Mutual and Automatic Aid
The President’s Budget proposal takes a new, but not unexpected, approach to consolidating several wildland firefighting systems
Nearly a dozen fire departments fought the blaze at Louisiana’s historic Nottoway Plantation House, built in 1859
A massive fire at a West Baltimore mattress warehouse escalated to seven alarms before being contained, with no reported injuries
The crew was given a key to the county and made honorary commanders of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department
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A raft water slide was affected by the fire and video from the scene showed huge flames and large columns of smoke pouring from it
One firefighter was injured in the response, which was determined to be the largest in the department’s history, a Phoenix Fire Department spokesman said
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Independent Fire Company Number 1 officials said they were blindsided by the Town of Maple Shade’s decision
The agreement will allow Meadville Central Fire Department personnel to drive Meadville Area Ambulance Service (MAAS) vehicles from response scenes under certain circumstances
Crews were assisted by off-duty firefighters, police officers and bystanders during the rescues
Two of the new crew members are EMTs, which will assist Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Department since a bulk of their runs require EMS
Pittsburgh firefighters were providing mutual aid in Mt. Oliver where an abandoned home was engulfed in flames
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One firefighter was knocked unconscious after a metal grate fell on his head
Among the losses at the Glenburn station were a fire engine tanker, three grass units and a rescue truck
A second alarm response was requested to help save Kingston Fire Chief Graham Pellerin’s home
The injured firefighter was part of the mutual aid response to the two-alarm blaze
Nearly 50 people were displaced in the blaze at a two-story residential building
Fire/EMS and law enforcement personnel worked together to bring the organs and doctors to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital amid gridlocked traffic
Officials from at least one of the departments that arrived to put out the fire said they were not a part of any training exercise
While last year was one of the most chaotic years in recent memory, thousands of Australian and U.S. firefighters rang in 2020 with the world already on fire
The University of Connecticut Fire Department stepped in when the Suffield Volunteer Ambulance Association became overwhelmed with a spike in cases at MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution
Oakland union representatives and officials from neighboring cities said the brownouts will have a “cascading effect” on local fire and EMS response
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Fire officials say the call to assist hospitals is the first time the system has been used for something other than a major wildfire
The airman with the 167th Airlift Wing Fire Department was fatally injured Sunday while responding to a request for mutual aid
One firefighter was struck by falling debris and several other sustained minor injuries while battling the blaze
The new computer-aided dispatch system allows for immediate automated selection of the closest available fire and EMS unit for all emergency calls
Starr County Sheriff Rene Fuentes credited more than two-dozen entities with assisting in the harrowing rescue effort
Helmet camera video shows a Bladensburg (Prince George’s County) volunteer firefighter cursing at a D.C. firefighter after an engine was parked on a hose line
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