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• 100+ firefighters respond to Philadelphia row house explosion

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  Two are feared dead after three row houses in South Philadelphia collapsed in a "gas-fed" explosion

• Calif. rescuer dies in fall while searching for missing hiker

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  West Valley Search & Rescue Team Volunteer Tim Staples died at Mt. Baldy after becoming separated from his search partner

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• An ordinary day with extraordinary results: Detailing the St. Louis child rescues

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  St. Louis firefighters and battalion chiefs share a play-by-play of the astonishing – and unexpected – rescues

• Pa. county emergency managers receive drone certificates

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  Seven county employees are now permitted to fly drones that can be used to assist with search-and-rescue and assessing emergency scenes

• Understand the ‘I’ in VEIS

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  Vent-Enter-Search (VES), Vent-Enter-Isolate-Search (VEIS), Oriented Vent-Enter-Search. Whatever you want to call it, go ahead and call it that. I have always called it VES. The isolate component wa...

• Back-to-basics Vent-Enter-Isolate-Search operations

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  Reviewing how to initiate VEIS and step-by-step procedures for conducting this essential operation

• When is a helmet more than just a helmet?

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  When it’s a helmet born out of a father’s love for a daughter lost.

• Ariz. fire chief who went missing during hike found safe

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  Chief Gary Morris, who did not appear to be injured, said packing extra food and water extended his chances of survival

• Search underway for missing Ariz. fire chief

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  Pine-Strawberry Fire Chief Gary Morris, 73, was reported missing after setting out to hike a 51-mile trail

• UL FSRI releases video of child rescue to underscore ‘Close Before You Doze’ message

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  Helmet cam footage and 911 dispatch recordings show the moment Fairfax County (Va.) firefighters hear girl calling for help behind closed door

• Why thermal imaging cameras have become essential tools

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  From hazmat to vehicle crashes to wildland fires, FLIR has a thermal imaging camera for practically every job

• Dallas fire station significantly damaged by severe storms

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  Photos show a collapsed roof and debris, but Dallas Fire-Rescue officials said no firefighters at Station 41 were hurt

• Controlled blasts to bring down cranes at New Orleans collapse site

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  Fire Chief Tim McConnell said work began Thursday in hopes of bringing the multi-ton structures down ahead of approaching tropical weather

• Unstable building, cranes hamper rescue attempt in New Orleans

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  Rescue workers and search dogs have been in and out of the structure, hoping to find the lone missing worker alive

• Hotel collapse in New Orleans leaves 2 dead, 1 missing

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  A video showed a metal structure tumbling to the ground and people running from the scene as clouds of dust billowed up

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