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  Fla. firefighters repair roof damaged by hurricane

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  Firefighter Felix Marquez and a team of responders remove rotted wood from Bob Thomas’ roof and replaced it with sturdy plywood

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  Firefighters leave kind note, tattered flag on porch after saving home

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  “Saved the house but not this flag. Thank you for flying old Glory,” the firefighters wrote in the note

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  Video: Responders escort fallen battalion chief’s daughter to school

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  Hundreds of firefighters and police officers lined the streets as the daughter of Battalion Chief James Nelson, who died from a brain aneurism, went to school

• Boy raises nearly $6K for firefighters through lemonade stand

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  Gavin Martin went through around 125 gallons of lemonade in an effort to help a fire department after a fatal gas explosion left one firefighter dead and another critically injured

• First responders finish man's yard work after he suffers heart attack

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  A crew from Pasco County Fire Rescue returned to Gene Work's home to lay the rest of his sod, knowing he wouldn't be back to do it before the new grass died

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  Responders support boy's lemonade stand after man complains

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  Gladstone police, fire and EMS officials stopped by to sip some fresh lemonade after a man interrogated Jacob Martin, 8, for not having a permit

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  Fire recruits present restored lifesaving net to chief

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  Thirteen Eugene Springfield Fire recruits at the department's training academy spent the past six weeks refurbishing the Browder life safety net

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  Airline offers free flights for slain firefighter’s funeral

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  JetBlue will fly firefighters from anywhere in the country free of charge so they can attend the funeral of Long Beach Fire Capt. David Rosa

• Firefighters use fire hose to help family fill up pool on hot day

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  The firefighters passed by the family, who were using pots and pans to fill up the pool, and decided to lend a hand

• Firefighters donate patch collection to girl with cancer

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  Mileena Painter, who is battling leukemia, will soon receive hundreds of patches that have been collected from all over the world

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  Firefighters finish delivering pizza after driver is hurt in crash

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  Henrietta Fire District firefighters thanked the customers for ordering out and not risking burning food

• First responders give boy with disorder a birthday to remember

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  Jamie Sprout, who has a mitochondrial disorder, was surprised with a first responder-themed birthday and visitors from several public safety agencies

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  Viral photo shows fire captain comforting child after call

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  “It’s moments like this that I am reminded, this is why I do the job,” said Fire Captain Chris Blazek, who was photographed holding the child

• Firefighter-paramedic returns late firefighter's helmet to widow

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  Firefighter-paramedic Scott Moder presented 98-year-old Jo Miller with her late husband Ben's helmet, which Moder's mother found online

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  Fire department dedicates fire truck to fallen veteran

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  The North Patchogue Fire Department held a ceremony to dedicate a fire truck to war veteran Lt. Michael Murphy, who was killed in the line of duty in 2005

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