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• First responders surprise young hit-and-run victim with new bike

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  Firefighters, EMS providers and police officers made a big show when arriving at 8-year-old Jenciel Filero’s home to give him a bike after his was destroyed

• Responders finish elderly man’s attic work after rescuing him from fall

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  Kansas City Fire Department responders helped Ken Hargis down from the attic and finished his insulation work afterwards

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  A veteran firefighter discusses why every fire chief needs to let more light in

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  Firefighters throw 3-year-old birthday party after guests cancel

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  The Harrisburg Fire Department rescued 3-year-old Jackson’s birthday after seven of the eight families invited were unable to attend

• Kids write ‘thank you’ notes to firefighters

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  Students at Spanish Oaks Elementary School thanked the firefighters for battling the Pole Creek and Bald Mountain Fires with heartfelt notes

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  Responders finish mowing lawn for patient after he fell

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  The Madison Fire Department crew found the 80-year-old man lying on the ground, and finished his yard work as he was transported to the hospital

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  Fla. theme park offers free tickets to first responders

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  Legoland Florida Resort is offering free, single-day theme park admission in September for first responders

• Video: Firefighter schooled in ping pong by 101-year-old woman

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  After treating a patient, firefighter Nick Plancich offered to play ping pong with Marjorie Harford, who was bouncing the ball alone

• Firefighter newlyweds ask for fire station donations in lieu of gifts

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  Ileana LiMarzi and Jason Tucker raised $1,500 from their wedding guests for the 7th District Benevolent Fund and the Local 2819 Benevolent Fund

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  Firefighters deliver rings that were lost in fire to wedding couple

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  Earlier in the day, the bride and groom and their wedding party took a trolley ride before their wedding when tragedy struck

• Fallen firefighter’s son rides to first day of school in fire truck

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  Cooper Brooks was escorted to his first day of kindergarten by the colleagues of his father, Christopher, who died in May from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash

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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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