| Number of Firefighter Injuries Down Eight Percent from 2009
11/14/2011 9:30:13 AM Firefighters suffered 71,875 injuries in the line of duty last year, an eight percent decrease from 2009 and a two-decade low, according to the new report (PDF, 400 KB) “U.S. Firefighter Injuries” issued by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). |
| NFPA & The Center for Campus Fire Safety Announce Winners of College Fire Safety Video Contest
11/14/2011 9:27:10 AM Voting for the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) and The Center for Campus Fire Safety (CCFS) College Fire Safety Video Contest has come to a close and the public chose three winning submissions. |
| NFPA and USFA Join Forces Again to Put a Freeze on Winter Fires
11/14/2011 9:25:35 AM As we move closer to winter and home fire deaths begin to increase, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) remind everyone that fire safety and prevention are especially important in the coming months. |
| Memphis Vehicle Fire Spreads to Structure, 3 Displaced
11/14/2011 9:09:54 AM The Memphis Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire at 3216 Cromwell Road, Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 7:15 p.m. |
| Firefighters Alert Sleeping Family to a Fire in Their Manassas Townhouse
11/14/2011 9:07:35 AM On Saturday November 12, 2011 at approximately 3:20AM, fire and rescue units from Manassas, Manassas Park, and Prince William County responded to a report of smoke coming from the roof of a townhouse in the 9300 block of Taney Road in the Georgetown South community. |
| Tulsa Fire Department Investigators Make 2 Meth Lab Related Arrests
11/14/2011 9:02:56 AM Tulsa Fire Department Investigators made two more “meth lab” related arrests on November 12, 2011. |
| 1 Santa Cruz Resident Treated for Smoke Inhalation & First Degree Burns After Blaze
11/14/2011 8:57:44 AM On the afternoon of November 12, 2011, several calls were made to the Santa Cruz 911 department to report black smoke coming from a single family home at this address. |
| Senior Apartment Complex Receives Donation of Fire Extinguishers
11/11/2011 12:45:32 PM A few weeks ago, a small kitchen fire scared a number of residents at the Sunrise Garden Apartments near West Sahara Avenue and Valley View Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| Las Vegas Firefighters Benefit Association To Kick-Off Ninth Annual Adopt-A-Bike Program
11/11/2011 12:39:06 PM The Las Vegas Firefighter's Benefit Association will officially kick-off the ninth annual Adopt-A-Bike program Tuesday morning at Fire Station 42. |
| Clark County Fire Department Extinguishes Mobile Home Park Fire
11/11/2011 12:36:28 PM On Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011, at 9:56 pm, the Clark County Fire Department responded to a structure fire in space 252 at Pueblo Del Sol Mobile Home Park, located at 3751 S. Nellis Boulevard. |