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By Eric Meltzer Daily Camera BOULDER, Colo. — Medical calls, not fires, account for more than half of all calls to which Boulder Fire-Rescue crews respond, and the number of ...
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By Vivian Ho The San Francisco ChronicleALAMEDA, Calif. — The Alameda Fire Department bought a second rescue boat this week in an effort to improve the agency's water-rescue ...
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All Terrain Responder turned heads when its new off-road vehicles rolled into Fire-Rescue International in Atlanta. The versatile units, which come in both wildland and EMT models, ...
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By Tom Standard The Sun JournalTURNER, Maine — Selectmen on Tuesday night approved the purchase of a 2008 Polaris Ranger ATV for use in remote rescues and firefighting.This ...
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By Meta Pettus WUSA9FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — A man was rescued from the Rappahannock River Tuesday afternoon after he fell from a boat.A call went out around 1:30 p.m. for a ...
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By Dave Gram The Associated PressBETHEL, Vt. — All-terrain vehicles, reviled by environmentalists and others for their noise and the erosion they can cause in sensitive ...
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By Jim Kalvelage The Ruidoso NewsLINCOLN COUNTY, N.M. — Lightning strikes in eastern Lincoln County sparked two fires Tuesday afternoon. The Border Fire, near an area along ...
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By Jenalia Moreno The Houston ChronicleHOUSTON — Port of Houston Authority commissioners voted Tuesday to spend nearly $15 million, mostly from a federal grant, to replace ...
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The use of robotics in firefighting may still seem futuristic to many — but in some parts of the world it's already a reality. Though not quite yet the norm, robotic ...
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By Matt Ledesma The Times Record NewsWICHITA FALLS, Texas — Firefighters are often called to respond to life and death situations without much more than the equipment and ...
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Firefighters will soon get the chance to add an aerial drone to their arsenal of tools to help them size-up and tackle fires.Set to go on market in the coming months, the Darley ...
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By Andrew Neff The Bangor Daily NewsBANGOR — A little over a month after initially winning an 8-1 approval from the Bangor City Council to purchase a new fire boat, the ...
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The new Bell 412 helicopters provide better control, use an external hoist to pull people from rough terrain and can be used over water as well ...
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By FDNYNEW YORK — Firefighters aboard Marine 1 Alpha rescued a man hanging on Pier 62 in the Hudson River on May 17."The guys were very professional and did a great ...
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By Sean Evans WYMTLETCHER COUNTY, Ky. — Rescue crews loaded up a 68-year-old man into the helicopter as other rescue crews and concerned neighbors looked on. Rescuers say the ...
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By Terry Karkos The Sun Journal MEXICO, Maine — Saturday's warm spring day brought area drivers out in droves to get their vehicles washed at the Mexico Fire Department.The ...
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By Sharon Hill The Windsor StarWHEATLEY, Canada — At 90 feet long and 300 tons, the $8.5 million Chicago fireboat is the biggest thing to come out of Wheatley harbor in ...
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By Patrick M. Walker Arlington Citizen-JournalARLINGTON, Texas — When a big red Arlington fire engine rolls up in front of a home for a medical call, residents know help has ...
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KAAL TV WANAMINGO, Minn. — Small towns all across Minnesota have seen tighter budgets over the past few years.But in Wanamingo the local fire department is finding ...
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By Adolfo Flores The Pasadena Star-NewsPASADENA, Calif. — It looks like a golf cart on steroids but a high-tech low cost ambulance unveiled Monday could help paramedics get ...
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