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Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:05pm
A drop in fire-related deaths in Milwaukee should assuage critics of cuts implemented in recent years at the Milwaukee Fire Department, Mayor Tom...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:04pm
The firefighters union is using the Internet to protest proposed layoffs. Officials from the Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Association Local 21 posted...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:03pm
A Detroit woman is in critical condition after firefighters rescued her unconscious from her burning east side home this morning. When firefighters...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:02pm
Manhattan prosecutors say a construction official overbilled the government more than $1 million for work on a condemned skyscraper across from...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:02pm
A house fire claimed the lives of two girls and their older cousin, hours before the girls were to being their first day back at school after...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 1:00pm
Firefighters took about two hours Monday morning to bring a fire under control at a fabrication plant in this Greene County community. Chief John...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 11:33am
Boston firefighters said a 4-alarm fire early Tuesday caused about $5 million damage to a commercial block near Fenway Park. Around 100 firefighters...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 4:00am
A table piled with donated clothes is being eyed as the potential origin of a fire that killed five people at a Texas homeless shelter, forcing some...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 3:58am
A Columbus firefighter is being investigated internally to determine whether he was driving an ambulance with alcohol in his system. The...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 3:57am
Seven city fire companies ceased operations yesterday as part of Mayor Nutter's budget-cutting plan, but not without rancor, as the head of the...
Tue, 01/06/2009 - 3:57am
The Omaha Firefighters Union has dropped its lawsuit against the city over its use of retired firefighters as part-time fire investigators. The union...
Mon, 01/05/2009 - 5:18pm
Fire reportedly killed five men at a homeless shelter in Paris, Texas, according to reports. The blaze was reported at 2:49 a.m. on Clarksville...
Mon, 01/05/2009 - 4:05pm
Wake's Emergency Medical Services Department launched a new program today to bolster its fleet of ambulances with 14 specially trained paramedics...
Mon, 01/05/2009 - 1:03pm
Firefighter Richard Lee Montgomery of Hobo - Big V Volunteer Fire Department was at the scene of a working residential structure fire on December...
Mon, 01/05/2009 - 7:34am
Explosions rocked the city's southern edge Saturday evening after five semi tractors caught fire at Hite Trucking, Inc. The trucking company is at...
Mon, 01/05/2009 - 5:59am
The Southampton Fire Department was dispatched to the report of a structure fire on Rose Hill Rd in Watermill on January 1, 2009 at 10:04 am. The...
Mon, 01/05/2009 - 4:50am
Federal officials were expected to arrive Monday to find out why a helicopter bound for an offshore oil platform crashed in Louisiana's marshlands,...
Mon, 01/05/2009 - 3:47am
Authorities say an early morning house fire in upstate New York killed eight people, including children. Oswego County Sheriff Reuel Todd says one...
Mon, 01/05/2009 - 3:45am
The Conneaut firefighter injured in a fire on Sandusky Street Saturday is doing well after a burning wall collapsed on his foot. Firefighter Terry...
Sun, 01/04/2009 - 8:22am
Colleton County Fire-Rescue responded to a structure and woods fire in the 200 block of Juttner Lane at 1332 Friday 02-January. Medic 9 was returning...