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Calif. Firefighters Rush to Shooting Victims' Aid

cygnus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:07:49 +0000

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San Bernardino rescuers had to make a quick decision after hearing gunshots.

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By Melissa Pinion-Whitt

San Bernardino County Sun (California)

SAN BERNARDINO - A tense few moments followed the sound of six to eight gunshots outside Fire Station 7 late Tuesday.

Firefighter-paramedic Greg Soria and his crew stood up in the living room of the station, looked out the window and saw a man lying in the middle of the intersection of 40th Street and Electric Avenue.

"This guy was in the middle of the street almost getting hit by cars," Soria said.

The firefighters had to make a decision: Wait for the police or run outside and save the man in the street, not knowing if the sho

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Pa. FFs Scolded For Political Campaigning with Fire Dept. Vehicles

cygnus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:55:58 +0000

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Chris Foreman

Tribune-Review (Greensburg, Pennsylvania)

Nov. 20--After a resident complained about Larimer firefighters campaigning for a political candidate, North Huntingdon commissioners said Wednesday that they'll send a letter to the volunteer department reinforcing a township policy that their vehicles should be used only for fire-related calls.

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Maine FFs Seek Grant for Tankers

cygnus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:50:45 +0000

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NICK SAMBIDES JR. OF THE NEWS STAFF

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Fire Chief John Lee knows that his department's trucks are as well-maintained as his firefighters can make them, but someday soon, two tankers won't be able to answer any more alarms.

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Ariz. Fire Claims 1, Injures 2

cygnus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:46:30 +0000

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MARICOPA, Ariz.

A mobile home fire claimed the life of a 22-year-old woman Friday morning and severely burned a 1-year-old girl and her 28-year-old aunt, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office said.

The blaze broke out at about 8:30 a.m. at the structure in the Pinal County community of Maricopa south of Phoenix.

The name of the victim has not yet been released.

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Task Force Formed For Pa. Arsons

cygnus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:28:23 +0000

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GINTER, Pa.

An early-morning fire in Clearfield County has been ruled suspicious and officials have established a task force to investigate a string of arsons over the last month.

The fire started around 2:30 a.m. at an abandoned house on Union Street in Ginter. Neighbors said no one has lived at the house for about a month.

The home was destroyed, but crews were able to save the house next door even though heat from the blaze started to melt its siding.

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Excavator Used in Wash. Rampage

cygnus — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:25:49 +0000

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Story by kirotv.com

STANWOOD, Wash. --

Police were called to a Stanwood business in the middle of the night Friday to find a man using an excavator in a destructive rampage, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

Neighbors who live near Forest Land Services called 911 around 3 a.m.

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Toddler Rescued in Elgin, Ill. Fire

Heather Caspi — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:42:51 +0000

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By Harry Hitzeman

Chicago Daily Herald

An Elgin firefighter heroically saved a 2-year-old boy from a burning home on the city's west side Thursday afternoon, minutes before the toddler could have died from smoke inhalation, officials said.

Meanwhile, fire officials said the boy's father remains in police custody and they're calling the fire suspicious.

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Minn. FD Recounts Tour Bus Crash

cygnus — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:56 +0000

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Kurt Nesbitt

Post-Bulletin (Rochester, Minnesota)

Nov. 20--Wednesday's tour bus crash on Interstate 90 was the largest mass-casualty event that Austin Fire Chief Dan Wilson has been to in his 25 years with the department.

Austin firefighters were called for mutual aid and were among the first on the scene, where two were killed and 21 were injured.

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Woman Dies, Two FFs Injured In Ky. Fire

cygnus — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:58:32 +0000

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INDEPENDENCE, Ky. --

A woman was killed and two firefighters were injured by a fire and explosion inside a home in Independence, Ky.

The fire was reported at the home on Sharpsburg Drive at about 4:40 a.m.

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Calif. Firefighters Free Fowl From Fence

cygnus — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:42:55 +0000

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SACRAMENTO, Calif.

A goose got stuck Thursday when its leg became entangled in chicken wire on an island in the middle of Sacramento's Land Park duck pond.

Animal control officers called the fire department for help when they realized they needed a raft to get over to the goose.

Once it was freed, firefighters and animal control officers paddled back to shore with their injured feathered friend.

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