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On Saturday morning, Phil Wahl stood before a crowd of officials, firefighters and families inside of the Laurel/Rex fire station to make special presentations to the city fire department and the families of Flanscha and Anthony. The two died March 22 in the partial collapse of the Weaver Organ and Piano ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The U.S. Coast Guard and Sandusky firefighters are searching for a man in Sandusky Bay after he reportedly fell out of a boat Friday. The Coast Guard was notified shortly before 7 p.m. of an unmanned 12-foot dark green Jon Boat roughly a half mile offshore of Lions Park, according ...

during the FDIC 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Lucas Oil Stadium, Friday, April 27, 2018. Firefighters, families, and supporting participants honored and remembered FDNY firefighters who gave their lives on 9/11/2001, by climbing the equivalent of the 110 stories of the World Trade Center. Many participants ...

An upstate New York fire department says a firefighter on vacation saved three girls who were caught in a rip current in North Carolina. The firefighter and medic, Sean O'Gorman, was in the Outer Banks when he saw two teenagers in the water struggling to get back to shore, The Charlotte Observer ...

A firefighter was injured and taken to a local hospital as responders fought an out of control grass fire for eight hours Friday. The fire was reported in the Sundown Lake Recreation area northwest of Unionville, Iowa at approximately 2:51 p.m. Friday. Eight hours later, firefighters had finally extinguished the ...

AURORA — The city of Aurora will pay $480,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by four minority firefighters who say they were discriminated against. The Sentinel reported Thursday that the city has also agreed to implement diversity training, develop a mentorship program and work closely with a black firefighters ...

ORANGE, Mass. (WWLP) - Orange firefighters worked to put out a three alarm house fire late Friday night. Orange Police Chief James Young told 22news Fire fighters arrived at 179 Holtshire Road around 11:30 p.m. to find heavy smoke coming out of the multi-family home. Young said the fire started in the ...

City Secretary Anna Russell has one week to finish verifying a petition Houston firefighters submitted last summer seeking pay parity with police or risk being hauled into court, a state district judge said Friday. Judge Dan Hinde had given Russell until Friday at 5 p.m. to verify whether the firefighters had ...

To see how many could be traced to ground zero exposure, a team from the FDNY's Bureau of Health Services and Office of Medical Affairs compared data on firefighters who worked at the site with data from a cancer registry of New York residents. To simplify the analysis, the researchers focused on white ...

Firefighters were able to put out a small but tricky underground fire at a power plant in southern Charles County early Wednesday morning. According to Bill Smith, spokesman for the Charles County Volunteer Fire Department, a 3rd shift worker at the GENON Coal Facility located in the 12600 block of ...

Attorney Rose Weber says her client, Angela Bommarito, was a volunteer firefighter in the summer of 2015, when she claims former colleague Henry Mohr manipulated her into a sexual relationship. When that relationship ended, Weber says Mohr stalked and harassed her client. He later became the fire ...

Extremely dangerous conditions continued to fuel historic wildfires in the western half of Oklahoma early Wednesday, reports CBS Oklahoma City affiliate KWTV. The National Weather Service issued an evacuation order for an area near the towns of Seiling and Oakwood, in Dewey County. Authorities told ...

“This act by firefighter/EMT Trussell was what he would say is just a part of his job,” said Horry County Fire Rescue Chief Joey Tanner. ... Despite all the praise at Thursday's council meeting, Trusell pointed out he was just one of more than 90 firefighters who answered the Windsor Green call Thursday night ...

Fire and sheriff investigators call Beverly an impersonator. “The suspect claimed he was a volunteer firefighter with a Logan County fire department,” said Union County Chief Deputy Tom Morgan. “During the course of the investigation, it was determined Beverly allegedly lied to firefighters about his name ...

COLUMBUS (WCMH) -- A firefighter was hospitalized and two other people were treated at the scene after a fire on the city's west side. According to the Columbus Division of Fire, emergency crews were called to an apartment building on Derrer Field Drive on the report of a fire at about 1:40am, ...

Three children and a firefighter were among nine injured after a fire broke out on the 13th floor of a high-rise in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side early Wednesday, according to fire officials. The firefighter treated for difficulty breathing and released from the University of Chicago Hospital.

Approximately 300 firefighters representing 45 departments around the state competed. West Allis had an average time of 9 minutes and 19 seconds. The team from the Sheboygan Fire Department had the winning time of 8 minutes 41 seconds. Second place went to the Wauwatosa Fire Department team ...

2 propane tanks explode in KCMO fire; firefighter sustained minor burns. 41 Action News Staff. 4:27 PM, Mar 14, 2018. 3 hours ago. Share Article. Previous Next. Autoplay: ... When a crew went inside to conduct a search, two propane tanks exploded. One firefighter has minor burns, and the other firefighters are OK.

TUCSON, Ariz. - The Tucson Fire Fighter Association is calling on the City of Tucson to fix the public safety issue in the city. Association President, Josh Campbell says with the growth of the city they will need more firefighters. "It's expanding daily adding businesses, adding housing and to firefighters that ...

... it means fire safety at schools. This is the 15th anniversary of the Mini Muster events. Second-graders around Tucson complete fire safety lessons and are rewarded with outdoor events. The kids get to practice the skills they learned. The students also get to learn what its like to be a firefighter and get to ...

Today, City of Moultrie Firefighters helped fulfill one man's lifelong dream. PruittHealth-Sunrise resident, Robert Clayton, was able to live out his dream of becoming a firefighter. PruittHealth-Sunrise partners with Second Wind Dreams to offer residents the opportunity to fulfill their dreams. Second Wind ...

Then there was the racist harassment. He was referred to by racial slurs, and Hassan says he was told by his coworkers that “black firefighters are lazy and no one wants to work them.” Court papers also say that his coworkers would bleach his clothes and throw water on him from the top of the firehouse.

Rutherford Co. Fire and EMS, the Almaville Volunteer Fire Dept., Rutherford Co. Sheriff's Office and Murfreesboro Fire all responded to the house fire on Valley Bend Road around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Officials say one firefighter was transported to the hospital for injuries related to heat exhaustion.

Firefighters at Station 36 gathered Tuesday morning for a press conference to talk about McDaniels' life. His parents wanted his story to be told by those who interacted with him every day, Evans said. Lt. Judson Ray Smith talked about how the crew called him "Goose," as a reference to the Top Gun ...

Newark Fire Department welcomes four new firefighters ... All four new firefighters, Rich Nethers, Jonathan Spohn, Dylan Mullen and Beau Daubenmire, come with experience working for other agencies. Nethers is a United States ... He has nearly two decades of experience as a firefighter and paramedic.

During the training, firefighters were able to get hands on experience using the aerial apparatus which is a fire truck with a hydraulic ladder that has a hose installed in it. Maxwell said training is required by the National Fire Protection Association for any firefighter that will be an aerial operator. "They're ...

Houston firefighters head to court Monday, hoping to force the city to count the citizen-submitted petitions they gathered last summer seeking a public referendum vote on pay "parity" with police officers of corresponding rank. Marty Lancton, president of the Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association, ...

HUDSON, Fla. (WFLA) — A Lakeland firefighter was arrested over the weekend for pulling out a gun during a road rage incident in Pasco County. Forty-year-old Peter Martucci was arrested in Hudson on Saturday night. He is a firefighter for the City of Lakeland, according to the Pasco Sheriff's Office.

“It's dangerous to be doing it at that time. It was a high-angle type of rescue.” Firefighters used a technical rescue response, in which firefighters went to the top of the hill and lowered a rescuer on a rope down to the man. After the man was tied to the firefighter, a haul team helped to pull him up to safety.

Four years ago, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti vowed to revamp the way the city hires firefighters by introducing more women into a department that has ... 27, the firefighter union sent its own letter, saying the independent assessor lacked the legal authority to obtain personnel records at the academy ...

Firefighters in northern California got a pleasant surprise on Sunday when they were reunited with a dog they rescued and resuscitated last week. The Chico Fire and Rescue Department shared images of the heartwarming reunion on Twitter on Sunday afternoon, showing a firefighter petting and playing ...

A firefighter and a journalist from Dallas were among the five people killed when a helicopter crashed in New York's East River on Sunday evening. The private charter helicopter, a Eurocopter AS350, was carrying five people for a private photo shoot when it went down around 7 p.m., officials said.

Sioux Falls Fire Rescue is preparing a new approach to emergency response by permitting trained firefighters to administer advanced life support when ... Goodroad said that in communities that use this approach, firefighter medics and the private transport agency train together and understand each ...

Each year, firefighters put on their bunker gear and run up the stairs of Seattle's Columbia Tower. Author: KING. Published: 6:48 PM PDT ... Thousands of firefighters completed the Scott Firefighter Stairclimb challenge Sunday morning at Seattle's Columbia Tower. The annual fundraiser tests the strength, ...