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The Lyme Affordable Housing Commission unveiled a plan to buy property near the firehouse to create housing for volunteer firefighters
Matt Lebeis received an alert that the temperature inside his house went up to 90 degrees
Chester and Blandford fire chiefs are looking at the feasibility of combined volunteer fire departments
Once the department decides it needs them, training on how to safely use them in the environment where they’ll be deployed is critical
Charles Tucker, 56, was returning home with his son after responding to a call when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a logging trailer
Fellow firefighters and community members are raising money for firefighter Mike Bramhall, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at four months old
Andrew Miller, 27, died after being hit by a car while working near his home; he was remembered as a hard-working firefighter
Nicholas Joyce was charged with second-degree aggravated arson after setting fire to a shed and later returning to help extinguish the blaze
A 10-year-old boy was killed, his mother, father and two younger siblings are in the hospital; the firefighters suffered non-life threatening injuries
Board members looked at neighboring fire departments to determine possible options to restructure the fire department
The 14-year-old dog had been missing since March 25; crews dug up concrete and cut the pipe to free the dog
Capt. Peter Hacking and his two children, ages 4 and 2, were killed after a van swerved and collided with their vehicle
Fire safety is morally and financially less costly to maintain than it is to rebuild after generations of neglect and erosion
A house fire in the First Nation of Pikangikum killed nine people after a fire truck was unable to control the fire because it did not have any water
The Newaygo fire chief is accused of attempting to get paid for on-call hours when he was hours away from his fire district
While the community tried to figure out how to pay for the station, some rigs sat outside year round due to lack of space
The chief was responding to a crash when his vehicle was struck; lights and sirens were on at the time of the collision
Peer pressure and policy have drastically altered firefighters’ smoking habits more dramatically that what’s seen in the general population
The two firefighters were on vacation when they noticed smoke; they saved the woman and her three dogs before crews arrived
The firefighter was driving when high winds blew a tree onto his truck; he was pronounced dead at the scene
The exact cause of the fire is undetermined and will remain so because of the extent of the damage; firefighter Chris Ray was killed after falling off of a fire truck while responding to the house fire
The firefighter and six others were trapped in the basement of a burning building; three firefighters were injured
Patrick Childress was working as a firefighter in Iraq; he died of natural causes earlier this month
Not being able to identify when pressure from the pump is too great or too little is a threat to fireground safety and effectiveness
The building had a sub-basement firefighters did not know about; the crew became trapped while attempting to fight the fire from inside
The number of victims, the distance they are spread across and the natural hazards make these extremely tough incidents to bring order to
The Red Springs Fire Department was decertified in January because of insufficient personnel; the decertification was halted temporarily until a judge can decide whether it was justified
The Stafford Fire Department received several state violations after the February incident in which two firefighters transported a child having a seizure in their fire truck
Brian Demrow resigned as the Edgerton fire chief, citing “irreconcilable differences” with the fire protection district board
The family’s home was destroyed in the blaze; the homeowner said he built the house 40 years ago and plans to clear the sight and rebuild
Firefighters reported an intense smell at the station following heavy rain; the department will be able to use the building next door until the issue is resolved
The firefighter was inspired by the beeping of his pager; his fellow firefighters encouraged him to record the song and make a video
The firefighter suffered first and second-degree burns; the fire was sparked by discarded cigarettes
