| Overheated Extension Cord Causes Seattle Home Fire, Smoke Detector Alerts Occupants
4/12/2012 10:26:41 AM A working smoke detector is credited with saving a Seattle grandmother and her family during a home fire this morning in Wallingford. |
| Two Philadelphia Local 22 Fire Fighters Lost in the Line of Duty
4/12/2012 10:09:29 AM The IAFF is saddened by the loss of two Philadelphia Local 22 fire fighters – Robert Neary, 60, and Daniel Sweeney, 25 – who died in the line of duty while fighting a vacant warehouse fire on April 9, 2012. Two other Local 22 fire fighters – Francis Chaney and Pat Nally – were injured in the same fire and are being treated at a local hospital.
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| Classroom at Elmhurst School in Ventura Catches Fire
4/12/2012 9:21:24 AM A Ventura City Fire crew responded to a fire alarm ringing at Elmhurst School at 12:18pm on April 11th, 2012. Upon the engine company’s arrival, staff members directed the crew to an unoccupied classroom stating that it was on fire after attempts to control it with extinguishers did not work. |
 | Portland Firefighters Battle Terminal Fire at Columbia Grain
4/11/2012 5:54:06 PM At 11:15 am on April 10th, 2012, Portland Fire & Rescue responded to reports of a smoldering fire in a grain silo at Columbia Grain located at 15660 North Lombard. |
| Fire Rescuers in Hawaii Airlift Visiting Couple from Hanakoa Valley
4/11/2012 5:39:44 PM Fire rescuers airlifted a visiting couple from Hanakoa Valley on April 9th, 2012 after a female reported having a heart condition that prohibited her from hiking back to the trail head. |
| 24 Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Firefighters Extinguish Beaverton Blaze
4/11/2012 5:31:17 PM At 12:06 Monday morning, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue was called to a house fire at 16075 NW Blueridge Drive in Beaverton, Oregon. |
| Magnalight Announces Addition of Heavy Duty Portable Aluminum LED Light Tower
4/11/2012 5:28:14 PM Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com has announced the addition of a powerful LED light tower designed to provide a powerful yet easily transported and deployed lighting solution for operators in construction, utility and emergency services industries. This height adjustable four leg light tower is lightweight and produces 3,440 lumens of light in a wide flood pattern that is ideal for work areas and DOT/construction flaggers.
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 | LA County Fire's Lifeguard Division Rescues Grey Whale
4/11/2012 5:27:18 PM March 29, 2012 was an exciting morning on the water for Baywatch Redondo (BWR) of our Lifeguard Division, as they assisted Marine Animal Rescue (MAR) and Pacific Marine Mammal Care Center (PMMC) with the rescue of a grey whale offshore of Rancho Palos Verdes. |
| Judge Rules in Favor of Firefighter Unions Regarding Independent Report of 911 UCT Dispatch System
4/10/2012 1:00:11 PM On April 9, 2012, a judge again ordered the Bloomberg Administration to turn over an independent report of New York City's 911 system that was commissioned 15 months ago by Mayor Bloomberg after the city's disastrous response to the December 2010 Blizzard. |
| Car Strikes Gasoline Tanker, Leading to Los Angeles Freeway Inferno
4/10/2012 12:33:57 PM The collision of a sedan and gasoline tanker led to a spectacular blaze on the Ventura Freeway near Glendale late Saturday, April 7th, 2012, that snarled traffic for hours but thankfully caused no injury.
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