Safety Foundation and its franchisees recently handed out donated equipment to four fire departments in N.C. and S.C. The value of the equipment comes to ...
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You spend your career learning how to avoid these situations. Yet sometimes you have to get out of a building,
The Berkshire Eagle LENOX, Mass. — By winning a competitive, national grant for federal funding to boost public safety in local communities, the Lenox Fire Department will be ...
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In the first part of this article, we outlined how standards on personal protective equipment establish minimum levels of performance that are intended to reflect firefighter ...
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By Franklin Briceno The Associated Press LIMA, Peru — A fire swept through a two-story private rehabilitation center for addicts in a poor part of Peru's capital Saturday, ...
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