| Ventura City Firefighters Rescue Teen From Ravine
2/14/2011 2:11:56 PM Emergency personnel from the Ventura City Fire Department and American Medical Response responded to a report of an injured fall victim in the area of Shannon Ave. and Kennebec St. at approximately 8:30 p.m. on February 13, 2011. |
| Tallahassee Apartment Heavily Damaged in Fire
2/14/2011 2:08:53 PM This afternoon around 2:30pm, Tallahassee Firefighters responded to a report of an apartment fire in the 1600 Block of Pullen Road. The fire started on the back porch of the apartment and spread to the attic space, which was shared with three other apartments. |
 | Portland Firefighters Travel to Africa To Provide Emergency Services Education
2/14/2011 2:05:56 PM Under the umbrella of Global Mission Readiness, Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) Firefighter Ed and Lieutenant Chris from Station 3 will be joining two Clackamas firefighters to travel to West Africa to provide emergency services education and resources to representatives in Ghana, Africa. |
 | Portland Firefighters Extinguish Attic Fire
2/14/2011 1:57:11 PM This morning, just after 9:00am, Portland firefighters responded to a house fire at 36 NE Cook St. On arrival fire crews found heavy fire from the back deck of the three story house. |
| FEMA, National Commission on Children and Disasters Announce New Partnership to Promote Fire Safety Awareness for Families
2/14/2011 1:29:00 PM With home fires on the rise in winter months and a new study showing that young children are at an especially high risk of getting seriously injured or dying in residential fires, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Commission on Children and Disasters announce a new public awareness campaign to help keep children and families safer from the threat of home fires. |
| Woman Killed in Memphis House Fire
2/14/2011 9:29:28 AM The Memphis Fire Department responded to a report of an apartment fire at 1816 Marble Avenue, Friday, February 11, 2011 at 5:10 p.m. During their initial search firefighters located a young female victim, who later perished from burn injuries. Read further for additional details. |
| Global Education Campaign Launched to Warn Firefighters and First Responders of Occupational Hazards of “The Silent Killer”
2/14/2011 9:20:41 AM Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI), the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) jointly announced today the launch of “The Silent Killer” educational campaign aimed at raising awareness of the duty-related dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and reducing the known risk factors that unnecessarily kill or injure firefighters each year. |
| Air Force Firefighter Killed
2/14/2011 8:59:36 AM Airman First Class Derek Kozorosky, a 22 year old Air Force Firefighter, died on February 11, 2011 following a vehicle accident. |
| Animal Rights Activist Sentenced in Arson Case
2/11/2011 5:05:51 PM An animal rights activist who plead guilty to setting a Colorado business on fire in April of 2010 has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for arson. Walter Bond was ordered to serve sixty months in prison and three years of supervised probation for setting fire to the Sheepskin Factory. |
| FDNY Members Save Man Under Train in Brooklyn
2/11/2011 4:49:14 PM Firefighters, paramedics and EMTs worked together again on Feb. 10, to save a man who fell onto the tracks of an A train in Brooklyn. |